Prince of Peace Christian School
Summer Reading 2015
Dear Incoming Middle School Students:
As part of the summer reading program, you are required to read one novel from the class list provided.
Choose a book from the list below for the grade you will be entering in August 2015. You should finish your
book before the first day of school.
During the first week of school, you will turn in your “One Pager Assignment” attached to this letter. It
can be done electronically (on Notability) or on paper.
Please Note: This assignment applies to all 6th grade students, 7th grade students, and 8th grade regular
English students. 8th grade Honors expectations are posted separately.
To summarize:
1. Read a book from your grade’s list.
2. Complete the “One Pager Assignment” and turn in the first week of school.
Please do not hesitate to contact any of the Middle School English teachers listed below via email if you
have any questions regarding the summer reading program.
In Him,
Marianne Schnell
Middle School Language
Arts and History
[email protected]
Kacie Krause
Middle School Language
Arts and Theology
[email protected]
Michelle Dwyer
Middle School Language
Arts and Theology
[email protected]
6th and 6th GRADE HONORS SUMMER READING OPTIONS
Prior to the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, please read one of the books listed below and
complete the “One Pager Assignment.” Your selection should be something you have not read in the
past.
Realistic Fiction:
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Historical Fiction:
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Behind the Mountain by Edwidge Danticat
At Her Majesty's Request by Walter Dean Myers (semi-biographical)
Mythological, Legend, or Fantasy:
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
Any of the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas
Biography/Autobiography:
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Nelson Mandela (A & E Biography) by Reggie Finlayson
7th and 7th GRADE HONORS SUMMER READING OPTIONS
Prior to the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, please read one of the books listed below and
complete the “One Pager Assignment.” Your selection should be something you have not read in the
past.
Historical Fiction:
Piper’s Ferry by G. Clifton Wisler
The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins
Of Courage Undaunted by James Daugherty
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
and Christopher Collier
Action/Adventure:
The Call of the Wild or
White Fang by Jack London
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Any selection from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s
Anne of Green Gables Series –
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne’s House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow Valley
Rilla of Ingleside
The Blythes are Quoted
Fantasy:
The Dark Rising by Susan Cooper
Alice Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Any selection from Lloyd Alexander’s
Chronicles of Prydain Series –
The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King
8th GRADE REGULAR ENGLISH SUMMER READING OPTIONS
Prior to the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, please read one of the books listed below and
complete the “One Pager Assignment.” Your selection should be something you have not read in the
past.
Historical Fiction:
White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer
Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Classics:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Non-Fiction (Bio/History):
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice by Peter Nelson
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (also, any of the sequels)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Apollo 13: Lost Moon by James Lovell
* Please Note: 8th grade Honors expectations are posted separately.
POPCS SUMMER READING “ONE PAGER ASSIGNMENT”
Student Name:
Title of Book:
Author:
Quotes: Choose three important quotes from your reading selection and explain their significance to the story or theme.
Quotes
Significance
Quote 1 with page number:
Quote 2 with page number:
Quote 3 with page number:
Vocabulary: Find eight unfamiliar words in your book. Write the sentence that the word is within. Use your context clues or another
strategy to write the meaning.
Word
Sentence from Book (with page number)
Meaning in Context
Plot Summary: You may use bulleted information, but make sure to include the elements of fiction (i.e. setting, characters, conflict, climax,
and resolution)
Beginning of Book
Middle of Book
End of Book