Summer
Reading
for students entering the
Enrichment 7th grade
Language Arts Class
1. Read the book The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(AR Reading Level 5, 19 points)
Published by Simon and Shuster, Inc 2001
You will need a pocket and prong folder with
loose leaf to use as a reading log.
As you finish each chapter, write a short, one
to two paragraph summary, in your own words. This
should include the most important events and main ideas, not a lot of
description or details.
There are 33 chapters.
After the summary, write one new vocabulary
word from the chapter, and write the definition
When you
finish the book, write a book report that includes:
·
Description
of the Setting (when and where the story takes place)
·
Character
descriptions (physical and character traits)
·
Problem/Conflict
in the story
·
Plot
summary. This is where you write a complete summary of the story from the
beginning, through the middle, to the end.
If you have done your chapter summaries as you
read then you basically have what you need to write the plot summary.
·
Resolution
(how was the Problem/Conflict solved?)
·
Conclusion
(How did the story end?)
Book reports must be written on loose leaf,
complete heading, in paragraph form, in complete sentences.
Reports must be hand written neatly, in
cursive, in blue or black ink. No scribbles or scratched out mistakes. Feel free to use erasable pen, but be neat.
The book report will also count as the first
writing grade of the new school year, so check your spelling and grammar. Have someone proofread so you can correct any
errors.
Do your own work, no one should be writing for
you or telling you what to write. Place the book report in the pocket and prong
folder behind the Chapter Summaries.
Be
prepared to take the AR quiz on The
Yearling the first day you return to school.
If
you have questions you may email me at leighille@yahoo.com
over the summer.
2.
Read at least one book
from either of the booklists below.
The book must be within your AR reading level.
You do
not have to write a book report, but be prepared to take the AR quiz on the
book the first day you return to school.
Sunshine State Young Readers Award Program Master List of Titles
2009-2010
Grades 6-8
Rd Point Author
Title
Lvl Value
4.4 6 Auch, Mary Jane. Wing Nut.
Square Fish, ©2008.
[Henry Holt (2005 hardcover) ISBN 0805075313; Square
Fish (2008 paperback) ISBN 0312384203]
5.1 11 Couloumbis, Audrey. The
Misadventures of Maude March. Yearling, ©2007.
[Random House (2005 hardcover) ISBN 0375832459;
Yearling (2007 paperback) ISBN 0375832475;739335456]
4.0 8 Durst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild.
Razorbill, ©2008.
[Razorbill (2007 hardcover) ISBN 1595141561;
Razorbill (2008 paperback) ISBN 1595141855]
3.7 2 Fleischman, Sid. The Entertainer and
the Dybbuk. HarperCollins, ©2009.
[HarperCollins (2007 hardcover) ISBN 0061344451;
HarperCollins (2009 paperback) ISBN 0061771406]
5.7 12 George, Jessica
Day. Dragon Slippers. Bloomsbury
[Bloomsbury
5.0 9 Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found.
Simon & Schuster, ©2009.
[Simon & Schuster (2008 hardcover) ISBN
1416954171; Simon & Schuster (2009 paperback) ISBN 141695421X]
4.5 6 Hahn, Mary
Downing. All the Lovely Bad Ones. Sandpiper, ©2009.
[Clarion (2008 hardcover) ISBN 0618854673; Sandpiper
(2009 paperback) ISBN 0547248784]
4.4 6 Harkrader, Lisa. Airball: My Life
in Briefs. Square Fish, ©2008.
[Roaring Brook (2005 hardcover) ISBN 1596430605;
Square Fish (2008 paperback) ISBN 0312373821]
4.6 5 Hart, Alison. Gabriels
Horses. Peachtree, ©2007.
[Peachtree (2007 hardcover) ISBN 1561453986]
4.7 6
[HarperCollins (2008 hardcover) ISBN 0060741414;
HarperCollins (2009 paperback) ISBN 0060741430]
4.3 5 Jaramillo, Ann. La Lνnea. Square Fish, ©2008.
[Roaring Brook (2006 hardcover) ISBN 1596431547;
Square Fish (2008 paperback) ISBN 0312373546]
4.9 6 Korman, Gordon. Schooled.
Hyperion, ©2008.
[Hyperion (2007 hardcover) ISBN 0786856920; Hyperion
(2008 paperback) ISBN 1423105168]
3.9 5 Smith, Sherri L. Hot, Sour, Salty,
Sweet. Laurel Leaf, ©2009.
[Delacorte (2008 hardcover) ISBN 0385734174; Laurel
Leaf (2009 paperback) ISBN 0440239885]
4.8 10 Stead, Rebecca. First Light. Yearling, ©2008.
[Wendy Lamb (2007 hardcover) ISBN 0375840176;
Yearling (2008 paperback) ISBN 0440422221]
4.7 9 Van Draanen, Wendy. Runaway.
Laurel Leaf, ©2008.
[Knopf (2006 hardcover) ISBN 0375835229; Laurel Leaf
(2008 paperback) ISBN 0440421098]
Many Sunshine State Readers are below Enrichment student reading levels. See the next list for higher reading level books.
|
Summer
Book Classics for 8th Grade Enrichment Lang. Arts |
|
AR |
|
|
Title |
Author |
Level |
Points |
|
A Little
Princess (Unabridged) |
|
6 |
11 |
|
The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Doyle,
Arthur Conan |
7 |
18 |
|
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Twain, Mark |
6.7 |
18 |
|
The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Twain, Mark |
8 |
12 |
|
|
Carroll, Lewis |
7.7 |
10 |
|
Anne of
Avonlea |
|
7.7 |
15 |
|
Anne of
Green Gables |
|
7.7 |
18 |
|
Anne of
the |
|
7.4 |
13 |
|
Anne of
Windy Willows |
|
7.2 |
14 |
|
Anne's
House of Dreams ( |
|
7.4 |
14 |
|
The Black
Arrow |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
9 |
15 |
|
Captains
Courageous |
Kipling, Rudyard |
7.9 |
9 |
|
Children
of the |
Marryat, Captain |
7.8 |
17 |
|
Coral
Island |
Ballantyne, R.M. |
9.3 |
19 |
|
Frankenstein
|
Shelley, Mary |
12.2 |
17 |
|
Heidi |
Spyri, Johanna |
8.2 |
17 |
|
Kidnapped
|
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
8 |
15 |
|
King
Arthur and His Knights |
Anonymous |
7.7 |
11 |
|
King
Solomon's Mines (Unabridged) |
Haggard, H. Rider |
8.9 |
15 |
|
The Last
of the Mohicans (Abridged) |
Cooper, James Fenimore |
11.6 |
18 |
|
Lorna
Doone |
Blackmore, R.D. |
9.2 |
13 |
|
Martin
Rattler ( |
Ballantyne, R.M. |
9.7 |
12 |
|
Master of
Ballantrae |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
8.7 |
16 |
|
Masterman
Ready |
Maryatt, Captain |
9.8 |
19 |
|
Moonfleet
|
Falkner, J.M. |
8.5 |
15 |
|
The
Mutiny of the Bounty |
Barrow, John |
11 |
20 |
|
Nicholas
Nickleby (Abridged) |
Dickens, Charles |
8.6 |
6 |
|
Northanger
Abbey |
Austen, Jane |
10.8 |
16 |
|
Oliver
Twist (Abridged) |
Dickens, Charles |
10.7 |
13 |
|
Peter Pan
|
Barrie, James M. |
7.7 |
8 |
|
The
Prince and the Pauper |
Twain, Mark |
9.6 |
14 |
|
The
Princess and Curdie ( |
MacDonald, George |
8.2 |
10 |
|
The
Prisoner of Zenda |
Hope, Anthony |
7.5 |
9 |
|
Puck of
Pook's Hill |
Kipling, Rudyard |
7.5 |
10 |
|
The Rose
and the Ring |
Thackeray, William M. |
8.9 |
5 |
|
The
Silver Skates |
Dodge, Mary Mapes |
8.3 |
15 |
|
The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
9.4 |
10 |
|
The Swiss
Family Robinson |
Wyss, Johann |
10 |
14 |
|
The
Thirty-Nine Steps |
Buchan, John |
7.4 |
7 |
|
Tom
Brown's School Days |
Hughes, Thomas |
9.2 |
20 |
|
Tom
Sawyer Abroad |
Twain, Mark |
6.7 |
5 |
|
What Katy
Did Next |
Coolidge, Susan |
8.2 |
10 |
|
The Wind
In the Willows |
Grahame, Kenneth |
8.4 |
11 |
|
Dracula
(Unabridged) |
Stoker,
Bram |
6.6 |
25 |
|
The
Wizard of Oz/The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Unabridged) |
Baum, L.
Frank |
7 |
7 |
|
The |
|
6.3 |
13 |
|
|
Stevenson,
Robert Louis |
8.3 |
12 |
|
The Call
of the Wild |
London,
Jack |
8 |
7 |
|
White
Fang (Unabridged) |
London,
Jack |
7.4 |
13 |
|
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|
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