Language Arts (Miss Hill)

Summer Reading List for Incoming 5th Graders
 

• Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Drums at Saratoga, by Lisa Banim
• Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine. 
• Hiawatha and the Peace Maker, by Robbie Robertson
• The Sports Pages, by John Scieszka
• True Story, by John Scieszka
• The White House Kids: The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents’ Children, by Joe Rhatigan
• Wonder, by RJ Palacio

 
Please choose 1 book from above. Give me a summary, your opinion of the book, and why you liked or disliked it.  Should be at least a page.  It is due the first Friday of the school year. You will receive 5 points added to your first vocabulary test. 
 

Reading List  for Incoming 6th Graders:
 

• All My Heart: My Dedication and Determination to become one of Soccer’s Best, by Carli Lloyd and Wayne Coffey.
• Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick
• Native American Doctor, by Jeri Ferris
• Nubs: A True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle, by Brian Dennis
• The Lemony Snicket Series
• Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbit

 
Please choose 1 book from above.  Give me a summary, your opinion of the book, and why you liked or disliked it.  Should be at least a page and a half.  It is due the first Friday of the school year.  You will receive 5 points added to your first vocabulary test.