New Leadership Charter SchoolSummer Reading List: 2007Incoming 7th Grade Students
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Afterlife by Gary Soto
Alice I Think by Susan Juby
Circle of Magic and Circle Opens series by Tamora Pierce
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight
Dunk by David Lubar
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Gathering of Days by Joan Blos
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
Perfect by Natasha Friend
Rats by Paul Zindel
The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Keortge
Spellbound by Janet McDonald
13: Thirteen Stories that Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen by James Howe
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
The River by Gary Paulson
Reading Assignment
- Students must read two books from the list.
Writing Assignment
- Each essay must be three paragraphs: hand written or typed.
- Each paragraph should be at least five to seven sentences long.
- Your writing must identify and discuss characters, theme, plot, conflict, and resolution of the novel.
- You must express one of the following: your personal opinion of the novel, connections you made to the novel or a lesson you learned.
- You must site specific examples from the text and quote text to support your ideas.
This assignment is due on the first day of school. It will be the first graded assignment for your 7 th Grade English Language Arts class.
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