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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.
Posted by Dr. Tyson
