Summer Reading

for students entering the Regular 8th grade

Language Arts Class

 

 

1.     Read the book Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

     (AR Reading Level 4.9, 11 points) Published by Yearling, 1996

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 22 chapters.

After each chapter 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 your book report in the pocket and prong folder behind your Chapter Summaries.

 

Be prepared to take the AR quiz on Where the Red Fern Grows 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 the booklist below. 

The book must be within your AR reading level.

You do not have to write another 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 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]