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GRISWOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCKY HILL, CT REQUIRED SUMMER READING STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 7 All incoming 7th graders at GMS will participate in a required summer reading program. The program was introduced to students during their language arts classes. Students entering grade 7 are required to read and take notes on ONE book from the list provided. The book list and note sheets are attached. During the first week of school, students will complete activities in language arts class based on the book he or she has read. ● Students may use their book and their notes during the classroom activity. Only the handwritten notes on the note-taking organizer will be allowed. No typewritten notes or extra sheets will be permitted. ● The classroom activity and note sheets will be graded by the language arts teachers and will count as a language arts grade for the first marking period. Do not let this be the only book you read over the summer! Read for fun... Read for relaxation.. Read for knowledge... If you have questions you may contact Mrs.Whitaker [email protected] Grade 7 Summer Reading 2019

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GRISWOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL 

ROCKY HILL, CT 

REQUIRED SUMMER READING 

STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 7 

 

 

All incoming 7th graders at GMS will participate in a required summer 

reading program. The program was introduced to students during their language 

arts classes.   

 

Students entering grade 7 are required to read and take notes on ONE book from the list provided. The book list and note sheets are attached. 

 

During the first week of school, students will complete activities in language arts 

class based on the book he or she has read. 

 

● Students may use their book and their notes during the classroom 

activity. Only the handwritten notes on the note-taking organizer will be 

allowed. No typewritten notes or extra sheets will be permitted.   

● The classroom activity and note sheets will be graded by the language 

arts teachers and will count as a language arts grade for the first 

marking period. 

 

Do not let this be the only book you read over the summer! 

Read for fun... Read for relaxation.. Read for knowledge... 

 

 

If you have questions you may contact Mrs.Whitaker [email protected]    

Grade 7 Summer Reading 2019

mailto:[email protected]
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Our Goal at Rocky Hill Public Schools - No More Summer Reading Loss! Did you know, that for every 5-6 weeks a child does not read regularly, a whole reading level can be lost? That means a child can decrease by 2 reading levels over the course of a summer...don’t let this happen to your child! Did you also know that there is a strong correlation between the time a student spends reading independently outside of school and standardized test scores?

Variation in Amount of Independent Reading

Percentile on standardized test scores

Minutes of reading per day Words read per year

95 67 4,733,000

90 33 2,357,000

80 25 1,697,000

70 17 1,156,000

60 13 722,000

50 9 601,000

40 6 421,000

30 4 261,000

20 2 134,000

10 1 51,000

(From Striving to Thriving © 2017 by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Ward, Scholastic, Inc.)

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What can you do to motivate your child to read? Here are some activities to encourage...

★Visiting the library ★Setting up a routine for reading (like reading before bed) ★Forming a book club with a friend or parent ★Finding a book series to read ★Putting your TV settings on closed captioning ★Participating in summer reading ★Reading digital books (Tumblecloud) - in the “School

Links and Resources” section of the school website ★ Reading the same books children are reading and talking

about them Let’s help our children find books they love and READ!!!! What about writing? Writing volume matters too! Students can… ★Keep a daily journal to reflect on events and thoughts ★Keep a writing notebook to write stories and/or poems ★Write a letter to an author ★Write reviews for books, restaurants, video games,

etc. ★Write about reading

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GRISWOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL 

ROCKY HILL, CT 

REQUIRED SUMMER READING 

FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 7  

INSTRUCTIONS 

 

Students entering grade 7 must choose ONE book from the following list.  

 

These books are listed in approximate order of difficulty, with the least difficult 

book listed first. The selections represent a range of interests, levels, and 

cultures. Students should make their choices based on their interests and 

abilities. 

 

GRADE 7 SELECTIONS 

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko 

Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family move to Alcatraz Island in 1935, 

where his father gets a job in the prison which housed noted criminals Al Capone and 

Machine Gun Kelly. Moose is given almost complete responsibility for his autistic younger 

sister while he has to cope with a new school and living in a strange and isolated place. The 

warden’s daughter, Piper, adds to his troubles by getting him involved in her latest 

money-making scheme. 

 

Island, Book One: Shipwreck, by Gordon Korman 

This is the first of a series of three action-packed books about six kids who are 

sent on a boating trip to the Pacific Ocean as a punishment. It is supposed to be a 

character-building experience, but when a terrifying storm hits, the ship is wrecked on an 

island. Only the kids survive. All of the adults are gone and now the quest for survival 

begins. 

 

Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer 

Hope officially changed her name from Tulip to Hope when she was twelve years old. 

Her mother left when she was born and she is being raised by her aunt. Now she is a 

young teen and she and her aunt are used to moving around a lot. But when they move from 

New York City to a small town in Wisconsin to manage the local diner, she is not sure she 

will fit in. She is worried about her new school and that she will be bored in such a small 

town. She soon finds out that a small town can have as much drama and excitement as the 

big city.   

 

Touch Blue, by Cynthia Lord 

Tess and her family live on a small island off the coast of Maine. Now the state 

plans to shut down her island schoolhouse because of the low number of students, which 

would force Tess’s family to move to the mainland. Tess does not want to leave the only 

home she has ever known. The islanders develop a plan to keep the school open: increase 

the number of students by having several families take in foster children. Will this plan 

work, and how will having a thirteen-year-old foster brother change Tess’s life? 

Grade 7 Summer Reading 2019

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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, by Wendy Mass 

For Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy, the summer vacation is turning out to be 

more of an adventure than they expected. The surprises start when Jeremy receives a 

mysterious carved wooden box with a special locking system. It is carved with his name and 

promises to contain “the meaning of life.” There is one problem: the four keys that will 

open the complicated locking system are lost, and the instructions say that Jeremy must 

open the box on his 13th birthday, in one month. With Lizzy’s help, his efforts to solve the 

mystery take many surprising twists and turns. 

 

 

The River, by Gary Paulsen 

In this sequel to Hatchet, Brian returns to the wilderness with a researcher who 

wants to see first-hand how Brian survived his first ordeal. When the unexpected 

happens, Brian again finds himself in a life or death situation, only this time, someone else’s 

life is also in danger. 

 

 

Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant 1993 Newbery Medal Winner 

Summer, a twelve year old girl, has lived with Aunt May and Uncle Ob in a trailer in 

the mountains of West Virginia since she was six years old. Now that May has died, 

Summer worries about what will happen to her. Uncle Ob seems to have lost the will to live 

now that May is gone. With the help of Cletus Underwood, a strange boy from school, 

Summer sets out on a search for something that will help ease the pain of missing May. 

 

   

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Name ___________________________________ Date _________ 

 

 

Use this organizer to record important information about the book you are reading to meet the 

requirements for the summer reading program. You may use only this organizer in September when 

you participate in a classroom activity. No other sheets will be allowed. 

 

Title  

 

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Author  

 

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Setting:Description of the time period and location. 

 

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Main Characters:Names and descriptions-Did the characters change? Explain. 

 

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Important quote(s) & page numbers:Quotes should make others want to read the 

book or explain what the book is mostly about. 

 

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Possible themes:Include evidence to support. 

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Book Review:Opinion-Would you recommend this book? Why or why not? 

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Summary: 

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Summer Reading Log Please list all of the books you read over the summer

Title Author

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