East Meadow U.F.S.D. Summer Reading List Entering Grade 6

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1 East Meadow U.F.S.D. List 2015 Entering Grade 6 A Taste of Blackberries Brian s Return Burning Up Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) Frindle Hatchet Hot and Cold Summer Orphan of Ellis Island Sixth Grade Secrets Stone Fox The 39 Clues (series) The Ballad of Lucy Whipple The Castle in the Attic (challenging ) The One and Only Ivan The Watsons go to Birmingham (challenging) Windcatcher Doris B. Smith Gary Paulsen Caroline Cooney Jeff Kinney Andrew Clements Gary Paulsen Johanna Hurwitz Elvira Woodruff Louis Sachar John Reynolds Gardiner Rick Riordan Karen Cushman Elizabeth Winthrop Katherine Applegate Christopher Paul Curtis Avi

2 Entering Grade 6 Answer each of the following questions using complete sentences. Be sure to use specific textbased evidence to support your claims. The guide questions are intended to guide your reading of the entire novel and to help you comprehend what you have read. Bring your completed responses to class and be prepared to use the answers to these questions as part of a book talk and/or classroom discussion. Feel free to bring any additional notes you may have taken with you at this time. 1. Choose one of the characters. In what ways is he/she like you? In what ways is he/she different from you? 2. What was the most exciting or interesting event in the book? Be sure to identify the event and explain why you found it exciting or interesting. 3. Select one problem from the novel and explain how the problem was solved (resolved). 4. What makes this book appealing to people your age? Will this book still be appealing 10 years from now? Explain your answer. 5. Authors write with the purpose of conveying a message or sharing a value or idea. What do you think was the author s purpose for writing this novel? What did he/she want you to learn or understand about life from the novel?

3 Entering Grade 6 RUBRIC All five questions are answered. Excellent 5 Good 4 Fair 3.5 Not Done 0 Each answer is logical and follows a clear order. Student used specific textbased examples to support his/her response to each question. Spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct. The answers are handwritten (or typed) neatly, legibly and with evidence of drafting and/or pre-planning. Points: Total points = Points x 4 = Grade =

4 East Meadow U.F.S.D. List Middle School Grades 7 and 8 ENTERING GRADE 7 Absolutely Normal Chaos Al Capone Does My Shirts Dragon Codex Series Eragon Fever 1793 Little Women (challenging) Out of the Dust Something Wicked this Way Comes Stormbreaker The Girls The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree (reluctant Tiger Eyes Zlata s Diary HONORS I Am Regina Wolf Rider Sharon Creech Gennifer Choldenko R. D. Henham Christopher Paolini Laurie Halse Anderson Louisa May Alcott Karen Hesse Ray Bradbury Anthony Horowitz Amy Koss Bill Brittain Judy Blume Zlata Filipovic Sally Keehn Avi ENTERING GRADE 8 A Boy at War (A Novel of Pearl Harbor) Code Talker Contender (challenging) Crash (reluctant reader) Hurt Go Happy Inkheart Lord of the Deep Martian Chronicles Rewind Ryan White: My Own Story The Eyes of the Dragon The Man Who Was Poe The Puzzling World of Winston Breen: The Potato Chip Puzzles The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (challenging) HONORS The Wave (required reading for Honors students) Harry Mazer Joseph Bruchar Robert Lipsyte Jerry Spinelli Ginny Rorby Cornelia Funke Graham Salisbury Ray Bradbury William Sleator Ann Marie Cunningham Stephen King Avi Eric Berlin Ann Brashares Todd Strasser

5 East Meadow U.F.S.D. Selections 2015 CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL Entering Grade 9 HONORS ENGLISH AND GLOBAL MANDATORY READING ENTERING GRADE 9 H Middle School A Separate Peace John Knowles ENGLISH MANDATORY READING Students must read the following title for their grade level. English Teachers will provide a variety of assignments in September. ENTERING GRADE 9 R Hound of the Baskervilles Middle School Arthur Conan Doyle SOCIAL STUDIES VOLUNTARY READING ENTERING GRADE 9 R and H The Bride Price Memoirs of a Geisha The Good Earth Buchi Emecheta Arthur Golden Pearl Buck

6 East Meadow U.F.S.D. ESL List ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Students will read books from the designated lists guided by their ESL teacher. MIDDLE SCHOOL Baseball Fever Johanna Hurwitz (transitioning and expanding) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Jeff Kinney Claudia Cortez: Friends Forever Diana Gallagher How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell (transitioning and expanding) Marvin Redpost: Class President Louis Sachar (entering and emerging) The Time Warp Trio: Is Killing Me Jon Szieszka Wanna Buy an Alien? Eve Bunting Winning Season: Fast Company Rich Wallace HIGH SCHOOL Emma (adapted version) Jane Austin (entering) Seven Stories (adapted version) H.G. Wells Frankenstein (adapted version) Mary Shelley The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez Snow Bound Henry Mazer

7 Entering Grade 7 Answer each of the following questions using complete sentences. Be sure to use several textbased examples to support your claims. The guide questions are intended to guide your reading of the entire novel and to help you comprehend what you have read. All responses must be at least 100 words. Edit for correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. 1. Choose three of the most interesting scenes in the novel and discuss why each scene catches your attention. 2. Discuss one character from the reading. Does he/she go through any changes? Give examples to support your responses. 3. Explain three events in the novel and how each one is important. 4. Would you want to read another book with the same characters from your reading? Why or why not? 5. As if you were the author of this novel, write an alternative ending for the book.

8 Entering Grade 7 RUBRIC All five questions are answered in about 100 words each. Excellent 5 Good 4 Fair 3.5 Not Done 0 Each answer demonstrates a clear understanding of the plot, characters, setting, conflict and/or theme. Student used several textbased examples to support his/her response to each question. Spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct. The answers are handwritten (or typed) neatly, legibly and with evidence of drafting and/or pre-planning. Points: Total = Points x4 = Grade =

9 Entering Grade 8 The following questions pertain to the book you have read over the summer. Answer the questions in complete sentences. Edit for correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. All responses must be at least 100 words. Specific text-based examples should be used to demonstrate an insightful understanding of the text (plot, characters, setting, conflict and/or theme). 1. Record the words and phrases used by the author to describe the setting. Explain how the setting is important to the story. 2. Make a list of five to eight gifts that one of the characters might request for his/her birthday. Explain why these gifts are significant to the character. 3. Explain the major conflict that the main character faces and how it is resolved. 4. What do you think the author is trying to tell us about life and/or people? Use details from your reading to support your answer. 5. Would you want to read another book by this author? Why or why not?

10 Entering Grade 8 RUBRIC All five questions are answered in about 100 words each. Excellent 5 Good 4 Fair 3.5 Not Done 0 Each answer clearly demonstrates an insightful understanding of the plot, characters, setting, conflict and/or theme. Student used text-based evidence that most strongly supports his/her response to each question. Spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct. The answers are handwritten (or typed) neatly, legibly and with evidence of drafting and/or pre-planning. Points: Total = Points x4 = Grade =