STONEHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL - SUMMER READING 2008
The following lists contain the titles and authors for the required summer reading. It does not however have the writing requirements for each book. If you are new to the system or have misplaced your list with the books and requirements, please feel free to pick up a copy at the Middle School Office.
Summer Reading – Grade 6
Welcome to the sixth grade! Your teachers are looking forward to seeing you in the fall. We hope you have a wonderful summer vacation. In order to integrate the summer reading program with the English curriculum, we have chosen a short list of books by award-winning authors recommended in the Massachusetts Language Arts Framework. Wach book has the common theme of survival. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP A JOURNAL AS YOU READ ONE BOOK FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
Monkey Island by Paula Fox
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs
Dovey Cove by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Summer Reading – Grade 7
Welcome to seventh grade! We hope you have a wonderful summer and we look forward to meeting you in the fall. Students are required to read one book from the following list and COMPLETE NOTECARDS USING THE GUIDELINES IN THE HANDOUT.
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Loch by Paul Zindel
Skellig by David Almond
Something Upstairs by Avi
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Summer Reading – Grade 8
Welcome to eighth grade! We hope you have a wonderful vacation and look forward to meeting you in the fall. Students will be required to read a minimum of TWO books during the summer months – at least one from each of the two Required Reading Lists and do two separate writing assignments.
REQUIRED READING #1: In order to integrate summer reading with our English curriculum, we have chosen novels by writers whose themes revolve around th universal coming-of-age experienced by young adults. You are required to read at least one book from the following list.:
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
The rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Rash by Peter Hautman
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
REQUIRED READING #2: The second reading is a book of your choice by one of the authors listed below:
Issac Asimov Ray Bradbury Susan Cooper
Mike Lupica S.E. Hinton M. E. Kerr
Madeline L’Engle Phillip Pullman Walter Dean Myers
Scott O’Dell Richard Peck Cynthia Voight
Dan Gutman Joan Bauer Robin McKinley
Chris Crutcher Jerry Spinelli Gary Soto
Sharon Creech Sharon Draper Robert Cormier
Meg Cabot Anthony Horowitz Tamora Pierce
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