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Title: Summer Reading Program


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Summer Reading Program
  • Humanities Approach -
  • Building
  • Literacy Skills through Great Stories

2
SEMS HumanitiesSummer Reading Program Objectives
  • Help build literacy skills
  • Enhancing knowledge of historical timeframes
  • Opportunity for adventure and excitement
  • Learning about great figures, their strengths and
    weaknesses, of the past and present

3
Summer Reading Program Guidance
  • Over the summer, students are highly recommended
    to read at least one of the books listed as a
    choice for their incoming grade level. If you
    have another book that you would like to read,
    please contact.
  • In 7th and 8th Grade students will be asked to
    present information on the book they read in a
    format defined by their teacher in the first
    weeks of school.
  • Students will receive some type of credit their
    history class for their efforts and presentations.

4
Incoming 6th Grade Literacy Choices
  • Novel suggestions
  • The Egypt Game
  • The Golden Goblet
  • Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greeks
  • The Labors of Hercules
  • The Bronze Bow
  • Lightning Thief
  • Higher (Honors) level suggestions
  • Hobbit
  • Iliad and Odyssey (Junior level)

5
Incoming 7th Grade Literacy Choices
  • Novel suggestions
  • Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher
    Staples
  • Crispin At the Edge of the World or Cross of
    Lead
  • Bud, Not Buddy
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Story of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
  • Other possibilities are Ivanhoe (Junior level)
    a biography of Charlemagne, Marco Polo, King
    Henry VIII, Galileo, etc

6
Incoming 8th Grade literacy Choices
  • Novel suggestions
  • Nothing But the Truth by Avi
  • My Brother Sam is Dead by James L. Collier and
    C. Collier
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  • Biographies of Founding Fathers or other
    Americans
  • Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
  • Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

7
Incoming 8th Grade literacy Choices (continued)
  • More 8th Grade literature options
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  • Historical fiction books that cover American
    historical period, 1492 - early 1900s
  • A biography of Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln,
    Robert E. Lee, Andrew Carnegie or others from
    Americas rich history.

8
History-Social Science Department Overview
  • 6th Grade World History- Ancient Civilizations
  • 7th Grade World History- Medieval Period and
  • Early Modern Times Approximately
    400s 1600s CE
  • 8th Grade United States History - Growth and
  • Conflict Approximately late 1700s
    Early 1900s CE
  • Key Points
  • More in-depth discussions with historical
    connections
  • Discuss and write opinions using proper format
  • Independent team assignments with
    student-centered learning
  • Coordination with LA for projects and readings
  • Higher expectations for quality work enhanced
    rigor
  • Contact dan.wiley_at_smusd.org
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