Students Beginning 6th Grade
2014-2015 School Year Summer Reading List
Dear Sixth Graders:
Welcome to Kennett Middle School! In an effort to promote life-long literacy, students who
are entering sixth grade should select two books from the 2014 Summer Reading List. This
list canalso be found on the Kennett Middle School Library Home Page accessed at
catalog.kcsd.org. Once there, the Summer Reading link will provide you with the list as well
as bibliographic information about the book. Clicking on the title will provide a brief
summary as well as subject headings. These descriptions will help parents and students
select books based on their interest and independent reading ability.
Use the graphic organizer template provided to record essential elements of the books you
have chosen. Use a separate organizer for each novel. This can be found on the district
website as well. When the new school year begins, grades will be issued for each of the
organizers, so complete them carefully. Your Language Arts teacher will provide a due date
for the organizers during the first week of school.
Understanding that all students have different interests and reading levels, please select
two(2) mandatory books with your parents. Two assigned graphic organizers are due in
your Reading/Language Arts class during the first week of school. Please access your
assignment and graphic organizers on the KMS website.
Enjoy your summer and happy reading!
Sixth Grade Language Arts Teachers
Fantasy
Ella Enchanted
The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story
Sandry's Book
The Lightning Thief
Raven's Gate
Historical Fiction
Beyond the Western Sea Book 1: Escape from Home
Letters from Rifka
Lily's Crossing
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
The Wreckers (Adventure)
Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
Running Out of Time (Mystery)
Levine, Gail Carson
Hahn, Mary Downing
Pierce, Tamora
Riordan, Rick
Horowitz, Anthony
Avi
Hesse, Karen
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Peck, Richard
Taylor, Theodore
Lawrence, Iain
Woodruff, Elvira
Haddix, Margaret
Peterson
Science Fiction
The Boxes
Lost in Cyberspace
Sleator, William
Peck, Richard
Mystery
The Half-A-Moon Inn
The Thief Lord
Fleischman, Paul
Funke, Cornelia
Realistic Fiction
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Nim's Island
Shiloh
Crash
Joey Pigza Loses Control
Pacific Crossing
The Cay
Cleary, Beverly
Orr, Wendy
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Spinelli, Jerry
Gantos, Jack
Soto, Gary
Taylor, Theodore
Name: ______________________________________________________________ Date:____________________
Sixth Grade Summer Reading Graphic Organizer
Please use this graphic organizer for your two required books.
Title:
Author:
Main
Character
Three details for each character:
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1.
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2.
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3.
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Time: __________________________________________________________________________
Setting:
Main
Place: __________________________________________________________________________
Problem in
the Story:
Timeline of
Events:
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
Choose the
ten most
important
events in
the story
and list
them in the
order in
which they
happened.
Be sure to
include
events
from the
beginning
middle,
and end.
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________________________
7. _______________________________________________________________________
8. _______________________________________________________________________
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10. _______________________________________________________________________
Rating:
Rating: ______________
How would
you rate
Why:___________________________________________________________________________________
this book
on a scale
of 1-10,
with 10
being the
highest?
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Support
your rating
in a
complete
_________________________________________________________________________________________
sentence