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MIDDLE SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS
MS.
MACKENZIE
Summer
Break
SUMMER READING
ASSIGNMENTS
6th Grade: The Secret
Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Assignment: The students will be
tested on the book within the first two weeks of school. This test will
be open-notes, so it is recommended that the student take notes on the
plot of the novel while reading.
7th Grade: The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Assignment: The students will be
tested on the book within the first two weeks of school. This test will
be open-notes, so it is recommended that the student takes notes on the
plot of the novel while reading.
8th Grade: The Call of
the Wild by Jack London
Assignment: The students were given
a study guide on “Step Up” day. The answers to the study guide
questions are to be typed or handwritten in complete sentences. These
are due Friday, August 27th, 2010. Please note that this
novel has been given to the students – keep track of them over the
summer, as they are school copies.
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Middle School
Literature Book Lists
2010-2011 |
6th Grade |
7th Grade |
8th Grade |
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August (Summer Reading) |
The Secret Garden^ |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer^ |
The Call of the Wild |
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September |
Shiloh^ |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond* |
To Kill a Mockingbird* |
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October |
Student Choice - Nonfiction Work^ |
A Night to Remember*^ |
A Night to Remember*^ |
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November |
Where the Red Fern Grows^ |
The Giver^ |
The Outsiders |
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December |
Student Choice - Book that has been made into a
movie^ |
Student Choice - Book that has been made into a
movie^ |
Student Choice - Book that has been made into a
movie^ |
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January |
Tuck Everlasting |
And Then There were None*^ |
Out of the Dust*^ |
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February |
Holes^ |
My Brother Sam is Dead and Johnny
Tremain |
Shakespearian Works (middle school appropriate
portions) |
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March |
The Devil's Arithmetic^ |
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl |
Night*^ |
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April |
Cross Grade-Level Books^ |
Cross Grade-Level Books |
Cross Grade-Level Books |
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May |
Student Choice - The Protagonist must be a
different culture than the student^ |
Student Choice - The protagonist must be a
different culture than the student^ |
Student Choice - The protagonist must be the
same culture as the student^ |
*
Indicates new book (not used last year)
^
Indicates student needs to acquire the book |