Picture Yourself Reading! Lakeview’s Summer Reading 2009
The purpose of summer reading at Lakeview Academy is to encourage lifelong reading habits and
establish a community of readers at Lakeview. There are two kinds of assignments for the summer:
the first assignment is required of all English and AP History classes, as usual, in order to begin classes
with a common reading and discussion opportunity. The second kind of assignment is to foster pleasure
reading.
Assignment #1: Required Reading
Students should read the required books and be prepared for reading quizzes/writing assignments over
the books on the first days of class. For all 6-12th graders, study the list below for guidance about what
to look for in the texts. The purpose of this summer assignment is for you to read, understand, and
interact with the text (not the movie, study help books/sites, etc.). For some students, marking the text
will be a way to remember; for others, notes or note cards will suffice. Regardless of the technique
chosen, make sure to have read and understood the assigned reading, and be prepared for assignments
on the first day back! Students have to review/study the list below carefully in addition to getting
through the book. Links for book purchases are provided on line, but books may be purchased
anywhere as long as ISBN numbers are the same.
Once you have read a book, make sure you can give the following information:
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main characters (names and descriptions)
narrative point of view
setting (with attention to important imagery)
main conflicts and their resolutions
themes
significant/important passages
any shifts in narrator/significant changes in character
important descriptions of places
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literary devices that stand out (foreshadowing, symbolism, allusion, metaphor, tone, diction,
etc.)
Book purchase links: www.amazon.com
www.half.com
www.doverpublications.com
Middle school
Required Reading
6th grade
Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls) ISBN-10: 0440412676
7th grade
The Outsiders (Hinton) ISBN-10: 014038572X
8th grade
Rebecca (Du Maurier) ISBN-10: 0380778556
Upper School
Required Reading (you must read all of these for your grade level)
9th grade
Honors- The Hunger Games (Collins) ISBN-10: 0439023483
Fahrenheit 451(Bradbury) ISBN-10: 0345342968
Regular- The Hunger Games (Collins) ISBN-10: 0439023483
(See video link here for Hunger Games:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m154XLKNYB5WH0)
10th grade
Honors- The Power of One (Courtenay) ISBN-10: 034541005X
Life of Pi (Martel) ISBN-10: 0156027321
Regular- The Power of One (Courtenay) ISBN: 034541005X
11th grade
A.P- The Great Gatsby(Fitzgerald) ISBN: 0743273567
All the Pretty Horses (Mccarthy) ISBN: 0679744398
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality (Lynch); pages 19 to
195 ISBN: 0393321649
Regular- The Things They Carried (O’Brien) ISBN-10: 0767902890
The Unvanquished (Faulkner) ISBN: 978-0-679-73652-3
12th grade
A.P- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Hardy) ISBN:0486415899
Atonement (McEwan) ISBN: 038572179X
Regular- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Hardy) ISBN:0486415899
Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro) ISBN-10: 1400078776
Assignment #2
We’d like to you read a book for pleasure this summer. That’s right, something you want to read. Some
things to consider when choosing your books:
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It needs to be a book, not a series of websites, magazine articles, etc. It needs to be a
book. It may be non-fiction, biography, fiction, etc.
2. It needs to be a book that you haven’t read before for class or pleasure. (Remember our
honor code: Lakeview students to not lie, cheat, steal, or approve of those who do.)
3. It needs to be a book that your parents approve of your reading. You will be turning in a
form signed by your parent on the first day of school with their signatures stating this.
4. Middle schoolers must read books of AT LEAST one hundred pages long, and upper
schoolers must read books of AT LEAST two hundred pages long. No graphic novels this
year unless you get teacher approval. Feel free to read more books, recommend books
to friends, read more than the required length, or multiple books, and bring to school
the one you liked the most.
Your assignment for this book:
1. Have someone take your picture reading this book. It can be while you’re reading in the back seat
of the car, on the lake, on top of the Eiffel Tower, in your back yard, wherever. We will be giving prizes
for the pictures, and using them in the writing/discussion assignment you’ll have about your book on
your return to school. Photos must be SCHOOL-APPROPRIATE.
2. We’ll be building a virtual Lakeview library of your summer books when you return on Voice
Thread, each grade level with its own shelf. This will involve writing about your book, and making a
review of your book. Make sure to read the book and not just the back cover or Spark Notes. What
your write about your book will be published for others in the school, and beyond to see.
3. You’ll be uploading your photos and making comments on others’ book reviews. There will be
more specific directions when you come to class the first day back with your books.
In case you would like some suggestions for what books to read, here are a few places to begin looking.
Don’t forget your local library and librarian.
Middle School
High School