Rising 7th Grade Summer Reading 2019 Summer reading is essential to maintaining your reading skills. For your Summer Reading this year, you are to read AT LEAST THREE books that are at Middle Grades level or above. Check the books’ levels on arbookfind.com. For one of your books, you will complete a Newsletter (details below) The other two books will be your choice as long as they are in your ZPD range. For each of them, you will fill out a Remarkable Reader Review. I look forward to reading the discoveries you will make about your books! 1. Keep a Summer Reading Log of the books you read this summer. There must be at least three books with all of the other information filled out to get full credit for this portion of the summer reading. 2. All incoming seventh graders are required to read ONE novel from the following list: Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (ZPD: 5.1) Cinder by Marissa Meyer (ZPD: 5.8) Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (ZPD: 5.2) Crash by Jerry Spinelli (ZPD: 3.6) City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (ZPD: 5.0) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (ZPD: 5.7) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (ZPD: 5.3) Refugee by Alan Gratz (ZPD: 5.3) Ghost by Jason Reynolds (ZPD: 4.6) Restart by Gordon Korman (ZPD: 5.1) The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien (ZPD: 6.6) Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (ZPD: 4.2) Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (ZPD: 4.4) I, Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson (ZPD: 3.9) Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris (ZPD: 5.7) The Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (ZPD: 7.0) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples (ZPD: 5.9) a. After reading the book, design a newsletter for your book. In your newsletter (look up examples on the internet), you must do the following: 1) Give your newsletter a catchy title that is connected to the book. 2) Include an article on the climax (the point of highest tension or the turning point) of the book with a small picture of the event. The article must be 5-8 sentences long and be a detailed account of this section of the book. You may draw the picture yourself, use a computer to generate it, or cut out of a magazine. The article should have a catchy title. 3) Include an article about one of the main characters which identifies THREE personality traits that describe his or her personality and how he or she shows those traits in the book. This article should also be 5-8 sentences long. Include a picture of the person and a creative title. You may draw the picture yourself, use a computer to generate it, or cut it out of a magazine. 4) Include an advertisement for something that has some meaningful connection to the book. 3. For the other two books your read, complete the Remarkable Reader Review sheet that is attached. If you read more than three books, you only need to fill out a review for two of them. The rest can just be listed on your reading log. Challenge yourself, find a new author or genre to try, and enjoy reading over the summer! REMARKABLE READER REVIEWER Your Name (first and last): Title of Book: Author or Book: List of 2-5 main characters with one sentence Summary of Book (in your own words): about each: Setting (time and place): How challenging was the book: (circle one) Not at all 1 2 3 4 5 Too hard Why did you choose this book? ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ What was your favorite part of the book? _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Would you recommend this book? Why or Why not? _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMER READING LOG 2019 Book Title Author’s Name Book Level on Three words to Parent Signature arbookfind.com describe book .