Summer Reading & Assignment for Rising 8th Graders

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT FOR RISING 8^TH GRADERS (current 7^th graders)

June 6^th, 2013

Dear Rising 8^th Graders and Parents/Guardians,

            Students will have a Summer Reading Assignment that will be due the first day of school (September 9, 2013).  Please read this assignment carefully and make sure it is handed in to me on the first day of school.  This assignment will be the first 100-point grade of your 8^th grade year!

1.     Choose one (1) book from the attached book list.

2.     Buy the book or get it from the library.

3.     Get a copybook for your reader response log.

Assignments:

1.     As you read, keep a reader response log. For each chapter in your book, you should write two (2) entries of at least ten (10) sentences each.  You may use your Reader Response to Literature Log (you have one, but I will give you a new one if you need it) as a guide to what your prompts should be about.  Please do your logs every time you finish a chapter so your thoughts and impressions are fresh in your mind.  Be organized and keep all your responses in one copybook with each chapter’s response clearly labeled.

2.     After you finish the book, write a one-page book review. What did you like or dislike about the book? Be specific. What characters did you identify with and why?  Explain. Who would enjoy this book? Would you change the ending? How?

           

****Please take these assignments seriously.  You have all summer to finish it, and it is your first grade as an 8^th grader!

Thank you,

Kristin R. Luebbert, M.Ed, MS.Ed

Reading/Literature teacher

krluebbert@philasd.org

CC: Yvette Duperon, Principal

READING LIST 2013

For Rising 8^th graders

PICK one (1) of the following novels to read for your summer assignment:

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Scat by Carl Hiaasen: 

These novels (realistic fiction) are entertaining environmental mysteries that are humorous and feature middle school students as the main characters.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

These novels (dystopian fiction) are exciting and full of adventure as well as moral dilemmas (problems) for their characters.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

This is another dystopian series (a dystopia is a society in which everything has gone wrong) with a strong female heroine.

Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi

A novel (realistic fiction) about two best friends (young men) who have grown up playing basketball together. Will the distractions of the neighborhood tear them apart?

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Titian’s Curse by Rick Riordan

A trilogy of fantasy novels featuring hero Percy Jackson—the Gods of Olympus are still alive in the 21^st Century!

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

A novel (realistic historical fiction) that features the strong and devoted Logan family and their trials, tribulations, and triumphs as they live through the Depression in segregation-era Mississippi.

CC: Yvette Duperon, Principal