O’Maley Middle School Summer Reading 2011
Grade Six
Like all students at O’Maley Middle School, entering sixth graders are expected to read two books over the ten week summer. One book is read by the entire grade, the other is chosen from a list, and students will complete a literacy activity based on their “choice book”. This work will be recorded as a first assignment for grade 6, and will provide the basis for book conversations in September. Instructions for the Literacy activity are available in PDF form here.
All Grade 6 Summer Reading books are available at the Sawyer Free Library, or for purchase at The Bookstore in Gloucester.
All Read: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Choice Books:
Al Capone Shines my Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
The Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino
The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech
Grade Seven
ALL GRADE READ: Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Choice:
Entering Grade 7th “Choice Book” List ~ readers choose one book from these fiction selections:
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
The Great Wide Sea by Madaline Herlong
Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner
The Orange Houses by Paul Griffen
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Ten Hours Until Dawn by Michael Tougias
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
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