Summer Reading Information

 

 

A.R.M.S. SUMMER READING 2010

We would like students to read at least two books over the summer. Since ARMS expects each student to read between 10 and 15 books each year, the summer reading program gets them started.

 

v  For each book read, students are requested to complete three journal entries of their choice from the list below (that continues on the back of this page).

 

v  Summer reading will be collected the first week of the new school year.  YES, it does count!

Suggested authors are listed below, but of course, if the student and his or her parent wish, the student may choose a book by another author.

Enjoy your summer and don't forget...READING IS FUN!

 

JOURNAL ENTRIES

Each entry should be approximately 100 words long.  What is essential is that time is taken to write thoughtful responses.  This should be an opportunity to reflect on what was read.  Please do NOT summarize.  Remember to complete “3” per book!

v  Put yourself in the character’s shoes at a particular moment and consider how you would feel or what you would do.

v  Write about a connection between a moment from the book and a moment from another book, a movie, or your life.

v  Write about a connection between two moments from the book.

v  Consider how the setting could be important in the book.

v  Make an observation about the way the author wrote the book and speculate about why he/she made the choice you observe.

v  Compare two characters in the book.

v  Make an observation about a character’s personality and based on that, make a prediction about how you think the character will grow and/or change.

v  Compare your prediction about what you thought would happen to what actually occurred.

Suggested Authors*

Lloyd Alexander                      Jack Gantos                             George Orwell

David Almond                         Jean Craighead Georgeq          Katherine Paterson

Laurie Halse Anderson           Bette Greene                            Edith Pattou

VC Andrews                          Margaret Haddix                    Gary Paulsen

Avi                                          Virginia Hamilton                    Richard Peck

Joan Bauer                               Karen Hesse                          Wilson Rawls

Anilu Bernardo                         Will Hobbs                              Ann Rinaldi

Joan W Blos                            Kimberly Willis Holt                Hazel Rochman

Edward Bloor                          Brian Jacques                          J K Rowling

Judy Blume                             Jim Kjelgaard                           Louis Sachar

Ann Brashares                         Jackie French Koller                Anna Sewell

Terry Brooks                           Elaine Konigsburg                   Lemony Snickett

Meg Cabot                               Trudy Krisher                        Gary Soto

Lori M. Carlson                         Kathryn Lasky                       Jerry Spinelli

Beverly Clearly                        Madeline L'Engle                     Judith Bau Stamper

David Clement-Davies             Lois Lenski                              George Sullivan

Sharon Creech                         Gail Carson Levine                  Rosemary Sutcliff

Sandra Cisnero                         C S Lewis                                Mildred Taylor

Judith Ortiz Cofer                    Jack London                            JRR Tolkien

Caroline Cooney                      Lois Lowry                              Mark Twain

Susan Cooper                          Harry Mazer                            Jules Verne

Christopher Curtis                    Norma Fox Mazer                    Cynthia Voigt

Roald Dahl                              Walter Dean Myers                  Jude Watson

Paula Danziger                         Beverly Naidoo                        Budge Wilson

Barry Denenberg                     Garth Nix                                 Virginia Euwer Wolff

Jennifer Donnelly                    Joan Lowry Nixon                   Tim Wynne-Jones

Nancy Farmer                          Han Nolan                               Jane Yolen

Paula Fox                                 Naomi Shihab Nye                  Paul Zindel

Paul Fleischman                       Scott O'Dell                             Julie Hahnke                           

Jean Fritz                                 Joyce Carol Oates

*Additional selections may be found on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website:  www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/ela

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