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Summer packets are due the week school begins. Have a great Summer!
Summer Review
2015
This packet is for incoming SEVENTH GRADE students!
All Assignments are Due on Monday, September 14, 2015
7TH GRADE LITERATURE
Students may read other titles by the authors listed below.
READING IS A TRIP INTO THE IMAGINATION! Whether you read Fiction or Non-fiction, you
may travel the world from your own private seat wherever you are! The key to academic success is
to KEEP READING THIS SUMMER! Students must do the following: 1- Read at least 2 books for
Literature Class then fill out an attached Summer Reading Journal Page for each book. Be
prepared to orally present to class one of the two novels (using your Journal Page as notes to
support your presentation), also, write 3-5 key points that occur in each chapter for each
book (typed, MLA format, or handwritten on loose-leaf paper, attach to this packet), 2Read My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier, and fill out the attached S. S. Journal
Page, 3-Read 100 WORDS every middle schooler should know- write the word, part of
speech, definition and your own sentence for each word (typed, MLA, or handwritten on
loose-leaf paper, attach to this packet). 4- Keep track of all of your books read during the
summer (in addition to the required reading books) on the attached Summer Reading Log Sheet, as
it will count towards the 30 Book Reading Challenge beginning in September!
Alcott – Little Women
Asimov, Isaac – Fantastic Voyage
Babbitt, Natalie – Tuck Everlasting
Banks, Tristan- Mac Slater Hunts the Cool, Mac Slater VS. The City
Bosch, Psydonymous- The Name of this Book is Secret Series
Burpo, Todd – Heaven is for Real
Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game Series
Collier – Jump Ship to Freedom
Collins, Suzanne- The Hunger Games Series
Crane, Stephen – The Red Badge of Courage
DiCamillo, Kate – The Magician’s Elephant, Because of Winn-Dixie
Dickens, Charles – The Christmas Carol
Duncan, Lois – I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ransom
Funke, Cornellia – Inkspell Series
Greene – The Summer of My German Soldier
Grisham, John- Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer
Haddix, Margaret Peterson- Among the Hidden Series
Hoffman, Alice - Acquamarine
Korman, Gordon – On the Run Series (Book 1- Chasing the Falconers)
Krakauer, Jon – Into This Air
Lasky, Katherine – The Bone Wars
Law, Ingrid - Savvy
Lobel, Anita – No Pretty Pictures – Holocaust
London – The Call of the Wild
Lore, Pitticus- I Am Number Four
Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars, The Giver
Lupica, Mike- Travel Team, Hero
Malone, Marianne – The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Marrin, Albert – Flesh & Blood So Cheap- The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
Mass, Wendy- The Candy Makers, A Mango Shaped Space
Meyers, Stephanie- Twilight Series
Meyers, Walter Dean & Ross Workman - Kick
Mitchell, Margaret – Gone With the Wind
Montgomery, Sy – Temple Grandin-How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism & Changed the World
Morpurgo, Michael- War Horse
Murphy, Jim – Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Naylor – A String of Chances
Paulsen, Gary – Woods Runner
Paterson, James - Daniel X Series (Book 1- Daniel X)
Paterson, James- Maximum Ride Series (Book 1- The Angel Experiment)
Paterson, James – Middle School- The Worst Years of My Life Series
Paterson, Katherine – Jacob Have I Loved, Woodsong
Paolini, Christopher – Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger Series
Peck, Richard – Princess Ashley, A Long Way from Chicago
Philbrick, Rodman – The Young Man and the Sea
Riordan, Rick – Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series, The Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus Series
Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter Series
Sandler, Martin W. – Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
Schanzer, Rosalyn – Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Sheinkin, Steve - BOMB
Smith, Roland - Peak
Spinelli, Jerry – Star Girl
Steifvater, Maggie – The Scorpio Races
Stewart, Trenton Lee- The Mysterious Benedict Society & sequel
The Mysterious Benedict Society & the Perilous Journey
Taylor – Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Tolkien – The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Townsend – The Adrian Mole Diaries
Vernes, Jules – Journey to the Center of the Earth
Westell, Robert - Blitzcat
Wells – The Time Machine
Yep – The Serpent’s Children, Child of the Owl, Dragonwings
Zusak, Markus – The Book Thief
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SUMMER
LITERATURE SUMMER READING JOURNAL PAGE
(Choose 2 novels from the attached 7th Grade Summer Reading List
and fill out 1 Journal Page for each novel.)
NAME:_____________________________________________ HOMEROOM: _________
BOOK TITLE: ______________________________________ JOURNAL PAGE:
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AUTHOR: __________________________________________ DATE: ________________
Draw a scene from the book or obtain a picture from the web.
THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY OF THE STORY! FIRST, DETAIL THE BASIC SITUATION (WHICH INCLUDES THE MAIN
CHARACTERS, SETTING AND MAIN CONFLICT OF THE STORY.) THEN, DETAIL AT LEAST ONE EVENT THAT LEADS TO THE
CLIMAX OF THE STORY. ALSO, DETAIL THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY (the high point of the main story where you can tell how the
story may be resolved) BUT DON’T GIVE AWAY THE RESOLUTION OR FINAL ENDING OF THE STORY. FINALLY, GIVE YOUR
OPINION ABOUT THE BOOK, WHETHER YOU LOVED IT OR HATED IT! Your entire response should be at least 3 paragraphs
(consisting of 5-8 sentences each, grammar and spelling count!) Attach extra sheets of paper should you need more space for your response. Also,
feel free to type the response and attach to this page.
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SUMMER
LITERATURE SUMMER READING JOURNAL PAGE
(Choose 2 novels from the attached 7th Grade Summer Reading List
and fill out 1 Journal Page for each novel.)
NAME:_____________________________________________ HOMEROOM: _________
BOOK TITLE: ______________________________________ JOURNAL PAGE:
of 2
AUTHOR: __________________________________________ DATE: ________________
Draw a scene from the book or obtain a picture from the web.
THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY OF THE STORY! FIRST, DETAIL THE BASIC SITUATION (WHICH INCLUDES THE MAIN
CHARACTERS, SETTING AND MAIN CONFLICT OF THE STORY.) THEN, DETAIL AT LEAST ONE EVENT THAT LEADS TO THE
CLIMAX OF THE STORY. ALSO, DETAIL THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY (the high point of the main story where you can tell how the
story may be resolved) BUT DON’T GIVE AWAY THE RESOLUTION OR FINAL ENDING OF THE STORY. FINALLY, GIVE YOUR
OPINION ABOUT THE BOOK, WHETHER YOU LOVED IT OR HATED IT! Your entire response should be at least 3 paragraphs
(consisting of 5-8 sentences each, grammar and spelling count!) Attach extra sheets of paper should you need more space for your response. Also,
feel free to type the response and attach to this page.
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SUMMER
7th Grade
SOCIAL STUDIES SUMMER READING
JOURNAL PAGE
NAME:
BOOK TITLE: My Brother Sam Is Dead
AUTHOR: Collier and Collier
HOMEROOM:
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FIRST, DETAIL THE BASIC SITUATION (WHICH INCLUDES THE MAIN CHARACTERS, SETTING
AND MAIN CONFLICT OF THE STORY.) THEN, DETAIL AT LEAST ONE EVENT THAT LEADS TO
THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY. FINALLY, GIVE THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY (the most exciting part of
the main story where you can tell which way the story will be resolved.) Your entire response should be at
least 3 paragraphs (consisting of 5-8 sentences each!) Attach extra sheets of paper should you need
more space for your response. Also, feel free to type the response and attach to this page.
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