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1 Dear Parent/Guardian, In an effort to reinforce literacy skills over the summer Andover Middle is requiring all sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to read books from the attached reading list. This includes incoming and transfer students. Students must complete the required reading as denoted by asterisks (*). In addition to reading the required book, please choose two additional books to read from the list. Credit will be awarded for all completed assignments through Language Arts and Reading classes. This Summer Reading program will help students develop a love of reading, increase vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills. Hence, this will fulfill our commitment for students to read a novel which is required each grading period. This reading initiative will also enhance academics and provide incentives for students upon return to school. In addition, one written assignment must be completed for each book read, for a total of three (3) assignments (the required book and the additional two books). Please note that the assignments will be collected by the language arts teacher during the first two weeks of school. Our Literacy Team trusts that you will encourage your child to read during the summer months. Please look over your child's book and activity list and remind your child that reading is important, interactive, and fun! We hope that you will join us in this important effort and assist your child in these summer reading activities. Please note books may be purchased at Barnes and Noble, checked out from the local library or online providers. Thank you and have a great summer!

2 Andover Middle School 2014 Required Reading List Required Reading List by Grade Level Regular (Select 1 required) Advance/Gifted 6 th Grade The Mouse Trap by Walter Dean Myers Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskins Money Hungry- by Sharon Flake Never Mind! by Avi Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan 7 th Grade Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Roby Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie- by Jordan Sonnenblick 8 th Grade Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac

3 Independent Reading Activities by Grade Level The collection of grade-appropriate activities below may be used to enhance the summer reading experience for students. The activities are reflective of different learning styles and several of them focus on high-order tasks as required by Language Arts State Standards. Please select from the following options to complete as reading assignments. These assignments will be collected during the first two weeks of school. Complete one option for each book read (for a total of three assignments). Required book (1) Books of choice (2) = 3 books total 6th Grade 1. Poster/Collage - Design a poster to advertise your book. Be creative use details elaborate use color! Try to make it 3-D or movable. Look through magazines for words and pictures that describe your book. Use these to create a collage or poster. 2. Timeline - Create a timeline of the major events in your book. Use drawings or magazine cutouts to show the events along the timeline. Label each event. 3. Poetry Write a poem about one of the characters in the novel. 4. In The News Create a newsletter or pamphlet that includes detailed news stories about events in the book and pictures with captions to go with the stories. The Newsletter should have a minimum of three news stories. 7th Grade 1. Title Acrostic Take a sheet of construction paper and write the title of the book down the side of the paper. For each letter in the title, construct a sentence that begins with the letter and tells something significant in the story. 2. Character Alphabet Choose a character you like and then create sentences based on the alphabet scheme that demonstrates your knowledge about the character. 3. Poetry Write three poems in response to the novel. The poems can be about the characters, where the book took place, or the themes within the book. 4. In The News Create a newsletter or pamphlet that includes detailed news stories about events in the book and pictures with captions to go with the stories. The Newsletter should have a minimum of three news stories. 8th Grade 1. Title Acrostic Take a sheet of construction paper and write the title of the book down the side of the paper. For each letter in the title, construct a sentence that begins with the letter and tells something significant in the story. 2. Make A Scrapbook Create a scrapbook that one of the characters might have kept. Make sure that the items or pictures in the scrapbook relate to the character and that you label items as you explain them. 3. Poetry Write three poems in response to the novel. The poems can be about the characters, where the book took place, or the themes within the book. 4. In The News Create a newsletter or pamphlet that includes detailed news stories about events in the book and pictures with captions to go with the stories. The Newsletter should have a minimum of three news stories.

4 Andover Middle School 2014 Summer Book Lists Grades 6-8 Title Author Subject ISBN All The Lovely Bad Ones Mary Downing Hahn Fiction Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Tonya Lee Stone Biography Who Dared to Dream Animals Anonymous Rich Michelson Poetry Antes de Ser Libre Julia Alvarez Historical Fiction *Anything But Typical (6th Nora Raleigh Baskins Fiction Advance/Gifted) Barack Obama: the politics of William Davis Biography hope Baseball in April Gary Soto Multicultural Fiction Béisbol en Abril y Otros Gary Soto Short Stories Cuentos Blue Lipstick John Grandits Poetry Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez Multicultural Fiction Chew on This: Everything You Eric Schlosser Nonfiction Don't Want to Know About Fast Food Children of the River Linda Crew Multicultural Fiction Claudette Colvin: Twice Phillip Hoose Multicultural Biography Toward Justice Code Orange Caroline Cooney Fiction *Code Talker 8 th Grade Joseph Bruchac Multicultural Fiction Regular) Countdown Ben Mikaelson Fiction Cover-up: Mystery at the John Feinstein Sports Fiction Super Bowl Dizzy In Your Eyes Pat Mora Poetry Double Dutch Sharon Draper Multicultural Fiction *Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Jordan Sonnenblick Fiction Pie (8th Regular) Eat This Not That for Kids David Zinczenko Nonfiction El Rey de Las Octavas Emma Romeu Biography

5 Title Author Subject ISBN Fearless Fernie: Hanging Out Gary Soto Poetry with Fernie and Me Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen Realistic Fiction Flush Carl Hiaasen Fiction Found Margaret Haddix Fiction Gossamer Lois Lowry Fantasy Gross Universe Jeff Szpirglas Nonfiction *Homeless Bird (7th Regular) Gloria Whelan Multicultural Fiction Honeybee: Poems and Short Naomi Shihab Nye Poetry Prose *Hurt Go Happy (7th Ginny Rorby Fiction Advance/Gifted) Hush Jacqueline Woodson Multicultural Fiction Jackie's Wild Seattle Will Hobbs Fiction Jake Ransom and the Skull James Rollins Fiction King's Shadow Kidnapped in Key West Edwina Raffa Historical Fiction Kingdom Keepers Ridley Pearson Fiction Last Newspaper Boy Sue Corbett Fiction *Life As We Knew It (8th Susan Beth Pfeffer Science Fiction Advance/Gifted) *Money Hungry (6th Regular) Sharon Flake Multicultural Fiction Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart Fantasy *Never Mind! A Twin Novel Avi Humorous Fiction (7th Regular) Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry Fantasy Phineas Gage John Fleishman Nonfiction Revolution Is Not a Dinner Compestine Ying Chang Multicultural Fiction Party: A Novel Romiette and Julio Sharon Draper Multicultural Fiction Savvy Ingrid Law Fantasy Schooled Gordan Korman Humorous Fiction Silent Bone E.L. Konisburg Realistic Fiction Sisterhood of the Traveling Ann Bradshares Fiction Pants Summer Ball Mike Lupica Sports Fiction Tangerine Edward Bloor Fiction

6 The Biography of Chocolate Adrianna Morganelli Nonfiction The Extraordinary Adventures Rick Yancey Adventure of Alfred Kropp *The Mouse Rap (6th Regular) Walter Dean Myers Multicultural Fiction The Wright 3 Blue Balliett Adventure Fiction The Year I Was Grounded William H. New Poetry Tunnels Roderick Gordon Fiction Under the Same Sky Cynthia de Felice Fiction What Are You Afraid Of? Stories About Phobias Donald Gallo NonFiction

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