Summer Reading
Go Green @ Your Library, All Ages Welcome! It’s almost impossible to complete a day without hearing or seeing something that reminds us to “go green.” From organic products and fashion to politics and technology, there is a barrage of messages coming at us from all sides. Yet, how many of us pause to think about what it means to “go green?” The 2010 Massachusetts Statewide Summer Reading Adventure, Go Green at Your Library, provides libraries with an outstanding opportunity to do what we do best: share information! So, while we celebrate summer reading efforts, we plan to offer a variety of activities that encourage us to think about our planet and our actions, both good and bad.
Sponsored by the Eldredge Public Library, the Friends of the EPL, the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Boston Bruins,, Go Green at Your Library, promises to be a fun-filled, thoughtful summer of activities, events, and reading celebrations for children, teens, and families of all ages. Stop by Youth Services to pick up your July and August calendars and register for the summer reading challenge beginning July 1st!
Chatham Public Schools' Summer Reading List:
Grade Five Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School
Select a minimum of three books to read during the summer. Choose books that will interest you! Please be ready to share information about your summer reading with your fifth grade class in the fall.
Please put in writing: title, author, illustrator, favorite passage
Grade Six Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School
Select a minimum of three books:
a biography of your choice, a collection of poetry of your choice, and one book chosen from the list below:
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
A View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World by Stephen M. Tomacek
You may wish to read these with a friend, a parent, or even form a book club. Take notes on each book you read. Your notes should reflect your thoughts, questions, and observations. These notes are to be handed to your teacher the first week of school. In addition, during the first weeks of school, there will be an assessment activity based upon your summer reading. We invite and encourage you to read more than that which is required.
Grades 7 Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School
Please select two books to read this summer that you have not read before. Both should be at an appropriate reading level for you. One should be the recipient of a writing award (The Newberry Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, etc). The other can be an award winner as well, but does not have to be. Select these for yourself. You may take suggestions, but the final decision is yours.
Bring to school in September two pages of notes for each book you read. Your notes should reflect what interested you or puzzled you and should include observations on character, plot, setting, theme, images, or significant passages. Use the questions below to guide you in your writing. This is not the same thing as a book report; those merely state what the book is about. You will need to dig deeper! These notes will be your first grade of the year - plan to start off right!
Summer Reading Questions
Before you read:
What drew you to choose this book? The cover? The description on the back? The recommendation of a friend? What do you anticipate you will find out while reading this book? Why?
Mid point of reading:
Things I really liked so far are:
Something that surprised me is:
Two questions that I have:
After Reading:
Did the book turn out the way you thought it would? Why or why not?
Your favorite part of the book:
Your least favorite part of the book:
Would you recommend it to a friend ? Why or why not?
Grades 8 Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School
Please select two books to read this summer that you have not read before. Both should be at an appropriate reading level for you. One should be the recipient of a writing award (The Newberry Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, etc). The other can be an award winner as well, but does not have to be. Select these for yourself. You may take suggestions, but the final decision is yours.
Bring to school in September two pages of notes for one of the books you read, and answer twn questions for the other. Your notes should reflect what interested you or puzzled you and should include observations on character, plot, setting, theme, images, or significant passages. Use the questions below to guide you in your writing. This is not the same thing as a book report; those merely state what the book is about. You will need to dig deeper! The twn questions are self-explantory, but try not to be too brief in your responses. None of these is a simple yes or no questions. These notes and questions responses will be your first grade of the year - plan to start off right!
Summer Reading Questions to consider for your first book:
Before you read:
What drew you to choose this book? The cover? The description on the back? The recommendation of a friend? What do you anticipate you will find out while reading this book? Why?
Mid point of reading:
Things I really liked so far are:
Something that surprised me is:
Two questions that I have:
After Reading:
Did the book turn out the way you thought it would? Why or why not?
Your favorite part of the book:
Your least favorite part of the book:
Would you recommend it to a friend ? Why or why not?
Summer Reading Questions to answer for your second book:
1. Reread the first paragraph of chapter one. What's in it that made you read on?
2. What would this story be like if the main character were of the opposite sex?
3. If you were to film this story, what characters would you eliminate if you couldn't use them all?
4. Would you film this story in black and white, color, or a combination?
5. Why is the story set where it is (not what is the setting)?
6. How is the main character different from you?
7. What is one thing in this story that has happened to you?
8. Why or why not would this story make a good TV series?
9. If you had to design a new cover for this book, what would it look like?
10. What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth?
Chatham High School Summer Reading List
This is a required reading list. The following journal notes should be answered completely before the first day of school in September and submitted to your English teacher. If you do not have English in the fall you still must submit the journal notes on the first day of school.
Include the following items in your journal:
Students taking college prep English must read one book from the list or a choice of their own approved by their teacher. Those taking honors and AP English must read two books, one which may be a choice of their own approved by their teacher. Approval must be obtained before the summer break.
FRESHMEN
COLD SASSY TREE - Burns
EATERS OF THE DEAD - Crichton
DEATH BE NOT PROUD - Gunther
KIDNAPPED - Stevenson
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Montgomery
ELLEN FOSTER - Gibbons
SNOW IN AUGUST - Hamill
ANGELA'S ASHES - McCourt
SOPHOMORES
MIDWIVES - Bohjalian
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - Maclean
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - Heinlein
ANIMAL FARM - Orwell
PIANO LESSON - Wilson
SUMMER OF 49 - Halberstam
THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE - Lipman
THE WEDDING - West
JUNIORS
HEAVEN'S PRISONERS - Burke
THE LONGINGS OF WOMEN - Piercy
DA VINCI CODE - Brown
THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Williams
EARLY AUTUMN - Parker
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY - Steinbeck
MAKES ME WANT TO HOLLER - MacCall
AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD - Dillard
DUNE - Herbert
THE DRESS LODGER - Holman
THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER- Tan
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE - Ackerman
SENIORS
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN - Nafisi
SULA - Morrison
WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Bronte
PRINCE OF TIDES - Conroy
RULE OF THE BONE - Banks
THE SHIPPING NEWS - Proulx
PALACE WALK - Mahfouz
CIDER HOUSE RULES - Irving
THE GREAT SANTINI - Conroy
THE KILLER ANGELS - Shaara
THE KNOWN WORLD - Jones
IN COLD BLOOOD - Capote
SARAH'S KEY - De Rosnay