summer reading brochure 2013

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Spaulding High School

Summer Reading Program & Lists

Summer 2013

http://sites.google.com/site/spauldingreads

Summer Reading Committee Members:

John Pandolfo, Director of Curriculum

Genevieve Knight, SHS Librarian

Marie Ritzo, SHS English Teacher

Katie Sedore, SHS English Teacher

Elizabeth Wigren, SHS English Teacher


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Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,

Welcome to summer break! Enjoy the sunshine. Sleep a littlelater. Play baseball. Earn a little money. Have a creemee (or two).

Go for a swim. And...read a couple of good books!We all look forward to the summer season and to a well-deserved

break from the daily requirements of academia. While we can use

this time to relax and reflect, its equally important, however, to re-main intellectually engaged and curious. Summer reading will help

you to do just that.

Assigned tasks during your months away from school are necessaryfor a few reasons. It is important not to lose ground between June

and late August, to prepare for the challenges/demands of the curric-ula, and to develop an appreciation for reading. With this in mind, we

have prepared two tasks for you to work on. Both of these tasks needto be turned into your English teacher(regardless of semester)by

Friday, September 6, 2013.

You will be required to read two books this summer. One readingassignment is a free choice, and the other is a choice book from the

enclosed reading lists.

The books listed on the enclosed list are available from the Spaulding

High School Library until the end of the school year. During the

summer, these books will be available through the Aldrich Public

Library.

Have a safe, enjoyable, and relaxing summer.

Sincerely,

The Spaulding High School Summer Reading Committee


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Summer Reading Program 2013

Grading

1. Your Summer Reading Project will count for5% of

the first quarter grade in your English class.

2. Break Down of Your Grade:

80% for the Summer Reading Project

20% for the completed Accountability Page

3. Please turn in a copy of the BookProject AssessmentRubric with the top portion completed. A blank copy

of the Rubric is located in this brochure.

4. Projects (including a completed Accountability Page

and a blank Assessment Rubric) are due to yourEnglish teacher by Friday, September 6, 2013.

Projects turned in up to 2 weeks past the due date willbe penalized one full letter grade. Beyond 2 weeks,

projects will not be accepted and therefore earn a

grade of zero.

Summer Reading Requirements

Every SHS student is required to complete two summer reading

assignments.

One is a free choice reading (for example, a book, magazine, newspaper,blog, website).

The second reading must be selected from any of the included summer

reading lists.

Each student must complete the accountability page for his/her free choice

reading.

Each student must complete one project from the assessment menu for the

book selected from the summer reading list.

All students - including those who have English second semester -must

turn in the accountability page and the project to their English teacher

by Friday, September 6, 2013. These assignments will be scored assess-

ments which will be factored into your English grade.

FAQs

What is a 'free choice' reading?

Any book of your choice (fiction or non-fiction) with a minimum of 75

pages

Magazines--read two or more issues cover-to-cover

Newspapers--choose a section of the paper (like Sports or Local News)

and read it at least three times a week all summer

Blog--choose a blog (like CNNs This Just In or other) and read it at

least once a week all summer

Website or online magazine (like Wired, Sports Illustrated Online, etc.)

and read several (at least 4) articles per week all summer

What am I required to do with my free choice reading?

Complete the Accountability Page found on the next page.

Bring the Accountability Page to your English Teacher by Friday,September 6, 2013.


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How do I choose my second reading?

Review the Summer Reading Lists available in this booklet or from the SHS

website.

Choose a list that suits your interest.

Select a book to read.

Most of these books will be available at the Aldrich Public Library.

What am I required to do with my second reading?

Choose one project listed in this booklet that interests you.

Complete the project for the second reading.

Bring the project to your English Teacher by Friday, September 6, 2013.

Refer to the last page of this brochure

For grading information!

Sports

101 Reasons to Love the Red Sox. Author: David Green. Published: 2008.

Black and White. Author: Paul Volponi. Published 2005.

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has

Ever Seen. Author: Christopher McDougall. Published: 2009.

Boxing Is...Reflections on the Sweet Science. Author: Thomas Hauser, Published 2010.

Crackback. Author: John Coy, Published 2005.

Dairy Queen. Author: Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Published 2006.

Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage, and Triumph. Author: Travis Roy. Pub-lished: 1998.

Full Throttle: From Daytona to Darlington. Editor: Sandy Bailey, Published 2004.

Golf in the Kingdon. Author: Michael Murphy. Published c1997.

Hockey: A Peoples History. Author: Michael McKonely, Published 2006.

How March Became Madness: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest

Sporting Event in America. Author: Eddie Einhorn, Published 2006.

Ice Time: The Story of Hockey. Author: Michael McKinley. Published 2008.

Knights of the Hill Country. Author: Tim Tharp, Published 2006.

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in

America. Author: Karen Blumenthal, Published: 2005.

Perfect, Once Removed. Author: Phillip Hoose. Published 2006.

Red Sox Nation. Author: Peter Golenbock. Published: 2005.

Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball.

Author: Lawrence Hogan, Published 2006.

Snowboard! Your Guide to Freeriding, Pipe & Park, Jibbing, Backcountry, Alpine,

Boardercross, and More. Author: Joy Masoff, Published 2002.

Snowboarding Skills. Author: Cindy Kleh. Published 2002.

Sports Immortals: Stories of Inspiration and Achievement. Author: Jim Platt, Published

2002.

That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Too the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on

the Path to Glory. Author: John Eisenberg. Published 2009.


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SHS Student & Staff Favorites

As Simple as Snow. Author: Gregory Galloway, Published 2005.

The Bean Trees. Author: Barbara Kingsolver, Published 1998 (or others by this author).

Black and White. Author: Paul Volponi, Published 2005.

Buried. Author: Robin MacCready, Published 2006.

Breathing Underwater. Author: Alex Flinn, Published 2001.

Crank. Author: Ellen Hopkins, Published 2004 (or others by this author).

City of Thieves. Author: David Benioff. Published 2003.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Author: Jonathan Safron Foer, Published 2006.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Authors: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie

Barrows. Published 2008.

The Help. Author: Kathryn Stokett. Published: 2009.

Here Lies Arthur. Author: Philip Reeve, Published 2007.

Inexcusable. Author: Chris Lynch, Published 2005.

The Kite Runner. Author: Khaled Hosseini, Published 2003.

The Lovely Bones. Author : Alice Sebold, Published 2002.

Mistik Lake. Author: Martha Brooks, Published 2007.

My Sisters Keeper: A Novel. Author: Jodi Picoult, Published 2004 (or any other books by

this author!)

Notes From the Midnight Driver. Author: Jordan Sonnenblick,. Published 2007.

The Road. Author: Cormac McCarthy, Published 2006.

Omnivores Dilemma. Author: Michael Pollan. Published: 2006.

Sold. Author: Patricia McCormick. Published: 2006.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Author: David Wroblewski, Published 2008.

Twilight. Author: Stephenie Meyer, Published 2005 (or other books by this author).

What I Saw and How I Lied. Author: Judy Blundell, Published 2008.

Accountability Page for Summer Free Choice Reading

(This page counts for 20% of your Summer Reading Program grade)

Each student must complete this accountability page for their free choice reading.

Name: __________________________ Grade: _____

English Teacher's Name: ________________________________

English Course: ______________________________________

Circle ONE of the following: Semester 1 Semester 2 Year-Long

Directions: Choose the column that matches your free choice reading and fill inthe information.

___________________________________

Parents/Guardians Signature

Book Magazines Newspaper Blog/Website

Title:

Author:

Number of

Pages:

Title(s):

Issue Dates:

Number of

Pages:

Name:

Section:

Dates Read:

Name:

Address:

Dates Read:


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