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Summer Reading 2009 for students entering Grade 6 in September, 2009.
All incoming sixth grade
students are required to read Countdown by Ben
Mikaelsen and take a test on
Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Students must read a second book
from the choices listed below and complete a book cover project. Books
may be checked
out through the Peabody Institute Library and are available from local
booksellers.
You may purchase Countdown for $6.00 through the Higgins
Middle School office.
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All students entering grade six must read:
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All incoming sixth grade
students will take a test in
September 2009. The test
grade will count as the first
English grade of the first quarter.
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Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen
Danger in Space! When NASA selected Elliot to be the first teen in
space, he eagerly anticipated the day he would board the space
shuttle Endeavor. After intense preparations, Elliot
never expected anything to go wrong on his voyage, but when danger
threatens, the only contact he has, via shortwave radio, is with
Vincent, a Maasai boy in Kenya. The two can't agree on
anything. When the Endeavour makes an emergency landing
on the coast of West Africa and Elliot's life is hanging in the
balance, can he and Vincent reconcile their cultural differences and
become friends? Genre: Realistic, Adventure
Ages: 9-13. RL: 5
Ben Mikaelsen's Website
$6.00
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In addition to Countdown,
students must select one or more of the books listed below and
complete the Book Cover Project.
BOOK COVER PROJECT
MODEL | GRADING RUBRIC
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A SINGLE SHARD by Linda
Sue Park - Genre: Global
A
homeless boy in a 12th-century Korean village makes
himself surprisingly useful to a master potter.
Tree-ear has been living with Crane-man under a
bridge, scavenging for food and comfort until one
day he watches Min, the potter, becoming so
fascinated he later creeps back to look at the
finished pots. Surprised in the act, one of the pots
is broken and Tree-ear must work to pay for the
damage. The work is strenuous. Tree-ear aches and
bleeds, but gradually he becomes accustomed to the
work. Min allows him to continue to help in exchange
for food from the master's kind wife. Obtaining a
royal commission to make pots worthy of the palace
is at the heart of the plot. Intrigues, danger, and
the same strong focus on doing what is right turn a
simple story into a compelling read. Important
details of the times are folded into the narrative
without being obtrusive. Newbery Award
2002. $7.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
A Single Shard (2001) |
A Single Shard [sound recording] |
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FLUSH by Carl
Hiassen - Genre: Realistic
What's a kid to do when his dad's thrown in jail
for an unsuccessful act of ecoterrorism? Why, do
it better, of course. Readers first meet Noah
Underwood in the visiting room of the Florida
Keys jail where his father proudly waits for
justice to be done to the owner of the Coral
Queen, the casino boat that regularly and
illegally dumps raw sewage into the bay. Hiaasen
surrounds Noah with his usual cast of supporting
characters: a stoic little sister, a
hard-drinking bleached-blonde bartender with a
heart of gold, various thuggish lowlifes and a
mysterious figure who appears from the jungle to
save the day. Noah's determination and
sense of right comes straight from the author's
heart, and readers will cheer as he and his
cohorts scuttle once and for all the activities
of the Coral Queen.
Best Books for Young Adults 2006.
$9.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
Flush (2005) |
Flush [sound recording] |
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BUD, NOT BUDDY
by Christopher Paul Curtis -
Genre: Historical Fiction
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan during
the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in
search of the man he believes to be his father – the renowned
bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. Newbery Award 2000,
Recommended author of the Massachusetts Frameworks. $7.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
Bud, Not Buddy (1999) |
Bud, Not Buddy [sound recording] |
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BOY: TALES OF CHILDHOOD by Roald Dahl - Genre:
Autobiography
"As full of excitement and the unexpected as his
world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales
of his own childhood are completely fascinating and
fiendishly funny". $7.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) |
Boy: Tales of Childhood [sound recording] |
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MY LOUISIANA SKY by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old
Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving
grandmother, her mentally slow parents and her good friend and
neighbor, Jesse. Boston Globe Horn Book. $7.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
My Louisiana Sky (1998) |
My
Louisiana Sky [sound recording] |
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THE BREADWINNER by
Deborah Ellis - Genre: Global
Since the Taliiban took over Afghanistan, eleven-year-old
Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from
attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in
the streets of Kabul, the heroine is trapped inside her
family's one-room home. That is until the Taliban
hauls away her father and Parvana realizes that it's up to
her to become the "breadwinner" and disguise herself as a
boy to support her mother, two sisters and baby brother. $9.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
The Breadwinner
(2001) |
The
Breadwinner [sound recording] |
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NINJAS, PIRANHAS AND GALILEO by Greg Smith - Genre:
Realistic
Poor Elias. Secretly in love with one of his best
friends, Honoria, he is constantly reminded that she
likes Shoehei, another seventh-grader at their Chicago
magnet school. Shohei can't see it - he's too busy
writing anonymous e-mail love letters to Honoria for
Eli. Both boys are pushed by their parents into the
science fair, which Honoria hopes to win by turning her
pet piranhas into vegetarians. When Elisa stumbles
on the brilliant plan of reproducing one of his
brother's award-winning experiments, Shohei begs to be
his partner. The plan backfires and lands Elias in
Student Court. Honoria's brilliant strategy for
Eli's defense means a crisis of conscience for Shohei,
who will have to admit that he has copied his
experiment's results.
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo (2003)
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Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo [sound recording] |
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INKHEART by Cornelia Funke - Genre:
Fantasy
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father
Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional
characters into life when an evil ruler named
Capricorn, from the novel "Inkheart" years
earlier, tries to force Mo to release an
immortal monster from the story. $10.00
Click on the title below
to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf.
Inkheart (2003) |
Inkheart [sound recording] |
All Book Cover Projects should be turned in to the English teacher
in September 2009.
This will count as
the second English grade for the first quarter.
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