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Summer Reading List for Students
Entering Grade 6 - 8
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Just as exercise and good diet contribute to a long life, reading contributes to the quality of life, opens new doors, develops thinking skills, and encourages positive life choices. Long and lazy summer days offer a wonderful opportunity to engage in reading as an important leisure activity.
With this in mind, the Language Arts Department at North Branford Intermediate School has developed a summer reading contest requiring each student to read a minimum of one book for which the student will mail a postcard response. The Language Arts teachers, assisted by local librarians, have compiled a list of suggested authors to guide students in their selections. Please remember that these are only suggestions and that the librarians can offer additional ideas from many classic, award winning, and contemporary authors. Though only one book is required, students are encouraged to read as many as they can and mail one post card for each book read.
Thank you for assisting us in our efforts to foster lifelong reading habits in our students. We wish you and your family a safe, happy and healthy summer filled with good times and great books.
| Lloyd
Alexander David Almond Avi T. A. Barron Frances Hodgson Burnett Betsy Byars Caroline Cooney *Susan Cooper Sharon Creech Chris Crutcher Karen Cushman Carl Deuker Nancy Farmer Paula Fox Russell Freedman |
Margaret
Peterson Haddix Virginia Hamilton Robert A. Heinlein Karen Hesse *Jack Higgins Brian Jacques Helen Keller M. E. Kerr Patrice Kindl Iain Lawrence Madeleine L'Engle Lois Lenski Geraldine McCaughrean Harry Mazer Norma Fox Mazer L. M. Montgomery Walt Morey *Walter Dean Myers Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Joan Lowry
Nixon Robert C. O'Brien Scott O'Dell Katherine Paterson Gary Paulsen *Richard Peck Randy Powell Ann Rinaldi Philip Pullman Ann Rinaldi J. R. Rowlings Louis Sachar Lemony Snicket Zilpha Keatley Snyder Jerry Spinelli Mildred Taylor Cynthia Voight Laurence Yep |
Wanted: Postcards from the Summer
NBIS Summer Reading Contestby the Language Arts Department of NBIS
All in-coming sixth, seventh and eighth graders enrolled at North Branford Intermediate School have a chance to make summer a fun-filled and profitable reading experience.
Where are you going this summer? Over the rainbow to the Land of Oz? Taking a crash course at Hogwart's? Spelunking with Tom Sawyer? Time traveling back to the Civil War or forward to a future ruled by A.I.'s? Wherever you go -- even if it's only as far as your backyard pool -- you can set your imagination free to roam the wonderful world of books. Then, enter our Postcards from the Summer Reading Contest.
Each student should:
1. Read at least one book (required of all students in grades 6, 7, and 8). Read more, if you choose.
2. Complete one postcard for each book with the following:
A. Title and author of the book
B. One of the following activities:
1. an illustration with an explanation
2. a summary
3. a personal connection relating an event or character to the reader's life
4. a letter to the author asking questions or giving opinions
By 8/27/02, mail each completed card to:
North Branford Intermediate School
654 Foxon Road
North Branford, CT 06471