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Middle School (5-8) Summer Reading 2020

Summer is winding down for the school that I attend. Since summer reading is a great source of stress when the summer quickly (seemingly) closes, I thought I would make this blog one of resources for summer reading. This will be organized by MS grade. These books are specific to the required reads at my school. If you have read these books or happen to have these books assigned to you now or in the future, feel absolutely free to use these at your disposal. Please use the tips from my previous posts about summer reading linked here. 


RISING 5TH GRADERS

Hello fifth graders! I am so glad you are beginning your journey in middle school. As I understand it, your summer read is Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Use these resources to prepare and review for your class beginning in only one and a half short weeks. 


Book Summary given very in-depth and by chapter.


Kid-friendly Review video that may be helpful:




Here is a Youtube channel run by a teacher who reads the book aloud. Here are chapters 1 - 3. She has the entire book recorded for free. 




RISING SIXTH GRADERS

Hi sixth graders! Hope summer reading has been going well. Was your summer reading The Cay by Theodore Taylor? Well, if it was this is for you! I read this book during the year in sixth grade instead of for summer. I liked it, but overall it was a little laborious. Here are some good resources. 

This is a wonderful teacher's guide provided by Penguin Random House who is a world-renowned publishing company. 

Another, less impressive though, teacher's guide. 

A fabulous PDF resource that details discussion topics and other relevant details done by Scholastic. 



RISING SEVENTH GRADERS

Seventh grade is really fun...I promise. Just read really closely this year. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is absolutely wonderful, powerful, and moving. Because it is often taught in our day and age, there are, luckily, a lot of resources. 

This resource and teaching guide is wonderfully done by Little Brown, The Malala Fund, and The Global Women's Institute at George Washington University in DC. 




RISING EIGHTH GRADERS

Eighth graders - the top of middle school! Let's start English class off on the right foot. Here are some resources on The Rent Collector.

LitCharts has a great page for this book with detailed summaries, introductions, and discussion topics!

Informative blog post on Camron Wright and inspirations for the book.



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