Bridget Hoban. Dear Queen Anne s County Public Schools Parent/Guardian:

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1 Dear Queen Anne s County Public Schools Parent/Guardian: One of our goals in English instruction is to develop lifelong readers. We encourage all students to continue the practice of reading throughout the summer. Should your student choose to demonstrate he/she has read (fiction OR nonfiction) during the summer months, your student can complete personal questions and submit for scoring. Completed personal s submitted to your student s English teacher during the first two weeks of his/her assigned English class will serve as extra credit for that quarter s English grade. The Queen Anne s County Public Library has recommended book lists for teens. Click here or visit: Additionally, the Queen Anne s County Public Library has a summer reading program that offers prizes. Students can register in the library or online through qaclibrary.beanstack.org. Attached you will find additional suggested links and a full description of the summer reading opportunity. We hope that you will support our initiative by encouraging your child to read during the summer months. If you have any questions about this initiative, please contact your child s English teacher. Sincerely, Bridget Hoban Bridget Hoban Supervisor of Instruction

2 Suggested Links for titles: College Bound Lists A college bound reading list with content from College Board Young Adult Library Services Association recommendations for college-bound students A list of works that have appeared on the Advanced Placement English Lit Test Recent Award Winners Printz winners and Honor Books (honors the best book written for teens each year) ALEX Award winners (The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults) Edwards Award winners (honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature) Morris Award winners (honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature) YASLA Non-Fiction winners (honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults) National Book Award winners (an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation) Hugo and Nebula Award winners (recognize outstanding works of science fiction or fantasy) Nobel Prize winning authors (given to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction... NobelPrize.org) Pulitzer Prize winning books with links to synopses (recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author) Man Booker Prize winners with links to synopses (rewards the best novel of the year by a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, or the Republic of Ireland)

3 Summer Reading for English Philosophy The advent of summer should not signal the cessation of academic learning. Reading, in particular, is a process which enables students to gain information, perform tasks, and acquire literary experiences. Most importantly, reading is for enjoyment. Like any other skill, reading requires practice. Proficient readers construct, extend, and examine their initial understanding when reading a variety of texts. For that reason, a wide range of suggested summer readings is provided. Requirements Students enrolled in Honors sections Reading Students enrolled in Honors sections are encouraged to read a minimum of THREE books. Two of the books must be from the lists on the suggested websites. The third may be a self-selected title. Responses For each book read, students should answer all of the personal questions. Responses may be handwritten or typed. If typed, please contact teacher for information on how to submit (by hand or electronically). Please note there are personal questions for fiction and for nonfiction. Be sure you select the correct questions to answer. Please also be sure to include title and author of each book before your s. Students not enrolled in Honors sections Reading Students enrolled in courses other than Honors should read a minimum of TWO books. Responses For each book read, students should answer all of the personal questions. Responses may be handwritten or typed. If typed, please contact teacher for information on how to submit (by hand or electronically). Please note there are personal questions for fiction and for nonfiction. Be sure you select the correct questions to answer. Please also be sure to include title and author of each book before your s.

4 FICTION: Personal Response Questions Compose answers to the following questions for each novel or play you read. Be sure to include textual evidence. Title Author 1. Explain how the setting contributed to your understanding of the novel or play. 2. Analyze the social (i.e. action(s) towards other) or psychological (thoughts and feelings) development of your character. 3. Examine the most significant (external or internal) conflict. 4. Explain one of the themes. 5. Explain why you would or wouldn t recommend this novel or play. NON-FICTION: Personal Response Questions Compose answers to the following questions for each work of nonfiction you read. Be sure to include textual evidence. Title Author 1. Explain why you wanted to learn more about this person, event, topic, etc.. 2. Examine why the author wrote this piece. Include three important facts to support your opinion. 3. Explain the most significant lesson from this text. Include why it is an important lesson. 4. Examine the use of any graphs, illustrations, photographs, etc. used in the work. 5. Explain why you would or wouldn t recommend this selection

5 Rubric : Students will receive a score of 0-4 for overall s/text. An average of the scores will be included in the formative assessment category of the grade. Construct Measured Score Point 4 Score Point 3 Score Point 2 Score Point 1 Score Point: 0 Reading Comprehension demonstrates full comprehensio n of ideas stated and inferentially by providing an analysis. demonstrates mostly analysis. demo nstrates basic generally demo nstrates limited minimally demonstrates no of ideas by n in or no