Hogg Middle School Incoming 8th Grade Summer Reading 2014
International Baccalaureate World School – MYP
Due Date: September 19
This summer, Hogg MS students will develop an understanding of what it means to be an IB student by
exploring the ten IB Learner profile attributes and using the profiles to analyze an assigned work of fiction.
Each student is expected to read the two required reading books for his/her grade level, select two books
from the choice A list and select 2 additional books to read. Before returning to school each entering 8th
grade student will have read a total of 6 novels.
Required reading books: Read the following 2 books and complete the IB Learner Profile chart in this
packet for each book.
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In the not-too-distant future the United States has
collapsed and has been replaced by the totalitarian regime, Panem. Katniss becomes a
contestant in the annual Hunger Games, a televised, gladiator-like contest where teens
compete to the death. (You may read any book in the series)
We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by Jacob
Boas. This book is a credit to the human spirit, courage, and strength of these five
teenagers as they faced the Holocaust and World War II.
Choice A List: Select 2 novels to read from this list and write a one page essay (on one of the novels)
explaining which 3 IB Learner Profiles the main character exhibited. Be sure to give text evidence.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. After being sold to a cruel couple in New
York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Relive the dramatic events in the Revolutionary
War through the eyes of a young fourteen year-old silversmith’s apprentice. Journey
with him as he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and other famous men of
American history. Experience the drama of the Tea Party and the heat of battle at the
Battle of Lexington.
Legend by Marie Lu. (Any book in the series) In a dark future, when North America
has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy
June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin began as a
serial in the abolitionist weekly, The National Era. The importance of Stowe’s
work was as evident at the time it was first published as it is today. A story of
suffering and compassion, Uncle Tom’s Cabin depicts slavery as honestly as it
denounces it.
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. This is the story of one African –
American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks,
illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South during the 1930’s.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. This is a nineteenth-century science
fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and an undersea world.
Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World by Sally M.
Walker. This book explores the discovery and controversy surrounding the
identification of the Kennewick Man, a nine thousand year old skeleton whose remains
were found in a riverbed in Washington State in 1996.
Challenging Read: Isaac’s Storm by Eric Larson. The greatest Natural disaster in
American history happened in Galveston, 1900! Read about this true story. You will not
be able to put this book down.
Note: Descriptions were taken from the publishers and HAISLN.
Free Choice: With the help of your parent or an adult, select 2 books to read that will hold your interest
and will challenge you. Please look over these lists and read a few reviews before making your selection.
Be sure to keep a list of the books you read.
Lone Star List 2014
http://www.txla.org/groups/lone-star
HAISLN Grades 7/8
http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html
YALSA Award Lists
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bookawards/booklists/members
Newbery Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
HISD suggested reading list http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/93407
**Here is an app you can download to your iPod/iPad/iPhone to help you find award-winning books.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products/teenbookfinder (android version is coming out later in 2014)
List the title and author of the books you read this summer.
1. Required Reading _____________________________________________________________________________
2. Required Reading ________________________________________________________________________________
3. Choice A Reading __________________________________________________________________________________
4. Choice A Reading __________________________________________________________________________________
5. Free Choice Reading__________________________________________________________________________________
6. Free Choice Reading__________________________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________________________________________
10. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Razorbacks Read!
IB Learner Profile
Inquirer - An IB Learner is curious, questions the world around them and is a life-long learner.
Knowledgeable - An IB Learner explores concepts, ideas, and issues that have global and local importance.
Thinker - An IB Learner applies critical thinking skills and takes the initiative to solve problems.
Communicator - An IB Learner expresses ideas and information confidently and creatively.
Principled - An IB Learner is honest and has a sense of fairness and justice in their interactions with others.
Open-minded - An IB Learner is open to different perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and
cultures.
Caring - An IB Learner shows compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others.
Risk-taker - An IB Learner exhibits the independence to explore new ideas. They are courageous in defending
their beliefs.
Balanced - An IB Learner appreciates the importance of nurturing both the mind and body.
Reflective - An IB Learner thinks about their own learning and recognizes strengths and weaknesses within
themselves.
Assignments
Required Reading Assignment: (2 charts)
As you read the required novels for 8th grade, analyze how the characters exhibit the IB Learner profile
(provided above). Fill in the IB Learner Profile Charts for each of your books.
Choice Reading Assignment: (1 Essay)
Essay: Using one of the 2 books you read from the Choice A list; write a one-page essay explaining which 3
IB Learner Profiles the main character exhibited. Be sure to provide text evidence. Please use your own
paper.
Title ___________________________________________
Examples of how the character
demonstrates the trait (include the
IB Learner Profile name of character).
Inquirer
.
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Communicators
.
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-Taker
Balanced
Reflective
.
Your Name ______________________________________
Provide text evidence for your example.
(Include page numbers for quotes.)
Title ___________________________________________
Your Name ______________________________________
Examples of how the
character demonstrates Provide text evidence for your Example of how you have
the trait (include the
example. (Include page
demonstrated the trait
IB Learner Profile name of character).
numbers for quotes.)
this summer.
Inquirer
.
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Communicators
.
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-Taker
Balanced
Reflective
.