Summer Reading Assignment
•Step 1
–Choose a book from your grade level (2 books if you are in Honors or Gifted)
•Step 2
–READ the novel!
•Step 3
–Print out a copy of the Summer Reading Rubric located on the school website
(btwash.org)
–Read over the rubric
–Create an Edmodo account
•If you already have an Edmodo account, you only have to join your grade
level for the 2012-2013 school year.
•How to create an Edmodo account
–Go to www.edmodo.com/
–Click on “I’m a Student”
–Fill out the information
–Group Code
–Remember to use the grade you will be in Next year
»9thGrade –9lmt4j
»10thgrade = 1dcp6t
»11thGrade = b1lo63
»12thGrade = djxeur
»Username = First and Last name with NO spaces
»Ex: RobinStone
–Password = Birth date –DD/MM/YY
–Ex: 122095
–Email is optional
–Enter your First and Last name in the correct spaces.
–Once you have created your account, you are now ready for the next step
–Using the rubric, you are to make a post (UNDER YOUR GROUP CODE
ONLY) about the book you have chosen to read. In order to receive FULL credit,
you have to meet the requirements that are stated in the rubric.
–After you have made your post, you will now check to find 2 individuals in your
group who have read the same book. You must comment on their posts.
–If you do not make your two comments, you will not receive full credit.
•Step 4
–Enjoy the rest of your summer and take pride in starting off your new school
year right.
BT Washington High School
2012 Summer Reading List
Incoming 9th Graders:
Maze Runner by James Dashner
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Go Get Yours by Ivan James
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
Incoming 11th Graders:
Incoming 10th Graders:
Blank Confession by Peter Hautman
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Hiroshima by John Hersey
Homeboyz by Alan Sitomer
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes Courter
Matched by Ally Condie
Bleachers by John Grisham
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale
Hurston
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Home by Toni Morrison
I Will Save You by Matt De La Pena
Incoming 12th Graders:
Incoming 12the Graders:
Incoming 12th Graders:
English IV Honors
1984 by George Orwell
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
English Dual Enrollment
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
1984 by George Orwell
English IV Regular
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Flip by Martyn Bedford
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Queen of Waters by Laura Resau
Honors/Gifted Students: Choose Two
Dual Enrollment Students: Choose Two
Other Students: Choose One
AP Students: See AP Teachers
Summer Reading Rubric
Benchmark
Quality
Above Standard
Uses terms
And
information
Uses references to
from the novel literature, readings, or
personal experience to
support comments.
Grammar &
Mechanics
Approaches Standard
Responds, but with
Appropriate comments;
minimum effort. (i.e. "I
Appropriate comments and
thoughtful, reflective, and
agree with Bob").
responds respectfully to
respectful of others'
others' comments.
postings.
Consistently uses
specific information and
gives text evidence to
support.
Contribution
Meets Standard
Furthers the discussion
with questions, or
statements that
encourage others to
respond. Participates
beyond the required
number of postings.
Response contains no
errors in spelling,
grammar & mechanics.
Incorporates some terms
and gives minimal text
evidence.
Incorporates some
references from literature
and personal experience.
Participates, but does not
post anything that
encourages others to
respond to the posting.
Participates with the
required number of
postings.
Discusses terms from
class in a general way,
but does not use text
evidence.
Below Standard
Posting does not
respond to the question
or classmate's posting.
Response is irrelevant
or off topic.
Total
Possible
Points
5
Includes no terms or
supporting evidence.
Does not include any
Uses personal
personal experiences, or
experience, but no
references to readings
references to readings or
or research.
research.
Posting is less than 50%
Posting does not answer complete or posting
all of the questions or
does not further any
answers provided are
discussions.
incomplete.
Response may contain
significant errors in
Response may contain one Response may contain
spelling, grammar &
or two errors in spelling,
several errors in spelling,
mechanics. Errors may
grammar & mechanics.
grammar & mechanics.
cause the answer to be
Errors do not impede
Errors may impede
largely incoherent.
reader's understanding.
reader's understanding.
5
5
5