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Lincoln Midddle School
Summer Reading 2015
For: All New 7th, 8th, and 9th Graders
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
291 Lafayette St. Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5504
June 2015
Dear Parents and Students:
Lincoln Middle School’s administrators, faculty, and staff hope that you will enjoy a safe and productive summer. As you know, every year we
strive to raise the standards in our school and we are working hard to “cross the bar” to the next level. One way to do this is to require that our
students participate in our Summer Reading Program.
Attached is the list of titles of the required books for our students to read this summer. The list categorizes the books according to grade levels, so
please make sure to select the appropriate grade.
Summer Reading Initiative for incoming Grade7, 8, and 9:
Every student is expected to read the required book, as well as a book of their choice and submit his or her assignments to their English teacher
by Friday, September 11, 2015 (see attached rubric). It is important that he or she reads the required book to be prepared for his or her first
English class in September.
You, the parents, can help us by making the completion of this task non-negotiable. Work with your children to develop a reading habit and
schedule. Determine how many pages or chapters a day or week will be read and when the reading will take place, whether during the day or in
the evening. Follow up to make sure that your children are on schedule. Encourage them to “buddy up” with a friend to read together and talk
about what they have read. We would encourage you, if possible, to read the same book so that your child has the opportunity to discuss with you
what he or she is reading.
Students may borrow or purchase a summer reading book from any of the following locations: Forstmann Public Library on Gregory Avenue,
Passaic; Barnes and Noble on Route 3 East, Clifton; and, Barnes and Noble on Route 46 West, Woodland Park. A list of titles may also be found
on the LMS web page:
www. passaicschools.org under Summer Assignments. Then click Language Arts Summer Assignment.
We hope to get off to a strong start by making this pre-requisite reading an important part of each English course, and we look forward to working
with your child during the 2015-2016 school year.
Sincerely,
__________________________
_______________________________
Mr. Fawzi Naji
Mrs. Karen Feldkamp
LMS Principal
Supervisor of English Language Arts
CC: Mr. Pablo Muñoz – Superintendent of Schools
Ms. Rachel Goldberg –Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Mr. Jeffrey Truppo -Director of Elementary and Secondary Education
Ms. Karen Feldkamp- Supervisor of English Language Arts
Ms. Maureen Kroog- Supervisor of English Language Arts
Ms. Frances King – Librarian, LMS
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
291 Lafayette St. Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5504
Junio 2015
Estimados Padres y Estudiantes:
Los administradores de Passaic High School, profesores y personal desean que disfruten de un verano seguro y productivo. Como ustedes saben,
cada año nos esforzamos por elevar el nivel en nuestra escuela y estamos trabajando duro para "subir el listón" al siguiente nivel. Una manera de
hacer esto es requerir que que nuestros estudiantes participen en nuestro Programa de Lectura de Verano.
Se adjunta la lista de los títulos de los libros que se requiere que nuestros estudiantes lean este verano. La lista clasifica los libros de acuerdo a los
diferentes grados, así que por favor asegúrese de seleccionar el grado apropiado.
Iniciativa de Lectura de Verano para entrantes en el Grado 7, 8, 9:
Se espera que cada estudiante lea el libro requerido y entregar su asignación, así como un libro de su elección, a su maestro o maestra de inglés
para el Viernes 11 de Septiembre de 2015 (véase la rúbrica adjunta). Es importante que el alumno o alumna lea el libro requerido para
prepararse para su primera clase de inglés en septiembre.
Ustedes, los padres, puede ayudar haciendo cumplimiento de esta tarea no es negociable. Trabajen con su hijo(a) para desarrollar un hábito y un
horario de la lectura: determinen cuántas páginas o capítulos deberán ser leídos al dia o a la semana, y cuando la lectura se llevará a cabo, durante
el día o por la noche. Hagan un seguimiento para asegurarse de que su hijo (a) está en la fecha prevista. Anime a su hijo(a) a “asociarse” con un
amigo o amiga para leer juntos y hablar acerca de lo que han leído. Les animamos, si es posible, a leer el mismo libro para que su hijo(a) tenga la
oportunidad de discutir con ustedes lo que él o ella está leyendo.
Los estudiantes también pueden pedir prestado o comprar un libro de la lectura del verano en cualquier de estos lugares: Forstmann Public
Library en Gregory Avenue, Passaic; Barnes and Noble en Route 3 East, Clifton; y, Barnes and Noble en Route 46 West, Woodland Park. Una
lista de los titulos tambien puede ser encontrada en la página web de LMS web page:
www.passaicschools.org bajo Summer Assignments. Oprima Language Arts Summer Assignment.
Esperamos comenzar sólidamente haciendo de este pre-requisito de lectura una parte importante de cada curso de Inglés, y esperamos con interés
trabajar con su hijo(a) durante el año escolar 2015-2016.
Atentamente,
__________________________
__________________________
Mr. Fawzi Naji
Mrs. Karen Feldkamp
LMS Principal
Supervisor of English Language Arts
CC: Mr. Pablo Muñoz – Superintendente de las Escuelas
Ms. Rachel Goldberg –Asistente del Superintendente para Currículo e Instrucción
Mr. Jeffrey Truppo -Director de Educación Elemental y Secundaria
Ms. Karen Feldkamp- Supervisora de English Language Arts
Ms. Maureen Kroog- Supervisora de English Language Arts
Ms. Frances King – Bibliotecaria, LMS
New 7th Graders are REQUIRED to read Life of Pi.
New 8th Graders are REQUIRED to read The Outsiders.
New 9th Graders are REQUIRED to read Animal Farm.
The SECOND BOOK is a free choice book. You may read ANY book on this list
OR you may read a book of your choice.
Books may be checked out from the LMS library or from the Passaic Public Library.
You may also read the LMS ebooks which are available 24/7 at the link below.
http://tinyurl.com/LMSFollettShelf
A todos los estudiantes se les REQUIERE leer Dos libros este verano.
Tú puede seleccionar cualquier libro de los sugeridos en la lista.
Los libros pueden ser obtenidos en la biblioteca de LMS o de la Biblioteca
Pública de Passaic.
También puedes leer los libros electrónicos de LMS que están disponibles
24/7 en el enlace que sigue.
http://tinyurl.com/LMSFollettShelf
ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO READ TWO BOOKS THIS SUMMER.
FOR EACH BOOK READ, CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENTS:
TODOS LES ESTUDIANTES DEBEN LEER DOS LIBROS ĖSTE VERANO.
ESCOJA UNA DE LAS SIGUIENTES ASIGNACIONES PARA CADA UNO DE LOS
LIBROS QUE LEA:
1. Story Soundtrack // Banda sonora del relato
Choose 6 songs that you feel would help create a soundtrack (or playlist) to your book. For each song, list the
title, artist, and an explanation of why this song is appropriate for your book and at what point it would begin
playing. Finally, create an appropriate cover for the playlist. you can use the template at this site to create your
cover:
Student Interactive CD/DVD Cover Creator
Seleccionar 6 canciones que a ti te gustaría ayudar a crear la banda sonora (o álbum) para tu libro. Para cada
canción, nombrar el título, artista y explicar el porqué esta canción es apropiada para tu libro y en qué momento
debería ser introducida. Finalmente, crear una cubierta apropiada para el álbum; se puede usar el template que se
muestra a continuación para crear la cubierta.
Student Interactive CD/DVD Cover Creator
Rubric//Puntos evaluadores:Rubric for Soundtrack assignment
2. Discussion Questions and Answers // Preguntas y respuestas de discusión
Create six discussion questions with detailed answers that provide an in-depth study into the various aspects of
the book (plot, characters, themes etc.). Use the following web site to create higher order questions that facilitate
thought rather than just a reference to plot:
Bloom's Taxonomy Question Guide
Crear seis preguntas de discusión con respuestas detalladas que proporcionen un estudio profundo de varios
aspectos del libro(trama, personajes, temas, etc). Usar el siguiente sitio web par crear preguntas de alto nivel que
faciliten la reflexión en vez de una referencia a la trama.
Bloom's Taxonomy Question Guide
Rubric//Puntos evaluadores:Bloom's Taxonomy Rubric
NON-FICTION
Rats!: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Richard Coniff; Lexile 1000
Discusses the physical
characteristics, behavior,
origins, various types,
interactions with humans
and more of rats.
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought
Different
By Karen Blumenthal; Lexile 1110
Lincoln’s
From the start, his path was
never predictable. Steve Jobs
was given up for adoption at
birth, dropped out of college
after one semester, and at the
age of twenty, created Apple in
his parents' garage with his
friend Steve Wozniack. This book takes us to the
core of this complicated and legendary man while
simultaneously exploring the evolution of computers.
Framed by Jobs's inspirational Stanford
commencement speech and illustrated throughout
with black and white photos, this is the story of
the man who changed our world.
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees
surveillance
By Sandra Markle; Lexile 980
the
ns helped the
Investigates the mysterious
Colony Collapse Disorder
(CCD) that is killing
honeybees each year.
Discusses what could be
causing the disorder, its
impact on humans, and
the future of honeybees.
Bloody Times: The funeral of Abraham
Lincoln and the manhunt for Jefferson
Davis
By James L. Swanson; Lexile 1010
Discusses how Jefferson
Davis, the president of the
Confederate States of
America, was blamed for the
assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln, and
describes how the hunt for
Davis continued even after
his body was put in its final resting place.
Mr. Lincoln’s High Tech War: how the
North used the telegraph, railroads,
surveillance balloons, iron-clads, highpowered weapons and more to win the
Civil War
By Thomas B. Allen and Roger MacBride Allen
Lexile: 1180
Examines how Abraham Lincoln’s
interest in technology played a
role in the outcome of the Civil
War; and explains how the
telegraph. railroads,
surveillance balloons, and other inventions helped
the North win the war and rebuild the economy.
AWARD WINNERS
The Crossover
This One Summer
2015 Newbery Medal
2015 Michael Printz Honor Book
By Kwame Alexander
by Marilo Tamaki
Fourteen-year-old twin
basketball stars Josh and
Jordan wrestle with highs
and lows on and off the
court as his father ignores
his declining health.
Rose and her parents have
been going to Awago Beach
since she was a little girl.
It’s her summer getaway,
her refuge. Her friend
Windy is always there, too,
like the little sister she
never had, completing her
summer family. But this summer is different.
Rose’s mom and dad won’t stop fighting, and
Brown Girl Dreaming
Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a
2015 Coretta Scott King Award
Awago Beach. It’s a summer of secrets and
By Jacqueline Woodson
Lexile 990
The author shares her
childhood memories and
reveals the first sparks
that ignited her writing
career in free-verse
poems about growing up in
the North and the South.
tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of
heartache, and it’s a good thing Rose and Windy
have each other.
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
2015 Pura Belpre Award
by Marjorie Agosin; Lexile 770
When her beloved country,
Chile, is taken over by a
militaristic, sadistic
government, Celeste is sent to
America for her safety and her
parents must go into hiding
before they “disappear.”
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Lowriders in Space
Explorer. The mystery boxes
By Cathy Camper; Lexile 430
By Kazu Kibuishi
Presents an anthology of seven
Lupe, Flapjack and Elirio
short graphic works by a
love lowriders, cars that
variety of artists, all on the
seemingly dance, even in
theme of a mysterious box and
space. The stars align to
its contents.
give the three friends the
chance to win a contest for
the best car around and a
carload of cash, which the
three plan on using to open their own shop. The
problem is, their lowrider is a junker. They
might not be able to fix it up in time.
Sisters
El Deafo
By Rene Telgemeier
In graphic novel format,
By Cece Bell
Going to school can be
tough.
But going to school and
making new friends while
wearing a bulky hearing aid
strapped to your chest?
That requires superpowers!
Raina Telgemeier shares the
story of her relationship
with her younger sister.
FICTION
The Glass Sentence
by S.E. Grove; Lexile 810
In 1891, in a world transformed
Surrounded by Sharks
By Michael Northrup; Lexile 600
by 1799’s Great Disruption –
On the first day of vacation,
thirteen year old Sophia Tims
thirteen-year-old Davey
and her friend Theo go in
Tsering wakes up early, slips
search of Sophia’s uncle
out of his family’s hotel room
Shadrack Elli, Boston’s foremost
without telling anyone, and
cartologist, who has been
heads to the beach for a swim
kidnapped.
in the warm Florida waters—
and a fateful meeting with a shark.
The Testing
By Joelle Charbonneau; Lexile 830
Sixteen-year-old Malencia
(Cia) Vale is chosen to
participate in The Testing
to attend the University,
however Cia is fearful
when she figures out that
her friends are
disappearing.
Curveball: The Year I Lost my Grip
By Jordan Sonnenblick; Lexile 800
After an injury ends
former star pitcher Peter
Friedman’s athletic
dreams, he concentrates
on photography which
leads him to a girlfriend,
new fame as a high school
sports photographer, and
a deeper relationship with
the beloved grandfather
who, when he realizes he is becoming senile,
gives Pete all his professional camera gear.
FICTION
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation
GUYS READ
By Tommy Greenwald
Secret Saturdays
Lexile 800
By Torrey Maldonado; Lexile 580
When middle school student
Charlie Joe Jackson has to go
Justin, a fatherless twelve-
to academic summer camp, he
year-old in a dangerous
tries to make the other hate
neighborhood in New York,
reading and writing as well.
starts to worry about his
friend Sean, who has started
telling lies and getting into
trouble at school, and when
he suspects that the change
in attitude is connected to
But at the end of the camp,
he has to admit that it wasn’t so bad after all.
Hero
By Mike Lupica;
Lexile 730
mysterious trips Sean takes with his mother, he
Zach, 14, learns he has the
tries to get involved.
same special abilities as his
father, who was the
President’s troubleshooter
until “the Bads” killed him,
The Living
and now he must decide
By Matt de la Pena; Lexile 700
whether to use his powers in
the same way.
After an earthquake
destroys California and a
tsunami wrecks the luxury
cruise ship where he is a
summer employee, high
schooler Shy confronts
another deadly surprise.
Lost Boy
By Tim Green; Lexile 730
After a near-fatal car
accident, twelve-year-old
Ryder’s mother needs an
operation they cannot afford
and while a new friend tries
to raise funds, Ryder travels
with a grouchy, disabled
neighbor, from Yankee
Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major
league baseball player who might be his dad.
FICTION
Second Chance Summer
CHICK LIT
By Morgan Matson;
This is What Happy Looks Like
1020
By Jennifer E. Smith; Lexile 1010
After Taylor Edwards’ family
gets devastating news, they
When seventeen-year-old
decide to spend one last
Graham Larkin accidentally
summer all together at their
sends seventeen-year-old Ellie
lake house in the Pocono
O’Neill across the country an
email about his pet pig,
Wilbur, it sparks a humorous
string of correspondence that
lasts throughout one crazy
summer. Ellie and Graham share much-but not
all- about their lives, until one day Graham has
the opportunity to travel to Ellie’s hometown,
with the chance to take their relationship into
Lexile
Mountains. They get to know
each other again and bond, and Taylor
remembers her past friends and crush.
The Summer Before Boys
By Nora Baskin;
Lexile 720
Twelve-year-old best friends and relatives,
Julia and Eliza are happy to
the personal world.
spend the summer together
while Julia’s mother is serving
in the National Guard in Iraq
Waiting for You
but when they meet a
neighborhood boy, their close
By Susane Colasanti; Lexile 570
relationship begins to change.
Fifteen-year-old high school
sophomore Marisa, who has
an anxiety disorder, decides
that this is the year she will
get what she wants- a
boyfriend and a social lifebut things do not turn out
exactly the way she expects
them to.
The Breakup Bible
By Melissa Kantor;
Lexile 980
After a breakup with her
boyfriend, school newspaper
features editor Jen Lewis
receives a book from her
grandmother that provides
basic commandments for
getting over an ex.
Spanish Books (Libros en
espanol)
Viaje al centro de la Tierra por Julio Verne
Three men dare to venture into a
subterranean world full of danger and
beauty, discovering many unusual
things on their trip to the Earth's
mysterious core. Tres hombres se
arriesgan a aventurarse en un mundo
subterráneo de peligro y belleza,
descubriendo muchas cosas inusuales
en su viaje al centro de la Tierra.
Lucha libre por Xavier Garza
When Carlitos attends a wrestling
match in Mexico City with his father,
his favorite masked-wrestler has
eyes that are strangely familiar.
Presented in English and Spanish.
Cuando Carlitos asiste con su padre
a un combate de lucha en la ciudad
de México, su favorito luchador
enmascarado tiene ojos que son
extrañamente familiares.
Identificacion by Vicki Grant. Traducido por Queta Fernandez
Chris, who is in trouble at home and at school,
finds a wallet on the street and attempts to do
the correct thing by returning it to its owner,
but as his life continues to worsen, he notices
that he looks a lot like the person who owns
the wallet, and wonders if he could switch
identities. Chris, que tiene problemas en casa, encuentra una
cartera en la calle e intenta hacer lo correcto devolviéndosela a
su dueño, pero a medida que su vida continua empeorando, se
da cuenta que se parece mucho la persona dueña de la cartera y
le viene la idea de si podría cambiar las identidades.
relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino por
Francisco Jiménez
Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences
he had after his family left Mexico for
California when he was just a child. Francisco
Jiménez narra las experiencias que él tiene
después de que su familia dejó México por
California cuando él era solamente un niño.
La Seleccion by Kiera Cass
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the
caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after
the war that destroyed the United States.
America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a
contest to see which girl can win the heart of
Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a
chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen,
who is a caste below her. La cantante americana
de dieciséis años está viviendo en la nación de Illea, dividida por
castas, que se formó después de que la guerra que destruyó a
Los Estados Unidos. América es seleccionada para competir en
la Selección – un competición para ver que chica puede ganar el
corazón del príncipe de Illea – pero todo lo que ella quiere es la
oportunidad de un futuro con su amor secreto, Aspen, que es de
una casta por debajo de la suya. .
The rebel =El rebelde por Carl Sommer
Spike, a bully, gets caught in one of the traps
he set on the bike path, and finds himself
facing a freezing night with a broken leg
unless one of the kids he bullied will help
him. Spike, un intimidador (bully), se ve
atrapado en una de las trampas que él
mismo colocó en el camino de bicicletas; y
se encuentra frente una helada noche con
su pierna rota salvo que uno de los chicos
que el intimidó le pueda ayudar.
The Day it Snowed Tortillas = El día que nevaron tortillas :
folktales told in Spanish and English por Joe Hayes
Presents ten classic folktales from New
Mexico, including "Pedro and Diablo,"
"The Cricket," "La Llorona," and "Juan
Camison," presented in English with
Spanish translations on facing pages.
Presenta diez cuentos populares de
Nuevo México, incluyendo “Pedroy
Diablo,” “El grillo,” “La llorona” y “Juan
Camisón”