2018 Reading List. St. Helena Parish School District. Dear Parents and Students,

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1 Dear Parents and Students, According to the American Library Association, students who read during their summer break will benefit in many ways. Listed below is a short list of the benefits. Reading in the summer helps students retain knowledge taught during the school year. Reluctant readers will be able to practice reading skills over the summer. This will give such students a head start to the upcoming year. Students may generate interest in the local library where they will have access to summer programs and thousands of books. More importantly, students who read during the summer break are more likely to develop a love for reading which may in turn become a lifelong habit thus increasing their knowledge of all things. Parents please note that children will participate in summer reading activities when school resumes in August. For example, summer assignments will be graded by the new teacher and become a part of projects and/or class work to come. Students please find the grade in which you are entering. Be sure to complete the assignment for your school. There is an attached reading log to help you keep track of your reading. Bring it to school on your first day for a chance at a wonderful surprise!

2 St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy and St. Helena Early Learning Center Reading Assignments Attention students in grades 2-6, please choose and complete ONE of the following assignments. Your response should be 1-2 pages in length and may be typed. Be sure to put your name, the title, and the author of your book at the top of your response. 1. Choose any character in the text and explain how he/she has changed throughout the story. In your response, please provide at least three details from the text that support your ideas. Secondly, make a connection to this response by explaining how you have changed as a person (e.g. as a student, friend, etc.). 2. Choose any character in the text and explain whether this character is admirable or not. In your response, please provide at least three details from the text that support your ideas. Secondly, make a connection to this response by writing about someone who is admirable in your own life. 3. Describe an obstacle a character had to overcome and how he/she overcame it. In your response, please provide at least three details from the text that support your ideas. Secondly, make a connection to this response by describing an obstacle you had to overcome in your own life. 4. Describe a major life lesson the author conveys in the text and how this lesson is learned. In your response, please provide at least three details from the text that support your ideas. Secondly, make a connection to this response by explaining how we can apply this lesson to our own lives. **If you choose to read either of the two nonfiction texts on the list, you can choose any of the above assignments but substitute the word individual for the word character.

3 St. Helena Early Learning Center Kindergarten - First Grade Books by Dr. Seuss, such as: The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs and Ham Hop on Pop Put Me in the Zoo One Fish, Two Fish Books by Beatrix Potter, such as: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny The Tale of Tom Kitten The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck Books and poems by A.A. Milne, such as: Winnie the Pooh Now We Are Six (poetry) When We Were Very Young (poetry) Picture books related to basic maps, human body, matter, electricity. Second Grade Come Back Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff It s a Fair Day Amber Brown by Paula Danziger Any book for the Magic Tree House series Any book from the Junie B. Jones series

4 St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy Third Grade Caleb s Story by Patricia MacLachlan Ramona Quimby, age 8 by Beverly Cleary The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Fourth Grade Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume The Report Card by Andrew Clements Fifth Grade The Magician s Nephew by C. S. Lewis Misty of Chincoteague by Marquerite Henry Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars Sixth Grade Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan *Author s name in italics. *

5 St. Helena College and Career Academy Task: Each student is responsible for reading the books from the required list for their grade level. After reading the books, students must complete the attached book report forms and use the information to draft a short book report. Grade Required Readings Suggested Readings 7 th 8 th 9 th 10 th Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History (Julius Lester) Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leaders (Tanya Savory) Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Booker T. Washington) The Runner(Cynthia Voight) The Life of Pi (Yann Martel) A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich (Alice Childress) A Gathering of Old Men (Ernest Gaines) The Hate You Gave Us (Angie Thomas) Blue Tights (Rita Williams Garcia) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) Dreamland Lake (Richard Peck) The Moves Make the Man (Bruce Brooks) Wolf Rider (Avi) A Family Apart (Jean Lowery Nixon) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a Literary Obsession (Allison Hoover Bartlett) A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry) 11 th Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) Alive (Naya S.) Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora 12 th Neale Hurston) Mama Day (Gloria Nailor) *Author s name in italics. Long Drive Home (Will Allison) A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest Gaines) Native Son (Richard Wright) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Ernest Gaines)

6 Summer Reading Assignment Grades 7-12 Name of Book Author Number of pages Did you complete the book? Yes No Student Signature Parent Signature This summer, your assignment will be to read the books on the required list for your grade level. You will then create a book report that contains the following: A three-page summary of the book Descriptions of the major characters ( 1-2 paragraphs each) 1-2 page reaction explaining your opinion of the book and whether you would recommend it to others an attractive cover Please answer these questions on your own, and do not use an internet source, media or other resources. Type your answers and staple to this one. Your answers should be well developed, a minimum of two paragraphs. Have a great summer. 1. Would you classify this novel as biography, historical fiction, adventure, romance, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, religious, gothic, detective, novel of manners, or other? Why did you choose this classification? 2. Biographical sketch Write a biographical sketch of one of the characters in your book. You might ask yourself these questions: What is the writer s attitude toward the subject? What is the writer s purpose in creating this character? Does the writer use description, dialogue, or commentary to present this character? What do you learn about him/her from his/her actions or what other characters say about him/her? What picture of this character emerges by the end of the story? 3. Plot is the structure of events, which result from a conflict. Explain the main plot of the novel. These questions might guide you in your writing: What happens in the book? At what point is excitement at its peak? How does the writer signal the turning point of the action? Are all the loose ends tied up by the end of the book? 4. Identify the setting for the novel and discuss its importance. 5. Point of view is the method the writer chooses to tell the story. Choose an important scene in the book and tell it from another character s point of view. 6. Identify a theme from the novel and discuss how the author brings you to a conclusion about it (or does he or she reach a conclusion?).

7 Directions: Fill out the chart with the correct information. Name of Student: Title of Book: Author: Author s Purpose (entertain, persuade, inform, explain) Genre (Fable, fairy tale, poetry, folktale, non-fiction, myth, science fiction, drama, mystery, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, autobiography) Point of View (Who told the story?) Main Characters and description (traits, similarities/difference) Setting (time of day, place, year) Rising Action Climax Resolution Connection (text to text, text to self, text to world)