Summer Reading

for students entering the Enrichment 8th grade

Language Arts Class

 

1.     Read the book Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

          (published by Bantam Books with an Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt)

 

As you read, keep a black & white marble notebook journal:

Use a separate page for each journal entry. You may write on the back of pages.

Read the Introduction and the Afterword first, before starting the diary.

Write a short summary of the Afterword at the beginning of your journal.

The Afterword is divided into three sections (I, II, III) and you should write at least one page for each section.(This will help you to understand what was going on in the world at the time Anne and her family went into hiding.)

 

As you read Anne’s diary keep a journal entry for each date Anne wrote in her diary:

·         Write the date of Anne’s entry at the top of the page.

·         Write a paragraph summarizing in your own words what Anne wrote about that day. This should be the most important events or main ideas, not a lot of descriptions or details.

·         Write at least one new vocabulary word from that day’s entry that you did not know, and write the definition for that word.

·         Write the current date, and then write a few sentences about what is happening in your own life that day.

 

Sample Journal Page.

Tuesday, 27 April, 1943

Everyone is the house was arguing that day.

There have been air raids on Germany.  They don’t have any quiet nights. Anne thinks this is good because it might mean an invasion is coming. She thinks their food is terrible and if someone wanted to lose weight they should come stay in the “Secret Annexe.

 

Fortnight (noun) a period of two weeks.

 

June 10, 2009

Today I slept until 12:30 and then watched TV until 2:00.  I texted my friends until my mom got home and made me read for 20 minutes.  Tomorrow I am going to the mall with my friends.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Write neatly, in cursive, using a blue or black erasable pen.

Do your own work. No one else should be writing for you or telling you what to write.  Be sure your name in on the front of your journal.

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 Reader’s 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 USA, ©2008.

[Bloomsbury USA (2007 hardcover) – ISBN 1599900572; Bloomsbury USA (2008 paperback) – ISBN 1599902753]

 

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. Gabriel’s Horses. Peachtree, ©2007.

[Peachtree (2007 hardcover) – ISBN 1561453986]

 

4.7       6          Hobbs, Will. Go Big or Go Home. HarperCollins, ©2009.

[HarperCollins (2008 hardcover) – ISBN 0060741414; HarperCollins (2009 paperback) – ISBN 0060741430]

 

4.3       5          Jaramillo, Ann. La Línea. 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

Reading

AR

Title

Author

Level

Points

A Little Princess (Unabridged)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass

Carroll, Lewis

7.7

10

Anne of Avonlea

Montgomery, L.M.

7.7

15

Anne of Green Gables

Montgomery, L.M.

7.7

18

Anne of the Island

Montgomery, L.M.

7.4

13

Anne of Windy Willows

Montgomery, L.M.

7.2

14

Anne's House of Dreams (Claremont)

Montgomery, L.M.

7.4

14

The Black Arrow

Stevenson, Robert Louis

9

15

Captains Courageous

Kipling, Rudyard

7.9

9

Children of the New Forest

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 (Claremont)

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 (Claremont)

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 Secret Garden (Unabridged)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

6.3

13

Treasure Island (Unabridged)

Stevenson, Robert Louis

8.3

12

The Call of the Wild

London, Jack

8

7

White Fang (Unabridged)

London, Jack

7.4

13