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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Summer Reading List - High School
Summer Reading List 2007 for Grades 9 - 12
Each student id to read a total of five (5) books during the summer of 2007.
9th grade (read 3)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Bradbury, Ray
Cannery Row
Steinbeck, John
The Andromeda Strain
Crichton, Michael
Choose 2 more from the following list:
The Pearl
Steinbeck, John
The Pigman
Zindel, Paul
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle, Sir Srthur Conan
Billy Budd
Melville, Herman
The Caves of Steel
Asimov, Isaac
Animal Farm
Orwell, George
The Lost Horizon
Hilton, James
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith,
The Day of the Jackal
Forsyth,
Of Mice & Men
Steinbeck, John
10th grade (read 3)
Things Fall Apart
Achebe, Chinua
The Dragonbone Chair
Williams
Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray
Choose 2 more from the following list:
The Life of Pi
Martel, Yann
Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank
The Lovely Bones
Sebold, Alice
Mythology
Hamilton, Edith
Windtalkers
Collins, Max Allen
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya
Cold Sassy Tree
Burns,
A Separate Peace
Knowles, Ralph
The Killer Angels
Shaara
The Chosen
Potok
The Eye of the Elephant
Owens & Owens
11th Grade (read 3)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous
Awakening
Chopin, Kate
Choose 2 more from the following list:
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Hemingway, Ernest
Invisible Man
Ellison, Ralph
On The Road
Kerouac, Jack
The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Ragtime
Doctorow, E.L.
The Water is Wide
Conroy, Pat
Raisin in the Sun
Hansbury
The Secret Life of Bees
Kidd, Susan
The Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John
The Joy Luck Club
Tan, Amy
All the King's Men
Warren
The Winter of our Discontent
Steinbeck, John
12th Grade (read 3)
Grendel
Gardner, John
1984
Orwell, George
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Hurston, Zora Neale
Choose 2 more from the following list:
A Doll House
Ibsen
Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde
The Glass Menagerie
Williams
Winterdance
Paulsen, Gary
The Screwtape Letters
Lewis, C.S.
Madame Bovary
Flaubert
My Name is Asher Lev
Potok, Haim
Lord Jim
Conrad, Joseph
Pledge Form
770 649-7077 FAX 678 942-1056
SUMMER READING LIST PLEDGE 2007
FOR THREE OF THE REQUIRED BOOKS YOU READ, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING AND BRING WITH YOU THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AUGUST 14, 2007:
YOUR NAME: ____________________________ GRADE (07-08) ____________
TITLE OF BOOK: __________________________________________________
AUTHOR: _________________________________________________________
TITLE OF BOOK: __________________________________________________
AUTHOR: _________________________________________________________
TITLE OF BOOK: __________________________________________________
AUTHOR: _________________________________________________________
I pledge that I read thoroughly the 3 required books listed for my grade level on the Summer Reading List, 2007. I am ready for class activities on these books.
_________________________________________ __________________
Student Signature Date
Summer Reading Lists - Middle School
The following reading list has been established for the Chrysalis Experiential Academy middle school students. The reporting process is outlined in my previous blog. The books noted in red are first priority reading. The books listed in black are the secondary book selections. Please contribute comments regarding the books that you are reading during the summer. Other student will enjoy you insights about the book as much as the content of the book itself.
Grade Level Book Title Author
4th
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Clearly
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks
The Trumpet Swan EB White
Fudge-a-Mania Judy Blume
Going Someplace Special Patricia McKissack
I Dreamed I was a Ballerina Anna Pavlova
Soup and Me Richard newton Peck
Stuart Little E.B. White
The Christmas Rat Avi
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins-Barbara Kerley
The Other Dog Madeleine L'Engle
Town Mouse, Country Mouse
5th
How Angel Peterson Got His Name Gary Paulsen
No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
The Good Dog Avi
P.C. Hawke Mysteries (Series) Paul Zindel
Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath
Loser Jerry Spinelli
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Stuart Little EB White
Surviving Applewhites Stephanie Tolan
The Best of Times Greg Tang
The Grapes of Math Greg Tang
Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses Harriet Gillem Robinet
6 th
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
A Single Shard Linda Park
Chrispin; The Cross of Lead Avi
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Shakespears Stealer
Skeleton Man Joseph Bruchac
A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L'Engle
Anne of Green Gables L.M.Montgomery
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Coraline Neil Gaiman
Lemony Snicket series
My side of the Mountain
Peer Mediation: Agreeing on Solutions Robert Wandberg
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S.Lewis
The Yearling Marjorie Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
7th
Farewell to Manzanar Leanne Wakatsuki
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
African American Women Scientists and Inventors Otha Richard Sullivan
Benjamin Bannerker: Astronomer and Mathematician Laura Litwin
Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
Dragonwings Lawrence Yep
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Computers Heinemann
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Medicine Heinemann
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Science Heinemann
Hannah, Divided Adele Griffin
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
Myst, The Book of Atrus Rand Miller, Robyn Miller
Numbering All the Bones Ann Rinaldi
Science at the Edge series: Alternative Energy Sources
Science at the Edge series: Artificial Intelligence
Science at the Edge series: Global Warming
Science Projects About Kitchen Chemistry Robert Gaidner
Sounder William H Armstrong
Swimming Upstream Kristine O'Connell
Tex S.E. Hinton
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt
The Man Who Was Poe Avi
The Rifle Gary Paulsen
Treasure Island Stevenson
Trouble Don’t Last Shelley Pearsall
Watership Down Adams
The Miracle Worker Gibson
8th
Night Elie Wiesel
Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway
The Children's Homer
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
The Red Pony John Steinbeck
1984 George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Call of the Wild Jack London
Chaser Chaim Potok
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert L. Stevenson
Dracula Brahm Stoker
Drowning Anna Sue Mayfield
Fantastic Voyage Isaac Asimov
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry
Harry Potter series JK Rowling
Human Genome Project Kevin Boon
Lord of the Flies William Golding
Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues Karen Judson
Nothing But the Truth Avi
Peace Child Richardson
Robinson Crusoe Defoe
Shakespeare: His Life and His Works Michael Rosen
Soldiers Heart Gary Paulsen
Tell-Tale Heart Edgar A Poe
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernet Gaines
The Cay Theodore Taylor
The Diary of Anne Frank Goodrich and Hackett
The Good Earth Buck
The History of Counting Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The Pearl John Steinbeck
The Secret Garden Frances Burnett
The Time Machine H.G. Wells
The Wind in the Willows Jules Verne
The Wizard of Oz Frank Baum
The Yearling Rawlings
Yo Julia Alverez
Friday, June 22, 2007
Summer Reading 2007
The required reading at the middle school level is designed to set them as priority reading. You have great flexibility; however, you may replace them with any other book on the grade level list or on any list at a grade level higher than the one you are entering in the 2007-8 academic year. To add additional flexibility to the summer reading program, we are more than willing to accept selections that you want to read that are not on the summer reading list. If you desire to read a book not on the summer list, please feel free to email me for prior approval at richbecker@msn.com.
The reporting process is open to allow for the greatest level of creativity. You only have to sign a pledge form that you have completed the reading of three (3) of the books on the summer reading list and/or seperately approved books. You are encouraged to report on the other two (2) books in any way you choose. We do not want to give you specific guideline because it has the potential to limit you freedom of creative expression.
High school students are strongly encouraged to restrict themselves to the required and secondary books set at each grade level. The primary reason for this is to give you a foundation essential to meet the demands of the curriculum and to prepare you for the initial assignments in grades 9-12.
We understand that some flexibility is necessary to assure that we make every attempt to meet the interest and learning needs of our students; therefore, the option of alternative selections is available for high school students. If you would like to take advantage of this option, please e-mail Arlene for book approval at arotter@chrysalisexp.org.
The reporting process is the same for high school students as it is for our middle school students.
I shall post the reading list for your convenience and the pledge sheet in my next bog. (How am I doing? This is the first time I have blogged. Thanks to Megan for bringing me into or should I say dragging me into the modern world of technology.)