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Summer Reading List
IMPORTANT UPDATE: (posted on June 7th)
Dear Mabry Parents and Students,
The required summer reading for Mabry students is:
- Sixth Grade - The Cay by Theodore Taylor
- Seventh Grade – The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
- Eighth Grade - The Pearl by John Steinbeck
You will only need to complete written work for the above required readings.
You are also to read both a nonfiction book and a fiction book from the list for your grade level. If you can not find any of the books on the reading list, you may substitute a nonfiction book and a fiction book of your choice. Please be sure that you and your parents feel your reading choice is appropriate for you. Keep track of your reading so we can count it toward your 25 book reading requirement.
We are sorry for the confusion and inconvenience you have had in trying to locate the books on the summer reading list. Next year we will be certain that all of the books on the reading list are more easily accessable to you. I appreciate your understanding.
Sincerely,
Dr. Tyson
posted on: June 1, 2005
Improving reading and writing are important goals at Mabry. Research has shown that the amount and quality of student reading and writing is a major factor in student achievement. Georgia and Cobb County require all middle school students read at least 25 books for 2005-2006. The 3 books you read this summer will count as part of this requirement. All written work for the required summer reading assignments will be collected during the first week of school in August. Writing pieces should be neat, legible (you may write in cursive or use word processing), and stapled together. Be sure to put your name on your work.
A copy of this information was sent home at the end of the school year. The required reading for each grade level is linked to Amazon.com for your convenience. However, this is just one of the assigned readings. Don't forget to download the PDFs for the other readings and assignments.
Rising 6th Grade
- The Cay (AR 6.2) by Theodore Taylor is required reading for everyone in 6th grade. Complete the journal assignment and be prepared to intelligently discuss the book in your Language Arts class. You will take the AR test for this book after class discussion is completed.
- Download a copy of the assignments and the nonfiction and fiction reading list by click on each of the two documents below.
These are both PDFs, so you will need Adobe Acrobat, which is free. Most computers already have this software.
- Choose one book from the nonfiction list. Complete the nonfiction book assessment for the book you read.
- Choose one book from the fiction list. Complete the news article assignment. You will take the AR test for this book also.
Rising 7th Grade
"The Tiger Rising" (KATE DICAMILLO)
- The Tiger Rising (AR 4.0) by Kate DiCamillo is required reading for everyone in 7th grade. Complete the journal assignment and be prepared to intelligently discuss the book in your Language Arts class. You will take the AR test for this book after the class discussion is completed.
- Download a copy of the assignments and the nonfiction and fiction reading list by click on each of the two documents below.
These are both PDFs, so you will need Adobe Acrobat, which is free. Most computers already have this software.
- Choose one book from the nonfiction list. Complete the nonfiction book assessment for the book you read.
- Choose one book from the fiction list. Complete the poem summary writing assignment. You will take the AR test for this book also.
- Complete the Reading Log for your 3 books.
Rising 8th Grade
- The Pearl (7.1) by John Steinbeck is required reading for everyone in 8th grade. Complete the journal assignment and be prepared to intelligently discuss the book in your Language Arts class. You will take the AR test for this book after class discussion is completed.
- Download a copy of the assignments and the nonfiction and fiction reading lists by click on each of the two documents below.
These are both PDFs, so you will need Adobe Acrobat, which is free. Most computers already have this software.
- Choose one book from the nonfiction list. Complete the nonfiction book assessment for the book you read.
- Choose one book from the fiction list. Complete the plot timeline for the book. Be sure to include events that reflect the beginning action (exposition), events that lead to the climax (rising action), the turning point in the story (climax), events that lead to the resolution (falling action), and the ending action (denouement). Your timeline should have at least 10 events. You will take the AR test for this book also.
- Complete the Reading Log for your 3 books.
Also, let me take a moment to recommend the Media Center Blog to you. Bookmark it, or, better yet, subscribe to it's RSS feed! This same information is located on the Media Center blog as Word documents, not PDFs. So, if you are having difficulties downloading the pdfs, you can use this link to download Word documents.
Posted by Dr. Tyson
