Incoming 6th Graders

Incoming sixth graders to the Omni Middle Gifted Program are required to read two novels during the summer.

Keep a list of the books read:      

Title
Author
Copyright Date
Publisher
City where published

Write a short summary of the plot for each book-no more than one page.

Do NOT read any books that are starred on the list of approved books.

Books may also be chosen from the school media suggested reading list-see school web.

A teacher must approve any book NOT on either list unless the author is listed.

This assignment is designed to encourage students to ENJOY a book this summer…

Wishing you a happy and healthy summer vacation!

The Gifted Team Teachers

7th and 8th Graders

All students (7th and 8th) are required to read three novels with one being an historical fiction novel (from a specific list handed out in Social Studies).

Keep a list of the books read:    

Title
Author
Copyright Date
Publisher
City where published

Write a short summary of the plot for each book on a note card-no more than two.

Books may be chosen from the Lexile List.  Choose books at or above your lexile score.  See  lexile.com  on the internet.

Your teacher must approve any books NOT on either list.

This assignment is designed to encourage students to ENJOY a  book this summer…

Wishing you a happy and health summer vacation!

The Gifted Team Teachers

Suggested Reading List
Gifted Program

Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever, 1793.

Avi, Crispin- The Cross of Lead

Albom, Mitch. Five People You Meet In Heaven

Alcott, Louisa May.  Little Women.

Blackwood, Gary. The Year of the Hangman .

Blinn, William.  Brian’s Song.

Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.

Bradley, Kimberly. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy.

Brink, Carol.  Caddie Woodlawn.

Bruchac, Joseph.  Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Brooks, Terry. The Sword of Shannara.

Buss, Fran. The Journey of the Sparrows.

Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Burnett, Frances.  Little Lord Fauntleray,   Secret Garden,     Little Princess,  

Card, Ordson Scott. Ender’s Game.

Clark, Arthur C. Childhood’s End.

Cleaver, Vera and Bill. Where Lilies Bloom.

Cormier, Robert. Tunes for Bears to Dance to.

Colfer, Eóin, The  Wish List

Cook, Robin, Coma

Cooney, Caroline, Code Orange

Creech, Sharon, Ruby Holler

Cummings, Priscilla, Red Kayak

Curtis, Christopher, Watsons Go To Birmingham

Crichton, Michael, TimeLine 

Christie, Agatha, And Then There Were None

Dickens, Charles.  Oliver Twist.

DuPrau, Jeanne, The City of Ember

Elliot, Laura, Annie Between the States

Under A War-Torn Sky

Ellis, Deborah, The Breadwinner

Fast, Howard, April Morning

Farmer, Nancy, The House Of The Scorpion

Feinstein, John, Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

Funke, Cornelia.  Inkheart.

George, Jean.  My Side of the Mountain.

Gilbreth, Frank and Ernestine.  Bells on Their Toes.

Gunther, John.  Death Be Not Proud.

Haddix, Margaret.  Double Identity.

Haden, Torey.  Twilight Children.

Hobbs, Will.  Jason’s Gold.

Horowitz, Anthony.  Eagle Strike

Hunt, Irene.  Across Five Aprils.  Up a Road Slowly

Isaacs, Anne.  Torn Thread.

Kaufman, Barry Neil.  Sonrise: The Miracle Continues.

Kidd, Sue Monk.  The Secret Life of Bees.

* King, Stephen.  The Shining.

Lawrence, Iain.  Lord of the Nutcracker Men.

Meyer, Carolyn.  Mary, Bloody Mary.

Montgomery, L.M.  Anne of Green Gables.

Morpurgo, Michael.  Private Peaceful.

Namioka, Lensey.  Ties that Bind, Ties that Break.

North, Sterling.  Rascal.

Park, Linda.  A Single Shard.,      When My  Name was Keoke.

* Potok, Chiam.  The Chosen

Rawls, Wilson.  Where the Red Fern Grows.

Riorden, Rick.  The Lightening Thief.

Shaara, Michael.  The Killer Angels.

Sleator, William.  House of Stairs.         The Duplicate.

Spinelli, Jerry.  Milkweed.

Tayloy, Mildred.  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Taylor, Theodore.  The Bomb.

Tolkien, J.R.R.  The Hobbit.

Valens, E.G. The Other Side of the Mountain /A Long Way Up:The Story of Jill Kinmont.

Whelan, Gloria.  Homeless Bird.,    Angel on the Square.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls.  Little House on the Prairie.

Yancey, Richard.  The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp.

Zindel, Paul.  The Gadget.

 

8th Grade Historical Fiction Book List

Carefully read one of the books listed below for next year. 
When you return next school year you will, as a class, take a test on the book you read

April Morning  by Howard Fast

Black Boy – Richard Wright

The Boys’ War – Jim Murphy

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee – Dee Brown

Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes

Journal of James Edmond Pease – Jim Murphy

Mine Eyes Have Seen – Ann Rinaldi

Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Red Cap – G. Clifton Wisler

Riddle of Penncroft Farm – Dorothea Jensen

True North by Kathryn Lasky

7th Grade Historical Fiction Book List

Carefully read one of the books listed below for next year. 
When you return next school year you will, as a class, take a test on the book you read

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman by Ernest J.Gaines

Black Angels by Rita Murphy

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

The Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi

The Bomb by Theodore Taylor

Breaker by N.A. Parez

Color Me Dark by Patricia C. McKissack

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul

The Wave by Todd Strasser