Saint Anne School

Summer Reading List

Summer 2011

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Grade 1

Students should read any three books - listed specifically by title or by recommended authors. If your child is not able to read yet, please read with him/ her. Choose one of the books to complete the Riddle Project; one will be used to create a Book Award Ribbon, and the third for My First Book Report.

List of Books:

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	by Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle
Caps for Sale	told & illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Letters are Lost	by Lisa Campbell Ernst
There's an Alligator under My Bed	by Mercer Mayer
It Looked Like Spilt Milk	by Charles G. Shaw
Where's My Teddy?	by Jez Alborough
The Foot Book	by Dr. Seuss

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Recommended Authors:

Margaret Wise Brown

Laura Joffe Numeroff

Tomie dePaola

Ezra Jack Keats

David McPhail

Mercer Mayer

Frank Asch

Leo Lionni

Dr. Seuss

Jan Brett

Eric Carle

Students are to read 5 out of the 15 titles. Please read with your child, if necessary. Have your child draw a picture of his/her favorite story from the list. Pictures are to be drawn on a large paper bag. Include on this, the title and author of the book. After the children have reported on their stories, they may cover their reading books with their drawings.

There’s Something In My Attic	by Mercer Mayer
Days With Frog and Toad	by Arnold Lobel
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain	by Arnold Lobel
Amelia Bedelia (any one of the series)	by Peggie Parish
Arthur’s Eyes (any one of the series)	by Marc Brown
Frederick	by Leo Lionni
Silly Sally	by Audrey Wood
*When I Was Young in the Mountains	by Cynthia Rylant
*Cam Jansen (any one of the series)	by David Adler
*Animal Tracks	by Arthur Dorros
*Dinosaur Bones	by Aliki Crowell
*Ira Sleeps Over	by Bernard Waber
*Keep the Lights Burning Abbie	by Peter & Connie Roop
*Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs	by Tomie DePaola
*Charlie the Caterpillar	by Dom Deluise

The Hundred Dresses	by Eleanor Estes
Freckle Juice	by Judy Blume
Charlotte’s Web	by E. B. White
Ramona Quimby Age 8	by Beverly Cleary
The Boxcar Children #1 (or any in the series)	by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me	by Roald Dahl
Nate the Great (or any in the series)	by Marjorie Wenmane & Craig Sharmut
The Chocolate Touch	by Patrick Skene Catling
Dinosaurs Before Dark #1–The Magic Tree House Series	by Mary Pope Osbourne
(or any in this series)

Write a summary telling about the main events of the book in the order they occurred.

Please choose and read three (3) books. Write three (3) paragraphs for each book. The first one should describe the setting of the story. The second will tell about the main character(s) in the book. The last paragraph will give a summary of what happened in the story (plot).

Choose three of these books. Read & report (see attached) on two this summer.

Keep one for 4^th quarter (must have in class by March 1).

Anne of Green Gables	by L.M. Montgomery
Where the Red Fern Grows	by Wilson Rawls
Jackie’s Nine	by Sharon Robinson
Things Not Seen	by Andrew Clements
Little Women	by Louisa May Alcott
California Blue	by David Klass
The Red Pony	by John Steinbeck
*The Hound of the Baskervilles	by A. C. Doyle
*The Summer of My German Soldier	by Bette Greene
*And Then There Were None	by Agatha Christie
*Profiles in Courage	by J. F. Kennedy
*Treasure Island	by Robert Louis Stevenson

Note: Unabridged editions only

*Books for mature readers

For each of your two Summer Reading books, copy (in blue or black ink) the bold words and fill in this outline with information from each book. Outlines must be handwritten on white lined paper with the proper heading at the top. Information should be in phrases, not sentences. Please do not use report covers. Clip this form to your reports. Grades include grammar and spelling.

(15 points) I. GENERAL INFORMATION

A. Title (underlined)

B. Author

C. Publisher and number of pages

D. Publication or Copyright Date

E. Type (Genre) – mystery, biography, etc.

(20 points) II. SETTING

A. Time – dates, years, seasons, etc.

B. Places

1. “Quote” description and page number

2. “Quote” description and page number

(repeat as many times as needed)

(35 points) III. MAIN CHARACTERS – “quote” from book with page numbers

A. (Name of Character)

1. How I act –

2. How I look –

3. How I feel –

4. What I say –

B. (Name of Character) (repeat A)

C. (Name of Character) (repeat A)

(30 points) IV. BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY – ½ page only

A. Conflicts

B. Main Events -list in chronological order

C. Conclusion (plot - not opinions)

Choose two of these books. Read & report on them this summer.

The Shakespeare Stealer	by Gary Blackwood
Troubling a Star	by Madeleine L’Engle
The Glory Field	by Walter Dean Myers
Animal Farm	by George Orwell
*The Prisoner of Zenda	by Anthony Hope
*The Hobbit	by J. R. R. Tolkien
*The Pearl	by John Steinbeck
*Romeo and Juliet	by William Shakespeare
*The Invisible Man	by H. G. Well
*Pride and Prejudice	by Jane Austen

Note: Unabridged editions only

*Books for mature reader

Our Town by Thornton Wilder will be used for the 4^th quarter book report and must be available by March 1^st.

Choose one of these formats for each of your two Summer Reading books. You may use a different format for each book or the same format for both books. Each report should be 4 pages handwritten in ink on white lined paper with the proper heading at the top. Write the title, author, publisher, and number of pages after the heading.

1. Diary – Write a diary as a main character during the book’s events. Include some of the

dialogue and details from the book, and cite the page numbers of these details in parentheses.

2. News – Write the plot of the story as if it were on the evening news. Include details from the story and cite the page numbers. This should "sound" exciting; include "quotes" from "eyewitnesses "to the events in your news report.

3. Sequel – Briefly summarize (1/2 page) the plot and write a sequel (3 ½ pages).

The sequel may be in play, diary, poem, or prose form.

4. Test – List 15 vocabulary words with their definitions and quotations from the book

cite page numbers). Find examples of 10 different Literary Terms; quote each

example and cite its page number.

Stuart Little	by E. B. White
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library	by Eth Clifford
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	by Judy Blume
Cricket in Times Square	by George Selden
Shiloh	by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Bud, Not Buddy	by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bridge to Terabithia	by Katherine Paterson
Elijah of Buxton	by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread	by Kate Dicamillo

Number the Stars	by Lois Lowry
Holes	by Louis Sachar
Kira-Kira	by Cynthia Kadohata
Crispin: The Cross of Lead	by Avi
When you Reach Me	by Rebecca Stead

Page citations / #3 summary	- 10 pts
Spelling and grammar	- 15 pts
Information	- 75 pts.

Saint Anne School

Grade 1

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Caps for Sale

The Letters are Lost

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Where's My Teddy?

The Foot Book

Bud, Not Buddy

Bridge to Terabithia

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread

Number the Stars

Holes