Summer Reading 2015 for Triad Academy at Summit School Rising 6th, 7th and 8th Grade-­ Full Time and Transitional Students The purpose of summer reading is to help cultivate a love of reading books while maintaining reading fluency by reading out loud to a parent or adult. The faculty at Triad strongly encourage parental involvement in the summer reading process by listening to your child read aloud in order to assist with the following: ● help the student keep a slow, measured pace ● ensure accuracy with skipped words ● alert the student when he/she inserts words into the text that don’t really exist ● correct mis-­read words ● provide help and encouragement with words that the student is having difficulty reading. Assignment: ​ Each student depending on grade level will have an assigned book to read and a form to complete as he or she is reading the book. (The book list and form are below. click on the book title for a link to Amazon to purchase the book.) The student must be prepared to bring in the completed form as well as discuss the book when he or she returns in the fall. We encourage summer reading so please encourage your child to read other books at his or her interest level. The Summit School Library will be open on most Tuesdays from 10am-­2pm in the summer months. Please feel free to come in and pick out additional books for the summer. Visit the ​Library Link​ to see a list of books by grade level and topic for ideas. Summer Reading Book Assignment by Grade Level Rising 6th Grade Everest -­ Book One -­ The Contest by Gordon Korman A thrilling adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman about a number of kids competing to be the youngest person to ever reach the top of Mt. Everest Four kids. One mountain. They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first. The competition is fierce. The preparation is intense. The challenge is breathtaking. When the final four reach the higher peaks, disaster strikes—and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action. Rising 7th Grade The Sea of Monsters: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Part 2 by Rick Riordan After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-­grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson-­a six-­foot-­three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends. But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-­Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-­Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia-­only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name the Bermuda Triangle. Now Percy and his friends-­Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson-­must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-­Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family-­one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke. Rising 8th Grade Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings Brady loves life on the Chesapeake Bay with his friends J.T. and Digger. But developers and rich families are moving into the area, and while Brady befriends some of them, like the DiAngelos, his parents and friends are bitter about the changes. Tragedy strikes when the DiAngelos’ kayak overturns in the bay, and Brady wonders if it was more than an accident. Soon, Brady discovers the terrible truth behind the kayak’s sinking, and it will change the lives of those he loves forever. Priscilla Cummings deftly weaves a suspenseful tale of three teenagers caught in a wicked web of deception. 2
Name:__________________________________ Date:___________________________________ Triad Academy at Summit School Rising 6th-­8th Grade Book Summarizer Directions:​ Use this form to summarize your summer book selection. Heading Your Notes Title Author Publisher Date published Awards? Setting -­ time Setting -­ place Main characters 1. 2. 3. 4. 3
Describe the problem the main character must solve, or the quest they attempt. Tell some of the things the main characters do to solve the problem. 4
What is your favorite part? Explain it. Number of pages in the book. 5