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SUMMER READING AND WRITING REQUIREMENTS

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL – 2011

Rising 7th Grade Students

Rising 7th

graders are required to read three books and complete assignments for each.

1. Read these two books:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTouching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson

Assignment:

Touching Spirit Bear will be an important part of our language arts unit. Please read or review this book in latesummer so that it is fresh in your thoughts. Think carefully and record 3-5 questions that you might share in classto promote discussion of the themes and elements of this novel.

Pick one project below for The Hunger Games. During our first week back at school, you will be asked to bring inyour project and present it to your class. This is a great opportunity to show us your imaginative and insightfulthinking skills.

Ideas:

• Make an ABC book

• Create a collage portraying significant story details

• Design a bookmark • Write a book review presenting your honest interpretation and opinion of the book • Make a story map • Create a diorama based on a pivotal scene from the book • Write a poem about a character or the story • Make a Venn diagram comparing two characters (can be from different books) • Draw a timeline of events in the book • Create a piece of artwork based on the book •

Choose an aspect of the book that connects directly to your personal life. Write a work of poetry or prose thatexplains the connection.

• Design a book jacket

2. Choose one group choice book (listed and described on the following pages). Students who have justfinished our 6

thgrade program have already chosen the book they plan to read for this portion of summer

reading. If your child has forgotten the book he/she chose go to this linkhttp://www.cdschool.org/uploaded/on_campus/2011-2012_School_Forms/Reading_Lists/MS_GroupChoiceBookSelections_Summer-2011.pdf . Students who arenew to the school should choose one book from the group choice list below and email their selection [email protected].

Students should complete one of the following three assignments during the summer, which will be usedduring the book discussion.

Assignment for group choice book:

• Illustrate either in a single picture or in a five frame cartoon one of your favorite scenes and beprepared to explain its significance.

• Write a 100 – 150 word description of an interesting character in the book, also telling how thecharacter contributed to the plot of the story.

• Write five open-ended discussion questions (not factual questions or questions that seek a “yes’ or “no” response). The questions should lead to discussion of ideas or themes that are presented in thebook.



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GROUP CHOICE BOOKS

Book/Author Genre Target Age Notes

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

This elegantly-written novel tells the story of a charming

young naturalist who is determined to prove that girls canbe more than homemakers in 1899 Texas.

historicalfiction

11 - 14 ALA Best Booksfor Young Adults,Newberry

Winner

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Miss Marple, is invited to investigate the well-dressed butquite dead body that the respectable Bantrys found in their library.

classicBritishmystery

6th grade -adult

“One of the mostingeniouslycontrived of all her murder stories.”Birmingham Post

The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz

Nine generations of the baseball-loving Schneiders havestrong ties to the game, to Brooklyn, and to family.

sportsfiction

10 - 12 Battle of Books,NC Young Adult

Award

The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride) by JamesPatterson

From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the NewYork City subway system, 14-year-old Max leads her feisty“flock” on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seekingin this wild ride of a novel.

sciencefiction

11 - 14 New York Times bestseller

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in themiddle of a maze and realizes he must work with the teencommunity in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

science

fiction

12 - 17 NC Young Adult

Award

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

All is well for Jacob Reckless when he escapes intoMirrorworld, a magical place where the dark side of fairytales hold sway, until his younger brother follows him andfalls under the enchantment of the Dark Fairy.

fantasy 11 - 13 Author of Inkheart

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

In the early 20th century, a young orphan serves as a cabinboy aboard an airship and is witness to life-and-deathbattles in the sea and above land in this swashbucklingtale.

fantasy 11 - 15 Green MountainBook Award

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