Summer Reading Adventure Program for Students 2017
Join the Summer Reading Adventure Program by Everett Public Schools in 2017 to prevent the summer slide and enhance your reading skills. Choose books from grade-level lists, complete activities, and earn incentives. Explore a variety of engaging books like "We Beat the Street" and "The Running Dream."
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Summer Reading Adventure Everett Public Schools 2017
Read to Cure the Summer Slide Studies show that the effect of reading four to five books over the summer is enough to stop a decline in reading achievement from spring to fall. In a nutshell, if you don t use it, you lose it. When school starts in the fall, students who don t read over the summer slide backwards.
What should you do to be a part of the program? Read one one book from your grade level list. Select any of the activities listed in the brochure for each book that you read: Three quotes representing the main character Draw an object symbolizing the theme Write a poem illustrating a conflict Create a comic strip Paragraph to parallel author s experiences AR Test
Can I Read Other Books? Of course! After you finish the required book, read as many books as you can, and read any book that interests you. You can complete other activities to earn other incentives. Or just read for fun!
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact led to Success by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon M. Draper, Rameck Hunt Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George, and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental professions, they made a pact among themselves that they would become doctors. It took a lot of determination and a lot of support from one another but despite all the hardships along the way, the three succeeded. Retold with the help of an award-winning author, this younger adaptation of the adult hit novel The Pact is a hard-hitting, powerful, and inspirational book that will speak to young readers everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYn16nTQ5uI
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run? As she struggles to cope with crutches and a first cyborg-like prosthetic, Jessica feels oddly both in the spotlight and invisible. People, who don't know what to say, act like she's not there. Which she could handle better if she weren't now keenly aware that she'd done the same thing herself to a girl with CP named Rosa. A girl who is going to tutor her through the math she's missed, a girl who sees right into the heart of her. With the support of family, friends, a coach, and her track teammates, Jessica may actually be able to run again. But that's not enough for her now. She doesn't just want to cross finish lines herself she wants to take Rosa with her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uIA W8G3LCU
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day. But in one important way, Mark is not like other kids at all. Mark is sick, the kind of sick that means hospitals, and treatments. The kind of sick some people never get better from. So Mark runs away. He leaves home with his camera, his notebook, his dog, and a plan to reach the top of Mount Rainier--even if it's the last thing he ever does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= dnyU1jiXQV8
Cinder by Marissa Meyer Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world s future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= pXrMAFGWyuE
Bystander by James Preller Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you re new in town, it s hard to know who to hang out with and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular, but something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things, and if Griffin doesn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it. As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin s dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin. He s a liar, a bully, and a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing, but in one shocking moment, he goes from being a bystander to the bully s next victim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 0Vis3I_hXsY
Schooled by Gordon Korman Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. When his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a school counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie- dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
The Boys in the Boat The Boys in the Boat (young readers edition) by Daniel James Brown Berlin, 1936. The Olympic finals of the eight-oared rowing race. Germany, Italy, USA. The American boat touches the finish line first, beating all odds and sending Hitler away in a silent rage. In the midst of the Great Depression, the nine rowers showed the world what true grit really meant. They were western, working-class boys who never expected to beat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did. At the center of the tale is Joe Rantz, whose personal struggle and ultimate triumph captures the spirit of his generation, the one that would prove in the coming years that the Nazis could not prevail over American determination and optimism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n 58w0BctOvs
Where do I find books? The Gateway Library will be closed due to construction this year. Check out a summer reading book at our Gateway Library during the last week of school. Take good care of it and return it in the fall. Visit the UW Bookstore. Visit the Mill Creek Library.
When Should I Read and Complete Activities? You should be reading in the summer between the time school gets out and starts again! Be aware that your activities need to be ready to be turned in the first week of school. AR tests are only available July 1-August 31
Where can I go online? Visit the Gateway Library page for updates and book ideas. Check out the blog page and links to great programs!
Visit the Gateway Middle School Facebook page Like the page and look for updates. Share what you are reading. Be creative and show book covers in vacation spots. Think about privacy, permission, appropriateness.
