WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL Summer Reading Challenge 2018 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students, Each Summer WMS sponsors a Summer Reading Program for all students entering grades 6-8. The goals of the program are to foster a love of reading, to promote independent reading and to ensure that your child’s reading skills are maintained at their current level. This summer reading program is optional but strongly supported by our administration and teachers. WHAT TO DO: To participate in the Summer Reading Program, we require all students to read a minimum of three books : two fiction books from our Recommended Titles and Authors, Sunshine State Young Readers Award, Author or Fiction Super Series lists, and one nonfiction book from our Nonfiction Topics list. Fiction books must have at least 80 pages, and the nonfiction book must have at least 20 pages. Over 150 nonfiction eBooks are available for students this year. (See the directions to access Walton Middle School eBooks on the following page.) To complete the Summer Reading Program students will turn in their Student Reading Record Log and one completed Reading Record for each of the three books they have read by Monday, August 27th to the Media Center. If you should need additional copies of the Summer Reading Packet, you will be able to locate the link on our school homepage www.walton.k12.fl.us/schools/wms/INDEX.htm To determine the AR level of a book visit: www.arbookfind.com WHY SHOULD YOU? Students who have read the required three books and completed the three Reading Records will celebrate their summer reading success with a splendid literacy celebration in October. This year’s celebration promises to be the most exciting summer reading reward ever!!!! Finding the Books The Walton County Library is aware of our Summer Reading Program and has a copy of the required reading list. If the library does not have the book you want, ask them to request it through their interlibrary loan system. We hope that our Summer Reading Program will give students and their families an opportunity to share and enjoy summer reading. Sincerely, Mrs. Kip Baker Literacy Leadership Team Directions to access Walton Middle School Nonfiction eBooks www.walton.k12.fl.us Click on Students’ Tab Click on Resources Under Student Applications click on Destiny Click on Walton Middle School On Search Screen type in the following information: Find Box: type in ABDO Material Type Box: choose Electronic Book (ebook) from dropdown menu Press Enter Key on keyboard Chose the book you want to read from the search results page Click Open Button to open the book Username: wmslmc Password: wmslmc You can download a pdf version of the book to your device or computer to save your data. WMS language teachers request parents/guardians avoid allowing your child access to the following 6-8 Core Literature titles. Teachers use these novels in their curriculum during the school year. *The Book Thief *The Giver *Boy in the Striped Pajamas *Milkweed *Daniel’s Story *Neptune Project *Devil’s Arithmetic *Number the Stars *Diary of Anne Frank *The Outsiders *Fahrenheit 451 *Tangerine *Fev er 1793 *Walk Two Moons *Flipped *Wonder Tim Green Sunshine State Young Reader’s Dan Gutman Margaret Peterson Haddix Award Program 2018 - 2019 Mary Downing Hahn Shannon Hale Click’d by Tamara Ireland Stone Karen Hesse A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman Surrender the Key by DJ MacHale Lisi Harrison The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya Carl Hiaasen The Eureka Key by Sarah Thomson Will Hobbs The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore Anthony Horowitz First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez Erin Hunter Forest of Wonders by Linda Sue Park Brian Jacques Frogkisser! by Garth Nix Peg Kehret Ghost by Jason Reynolds Jeff Kinney The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst Gordon Korman How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me From Robots, Traitors Louis L’Amour and Missy the Cruel by Jennifer Brown Restart by Gordon Korman Madeleine L’Engle Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan Lois Lowry The Van Gogh Deception by Deron Hicks Mike Lupica Lurlene McDaniel D. J. MacHale Any book written by these authors will be Ann M. Martin accepted except the books listed Wendy Mass on the 6 - 8 Core Literature Titles list. Kate Messner L.M. Montgomery Avi Billy Moore Joan Bauer Walter Dean Myers Judy Blume Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Edward Bloor Janette Oke N.E. Bode Katherine Paterson Lauren Brooke James Patterson Betsy Byars Barbara Park Kiera Cass McCaid Paul Ally Carter Gary Paulsen Matt Christopher Ridley Pearson Beverly Cleary Richard Peck Andrew Clements Rick Riordan Suzanne Collins Barbara Robinson Susan Cooper Ginny Rorby Sharon Creech Pam Munoz Ryan Christopher Paul Curtis Cynthia Rylant Roald Dahl Louis Sachar Paula Danziger Gary Schmidt Kate DiCamillo Roland Smith Sharon Draper Gary Soto Lois Duncan Jerry Spinelli Jeanne DuPrau Theodore Taylor Adrian Fogelin Wendelin Van Draanen Heather Vogel Frederick Bill Wallace Cornelia Funke Jacqueline Woodson Jean Craighead George Lawrence Yep Patricia Reilly Giff On the Run by Gordon Korman Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Fiction Super Series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan The Penderwicks by Jane Birdsall Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Royal Diaries by Various authors Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman Michael Scott Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce Selection Series by Kiera Cass Bone by Jeff Smith Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett Brian’s Saga by Gary Paulsen Septimus Heap by Angie Sage Chestnut Hill by Lauren Brooke Shadow Children . by Margaret Haddix Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman Dear America by various authors Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi Deltora by Emily Rodda Stravaganza by Mary Hoffman Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer by John Grishom Dive by Gordon Korman The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld Divergent by Veronica Roth The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell 39 Clues by Rick Riordan and various authors Everest by Gordon Korman Warriors by Erin Hunter Fablehaven by Brandon Mull The Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Nonfiction Topics by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon Choose books on the following topics: Heartland Series by Lauren Brooke (Must contain at least 20 pages) Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous American History Haddock III by Cressida Cowell Animals Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini Autobiographies Ink Trilogy by Cornelia Funke Automobiles Island by Gordon Korman Biographies Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan Careers Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor Countries Kidnapped by Gordon Korman DK Eyewitness Books Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson Geography Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman Government Branches The Last Survivors by Sarah Beth Pfeffer Historical Events Left Behind: The Kids by Jerry B. Jenkins Hobbies Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Insects Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Inventions Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer Memoirs Maximum Ride by James Patterson Military May Bird by Jodi Lynn Anderson Planets Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner Poetry Collections Mother Daughter Book Club by Heather Science and Engineering VogelFrerick Sports My America by Various Authors Sports Teams Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Technology Weather When school starts, come to the school media center and take your AR test on what you read this summer to start collecting your AR points. Reading Record Book 1 – Fiction Name:_________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:_______________________ Title:__________________________________ Author:___________________________# of pages_________ Fill in the graphic organizer with details from the story. Be SPECIFIC and use TEXT EVIDENCE. Describe the primary setting: Details and page number Details and page number List the main characters: Details and page number Details and page number Describe the conflict (problem): Details and page number Details and page number Describe two main events: Details and page number Details and page number Describe how the conflict was solved (the Details and page number resolution of the story.) Details and page number Reading Record Book 2 – Fiction Name:_________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:_______________________ Title:__________________________________ Author:___________________________# of pages_________ Fill in the graphic organizer with details from the story . Be SPECIFIC and use TEXT EVIDENCE. Describe the primary setting: Details and page number Details and page number List the main characters: Details and page number Details and page number Describe the conflict (problem): Details and page number Details and page number Describe two main events: Details and page number Details and page number Describe how the conflict was solve d Details and page number (the resolution of the story): Details and page number Reading Record Book 3 – Nonf iction Name:_________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:_______________________ Title:__________________________________ Author:___________________________# of pages_________ List 10 facts you learned from reading this nonfiction book. Use complete sentences. You may continue your answers on back, if needed. Fact