Quail Hollow Middle School 7th grade Summer Reading Project - 2014 It’s summer time! Now what do I do? Read! Even though school is out for break, you shouldn’t let your brain take a break from reading. Go to summer camp, to the beach or just hang out with your friends, but remember read over the summer. To help prepare you for 7th grade, and to keep your brain working, please complete the project below. Be prepared to turn this project in when you return to school at the beginning of your 7th grade year. STEP ONE: Pick ONE book from the list below within your Lexile range. Ask your teacher if you do not know your Lexile. 7th Grade Reading Lists Title Lexile Genre Author Among the Hidden 800 Mystery/ science fiction Margaret Peterson Haddox Chicken Boy 860 Family issues Frances O’Roark Dowell Eragon 710 Fantasy Christopher Paolini Lightning Thief 470 Fantasy Rick Riordan Maze Runner 770 Science fiction James Dashner Romiette and Julio 610 Realistic fiction Sharon M. Draper The Egypt Game 1010 Fiction Zilpha Keatley Snyder Shipwreck: Island 660 Fiction Gordon Korman Gifted Hands: Ben Carson Story 950 Non-fiction Gregg Lewis The Hobbit 1000 Fantasy JRR Tolkein Sunrise Over Fallujah 780 Fiction Walter Dean Myers Please Stop Laughing at Me 750 Non-fiction Jodee Blanco Staying Fat for Sarah Byrns 920 Fiction Chris Crutcher Choose your own Read your book from cover to to take notes as you go along! STEP TWO: cover. Don’t be afraid STEP THREE: On a piece of white computer paper (or poster board) create a Story Information Board. You will discuss the setting, plot, characters and theme. You page should be set up like the example below:
Quail Hollow Middle School 7th grade Summer Reading Project - 2014 It’s summer time! Now what do I do? Read! Even though school is out for break, you shouldn’t let your brain take a break from reading. Go to summer camp, to the beach or just hang out with your friends, but remember read over the summer. To help prepare you for 7th grade, and to keep your brain working, please complete the project below. Be prepared to turn this project in when you return to school at the beginning of your 7th grade year. STEP ONE: Pick ONE book from the list below within your Lexile range. Ask your teacher if you do not know your Lexile. 7th Grade Reading Lists Title Lexile Genre Author Among the Hidden 800 Mystery/ science fiction Margaret Peterson Haddox Chicken Boy 860 Family issues Frances O’Roark Dowell Eragon 710 Fantasy Christopher Paolini Lightning Thief 470 Fantasy Rick Riordan Maze Runner 770 Science fiction James Dashner Romiette and Julio 610 Realistic fiction Sharon M. Draper The Egypt Game 1010 Fiction Zilpha Keatley Snyder Shipwreck: Island 660 Fiction Gordon Korman Gifted Hands: Ben Carson Story 950 Non-fiction Gregg Lewis The Hobbit 1000 Fantasy JRR Tolkein Sunrise Over Fallujah 780 Fiction Walter Dean Myers Please Stop Laughing at Me 750 Non-fiction Jodee Blanco Staying Fat for Sarah Byrns 920 Fiction Chris Crutcher Choose your own STEP TWO: Read your book from cover to cover. Don’t be afraid to take notes as you go along! STEP THREE: On a piece of white computer paper (or poster board) create a Story Information Board. You will discuss the setting, plot, characters and theme. You page should be set up like the example below:
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