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Our Lady of Loretto 8th Grade Summer Reading Requirement
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Richard Steele
During the summer students need to read 2 books. One MUST be from the World War II Reading list and the other is your choice. Please check out the ‘box’ below.
Requirements for World War II book:
1. Students need to purchase a three-section notebook; this will be the same notebook that will be used throughout the year in 8th grade.
2. Students need to get a copy of any World War II book (see list below or ask librarian)
3. The first section of the notebook needs to be labeled vocabulary.
4. The second section of the notebook needs to be labeled grammar.
5. The third section of the notebook needs to be labeled literature.
6. In the literature section, students need to respond and reflect on the reading at the end of each chapter. This includes summarizing the chapter and reflecting on the meaning and theme of the story.
7. In the vocabulary section, students need to create three columns. In the first column, write down the unfamiliar word, guess the meaning and write it down in the second column, then look it up and write a synonym for it in the third column.
World War II Reading List
Lily’s Crossing, Giff Daniel’s Story, Matas
Soldier Boys, Hughes
Along the Tracks, Bergman
A Nightmare in History, Chaikin Daniel
Half-Human/The Good Nazi, Chotjewitz
Torn Thread, Isaacs
Night, Wiesel
Summer of my German Soldier, Greene
Goodnight, Maman, Mazer
The Island on Bird Street, Orlev
Run, Boy, Run, Orlev
Shadow Children, Schnur
Halinka, Pressler
Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary, Rol
The Key is Lost, Vos
Surviving Hitler, Warren
The Devil’s Arithmetic, Yolen
Hitler Youth, Bartoletti
Autumn Street, Lowry
Number the Stars, Lowry
I Will Plant you a Lilac Tree, Hillman
Under a Warn-Torn Sky, Elliott
Blitzcat, Westall
Private Peaceful, Morpurgo
or follow the links from OLL’s school website to “Teen Web”
Please respond to book #2 by writing a TAG TED summary of the book in the following manner:
One page, typed, double spaced, 12 font, Times New Roman format in the following manner. The book, (insert title here), by (insert author here), TELLS or DESCRIBES of EXPLAINS what? (finish the thought)
Then give me three reasons why you can make that statement. Don’t tell me, “The reason is….”
You may email me through schoolnotes if you have any questions.
BOTH NOTEBOOK & SUMMARY
ARE DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL.
You will also need to purchase 4 books during the year to coincide with the history units. They are as follows:
Inez de Mi Alma (Inez of my Soul) by Isabel Allende
With Child by Celia Rees
Fever 1793
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
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