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SUMMER READING
2008

Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade,
Eighth Grade, Ninth Grade, Tenth Grade, Eleventh Grade, Twelfth Grade, AP History Class Titles, Optional Reading for 2nd-6th

          As a learning community, WCDS focuses on reading skills. Because much is to be gained or lost during the summer months, a continuation of reading is required by both the Lower and Upper schools.
          An investment of quality time is vital for the success of summer reading. A student might spread the reading out over the summer and then review the texts in the week before schools starts. Upper school students might find that keeping a reading journal helps. Simply write a brief summary at the end of each chapter or section.
          If a student is multi-tasking while reading—watching television, writing IM or text messages, talking on the phone, or engaging in any number of other activities—reading comprehension will drop dramatically.
          The only way to improve reading comprehension is to read and read and read increasingly more difficult texts. Even the most skilled readers find re-reading necessary. Summer is a time when the enhancement of reading skills becomes possible.
          Encourage your child to discover the joys of reading this summer.

Second--
Monsoon   ……………………………………………………Krishnaswami
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo……………….Blume
Caps for Sale         ……………………………………………Slobodkina

Third-
The Giving Tree    ……………………………………………Silverstein
Freckle Juice         ……………………………………………Blume
The Hundred Penny Box  ……………………………………Mathis

Fourth--
The Far Side of the Mountain   ……………………………George
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears   ……………………Aardema
Shiloh        ……………………………………………………Naylor

Fifth--
Dear Mr. Henshaw            ……………………………………Cleary
Dogsong    ……………………………………………………Paulson
The Cay     ……………………………………………………Taylor

Sixth--
Freak the Mighty  ……………………………………………Philbrick
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry     ……………………………Taylor
Across Five Aprils            ……………………………………Hunt

Seventh--
To Kill a Mockingbird      ……………………………………Lee
The Pearl   ……………………………………………………Steinbeck
The Member of the Wedding       ……………………………McCullers
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...….Hacker

Eighth--
Animal Farm         ……………………………………………Orwell
Anthem     ……………………………………………………Rand
The Old Man and the Sea             …………………………....Hemingway
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...….Hacker

Ninth--
The Metamorphosis           ……………………………….Kafka
Fahrenheit 451      ……………………………………….Bradbury
Oliver Twist          ……………………………………….Dickens
A Pocket Style Manual ………………………………….Hacker

Tenth--
Silent Spring         ……………………………………….Carson
Their Eyes Were Watching God   ……………………….Hurston
Of Mice and Men             ……………………………….Steinbeck
A Pocket Style Manual ………………………………….Hacker

Eleventh--
The Prince             ……………………………………….Machiavelli
Madame Bovary   ……………………………………….Flaubert
The Jungle             ……………………………………….Sinclair
A Pocket Style Manual ………………………………….Hacker

Twelfth--
Candide    ……………………………………………….Voltaire
Invisible Man        ……………………………………….Ellison
Love in the Time of Cholera         ……………………….Marquez
A Pocket Style Manual ………………………………….Hacker

*AP History Class Titles
AP WORLD HISTORY
       Guns, Germs, and Steel………..Diamond
      
AP U.S. HISTORY
      The Spirit of 1787 .......... Lomask
                              OR
      The Summer of 1787...........Stewart

A Pocket Style Manual ……….Hacker

 

The following books will be read IN CLASS during the year, so they should not be read during the summer.

Second Grade
The Chocolate Touch                                                  Catling
Julian’s Glorious Summer                                          Cameron

Third Grade
Because of Winn Dixie                                                DiCamillo
Ramona Qiumby, Age 8                                             Cleary

Fourth Grade
The Best Christmas Ever                                             Robinson
Maniac Magee                                                             Spinnelli

Fifth Grade
Indian in the Cupboard                                             Banks
The Witch of Blackbird Pond                                     Speare

Sixth Grade
Phantom Tollboth                                                       Juster
The Watsons Go to Birmingham                                Curtis

All students in grades 7-12 are required to buy and keep Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual. This manual will be referred to for the six upper school years.

Seventh Grade
Rascal                                                                           North                  
A Christmas Carol                                                      Dickens
Treasure Island                                                           Stevenson
The Incredible Journey                                               Burnford

Eighth Grade
Call of the Wild                                                           London
Kitchen Boy                                                                 Alexander     
Romeo and Juliet                                                         Shakespeare
The Odyssey                                                                 Homer
The Outsiders                                                               Hinton

Ninth Grade

Medea                                                                               Sophocles
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde                                                   Stevenson
A Separate Peace                                                             Knowles
A Midsummer Night’s Dream                                          Shakespeare
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamtress                          Dai Sijie

Tenth Grade

Things Fall Apart                                                         Achebe
The Great Santini                                                        Conroy
The Joy Luck Club                                                       Tan
Rubaiyat                                                                      Omar Khayyam
Hunger of Memory                                                      Rodriguez
Lais of Marie de France                                             Marie de France
A Raisin in the Sun                                                      Hansberry
Julius Caesar                                                              Shakespeare
Antigone                                                                     Sophocles
Night                                                                          Weisel
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich                         Solzhenitsyn

In addition, tenth grade honors will read

A Prayer for Owen Meany                                          Irving
Inferno                                                                         Dante
Tristan and Isolt                                                          Von Strassburg

 

Eleventh Grade
Honors

The Natural                                                                  Malamud
Billy Budd                                                                    Melville
The Crucible                                                                Miller
The Great Gatsby                                                        Fitzgerald
And the Earth Did Not Devour Him                          Rivera

Eleventh Grade
AP

The Scarlet Letter                                                        Hawthorne
Brave New World                                                        Huxley
This Boy’s Life                                                             Wolff
Catcher in the Rye                                                       Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn                         Twain

 

Twelfth Grade
Honors
The Canterbury Tales                                                 Chaucer
Macbeth                                                                       Shakespeare
Oedipus Rex                                                                 Sophocles
Jane Eyre                                                                      Bronte
Bless Me Ultima                                                          Anaya
Pygmalion                                                                    Shaw

Twelfth Grade
AP

Othello                                                                          Shakespeare
Murder in the Cathedral                                            Eliot
Dr. Faustus                                                                  Marlowe
Heart of Darkness                                                       Conrad
Death of a Salesman                                                   Miller
The Sound and the Fury                                             Faulkner
The Importance of Being Earnest                              Wilde

 

Enjoy your summer and enjoy your reading. Please save this form and return it to your child’s teacher the first week of school.

 

 

 

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