Summer Listening Packet Grades 9-12

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1 Dear Parents and Guardians, Summer Listening Packet Grades 9-12 Your child s school has a subscription to Tales2go, an award-winning kids' mobile audio book service with thousands of titles to choose from. The benefits of listening to audio books include enhanced vocabulary, fluency and listening skills. Studies show that when a listening component is added to reading instruction, student achievement increases measurably. Students are able to listen at a higher level without having to decode each word on a page, and they hear modeled fluent, expressive reading. Tales2go can be used on a desktop, laptop, Chromebook, ipad, iphone, ipod Touch or Android. On a desktop or laptop, go to to login. On an Apple or Android, go to the app store and search for Tales2go. On an ipad, Tales2go shows up under iphone only apps. Here is your child s ID and password for use on one personal device. Login as Schools and Students. ***ID: ***Password: Also fill in the country, state and school name as you log in. You ll find titles and activities in the next few pages to encourage summer listening and learning. If you have questions about your account, please support@tales2go.com. Enjoy Tales2go and happy listening! Tales2go Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 1

2 Listen Up! 1. Log into your child s Tales2go account (instructions on page 1.) 2. From the topics/home page from your device, click Summer Listening then click Grades 9-12 Summer Mobile: Desktop or Laptop: 3. Find a title to listen to check it off after you listen. Try to listen to all suggested titles throughout the summer. 4. Find a suggested activity to complete, or just have your child draw pictures of what they are listening to. Tales2go Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 2

3 Suggested Titles o A Little Cloud by James Joyce o A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens o Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand o Bloody Jack (2): Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer o Bloody Jack (5): Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer o David Copperfield by Charles Dickens o Drawing Lessons by Tracy Mack o Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen o Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes o Gemini by Rudyard Kipling o Glow by Jessica Maria Tuccelli o Grace by James Joyce o Grass for His Pillow (Book 2: Tales of the Otori) by Lian Hearn o Great Expectations by Charles Dickens o Heaven by Angela Johnson o How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg o Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai o Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte o KER-PLOP by Ted Reynolds o Little Women by Louisa May Alcott o Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck o On Whale Island by Daniel Hays Tales2go o Perfected by Girls by Alfred C. Martino o Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen o The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon o The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand o The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman o Mockingjay (Book 3 of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins o The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde o The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth o The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne o The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson o The Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner o The Time Traveler s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger o Ulysses by James Joyce o Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas o What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell o Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 3

4 Activities o Draw pictures while listening- on a piece of paper, white board, or empty comic strip o Create a play/skit after listening and perform it for family and friends o Make characters out of play-doh or clay o Write a story based on the characters in the text o Use the recording feature on your phone or computer to record an original audio book o Bake or cook something while or after listening based on the story o Listen to titles in the car on a road trip o Keep track of vocabulary words and what they mean 2 graphic organizers are attached to this packet. Find all graphic organizers here: Example of a comic strip for visualizing: Tales2go Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 4

5 Word What I think it means Picture Dictionary Definition Tales2go Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 5

6 Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Solution Tales2go Grades 9-12 Summer Listening 6