SUMMER READING
2010
Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade, Eighth Grade, Ninth Grade, Tenth Grade, Eleventh Grade, Twelfth Grade
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
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Third
The Giving Tree ……………………………………………........Silverstein
Freckle Juice ……………………………………………...................Blume
The Hundred Penny Box …………………………………….........Mathis
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Fourth
The Other Side of the Mountain ……………………………...George
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears ……………………..Aardema
Shiloh .......………………………………………………......................Naylor
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Fifth
Dear Mr. Henshaw .........……………………………………..........Cleary
Dogsong ……………………………………………………............Paulson
The Cay …………………………………………………….................Taylor
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Sixth
Freak the Mighty …………………………………………….......Philbrick
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry .……………………………..............Taylor
Across Five Aprils …………………………………….........................Hunt
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Seventh
To Kill a Mockingbird……………………………………......................Lee
The Pearl …………………………………………………….....Steinbeck
Hound of the Baskervilles……………………………………...........Doyle
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...…........Hacker
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Eighth
Animal Farm ……………………………………………..........Orwell
Red Badge of Courage……………………………………….......Crane
Great Expectations……………………………………………....Dickens
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...….......Hacker
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Ninth
Hot Zone…………………………………………………...............Preston
All Quiet on the Western Front…………………………....Remarque
The Stranger……………………………………………................Camus
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………............Hacker
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Tenth
Silent Spring………………………………………........................Carson
Turn of the Screw………………………………………...............James
Jane Eyre………………………………………………..................Bronte
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...........Hacker
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Eleventh
Never Let Me Go……………………………………….............Ishigure
The Known World……………………………………….................Jones
The Jungle………………………………………...........................Sinclair
A Pocket Style Manual …………………………………...........Hacker
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Twelfth
Candide ………………………………………………............Voltaire
Frankenstein……………………………………………..............Shelley
Northanger Abbey.....................................................................Austen
A Pocket Style Manual ………………………………….........Hacker
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