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Summer Reading 2011

Dear ACCE parents and students,

As an effort to increase student literacy and reading levels all ACCE students will complete a summer reading assignment prior to the beginning of school in the fall of 2011. This is a required assignment and will be the students’ first graded assignment of the year for English class. Please read the information below carefully to determine what your child needs to do to complete his or her summer reading assignment. All titles are available through the Enoch Pratt library system branches, at Barnes and Noble bookstores and Amazon.com.


Have a safe and fun summer.

Happy reading!

 

Ms. Katie Dutton

Library Media Specialist

Academy for College and Career Exploration
New ACCE Prep 6th graders
Required: Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar – 460L       
Assignment: Complete the 6th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
The BFG – Roald Dahl – 720L
Miracle’s Boys – Jacqueline Woodson – 660L
Bluish – Virginia Hamilton – 460L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

Rising 7th graders
Required: How to Eat Fried Worms – Thomas Rockwell – 650L     
Assignment: Complete the 7th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Satchel Paige, Striking Out Jim Crow – James Sturm & Rich Tommaso
The Cay - Theodore Taylor – 860L
Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan -  750 L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

New ACCE 9th graders
Required: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie – 600L   
Assignment: Complete the 9th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
I Am the Messenger – Markus Zusak – 640L
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton – 750L
Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli – 590L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

SPED Rising 9th graders
Required: Miracle’s Boys – Jacqueline Woodson – 660 L   
Assignment: Complete the 9th grade SPED reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year. 

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Bad Boy: A memoir – Walter Dean Myers – (nf) 970L
The BFG – Roald Dahl -720L
Bluish – Virginia Hamilton – 460L
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit (cc) - 770L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

Rising 10th graders
Required: The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak – (cc) 730 L
Assignment: Complete the 10th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Unwind – Neal Schusterman – 740 L
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins – 810L
Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson – 680L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

SPED Rising 10th graders
Required: Miracle’s Boys – Jacqueline Woodson – 660 L  
Assignment: Complete 10th grade SPED reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year. 

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Bad Boy: A memoir – Walter Dean Myers – (nf) 970L
The BFG – Roald Dahl -720L
Bluish – Virginia Hamilton – 460L
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit (cc) - 770L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

Rising 11th graders
Required: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer – James Swanson (nf) – 980L  
Assignment: Complete the 11th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year. 

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls (nf) – 1010L
East of Eden – John Steinbeck – 700L
Hole in My Life – Jack Gantos (nf) – 840L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read

SPED Rising 11th graders
Required: Miracle’s Boys – Jacqueline Woodson – 660 L   
Assignment: Complete the 11th grade SPED reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Bad Boy: A memoir – Walter Dean Myers – (nf) 970L
The BFG – Roald Dahl -720L
Bluish – Virginia Hamilton – 460L
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit (cc) - 770L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read.

Rising 12th graders
Required: Fahrenheit 451
Assignment: Complete the 12th grade reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year. 

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
The Kite Runner – Khalid Hosseini – 840L
Little Brother – Cory Doctorow – 900L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet and hand in at the beginning of the school year. 

SPED Rising 12th graders
Required: Miracle’s Boys – Jacqueline Woodson – 660 L   
Assignment: Complete the 12th grade SPED reading guide and hand in at the beginning of the school year.

Required: Choose one additional book to read:
Bad Boy: A memoir – Walter Dean Myers – (nf) 970L
The BFG – Roald Dahl -720L
Bluish – Virginia Hamilton – 460L
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit (cc) - 770L
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book you read.

Pride:
Required: 9th graders read one from the list, 10th graders, read two from the list
Bluish by V. Hamilton
Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
The BFG Roald Dahl, illustrated by Q. Blake
BLUFORD SERIES (a few from the list)
     Lost and Found
     A Matter of Trust
     Secret in the Shadows
     Someone to Love Me
Assignment: Complete an independent reading worksheet on the book(s) you read.

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(cc)= Common Core reading list                              Lexile level noted where available
(nf)= Non Fiction                                                     All titles are available through the Pratt library branches

Links to documents from above

*Please note all documents are in docx format (Microsoft Office 2007 or newer). If you have an older version of Microsoft Office or another application entirely you will need to download a converter to view the documents.
         The Microsoft Office converter can be found at:
              http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3.
         You can also download the free Open Office application to view and write in the documents.

**Finally, please remember to save the documents above, not just open them or you will find all the work you complete will not be saved on your computer even if you save regularly while you work!!