Summer Reading List
Did you know? Students who do not read through the summer months can lose up to three months of reading progress. It is important for students at every grade level to continue to read during the summer to avoid what is known as the "summer slide".
In addition to the summer reading assignments below, beat the summer reading slide at the Onondaga Free Library and the New York's "A Universe of Stories"myOn Digital Library program. Visit these websites for more reading suggestions: TweenTribune.com, ALA.org, and Scholastic.com.
Summer reading information for each grade level.
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Novel: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Grade 10
Novel: Night by Elie Wiesel
Grade 11
Novella: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
You may sign out a classroom copy, obtain a copy from the public library, or read the .pdf version.
Selected Readings: "To a Mouse" and John Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Grade 12
Novel: 1984 by George Orwell (Please check the Onondaga Free Library for availability)
Selected Readings: Conformity Attacking Today's Youth, Monkey See, Monkey Do - Just Like You, Sheryl Sandberg Launches "Ban Bossy" Campaign to Empower Girls to Lead, The Need for: Conformity
College English 103
Reading Choices (If a title is not available in our school library, please check the Onondaga Free Library)
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Onondaga County Public Library Summer Reading Kick Off Events
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FREQUENT READERS HAVE MORE READING ROLE MODELS Parents of frequent readers are far more likely to consider reading books for fun important compared to parents of infrequent readers (95% vs. 70%). The difference is most notable when comparing parents who agree reading books for fun is extremely important (70% vs. 27%). Parents of frequent readers are also more likely to be frequent readers themselves (39% vs. 16%). Frequent readers are also more likely to be surrounded by people who they perceive to enjoy reading: 82% say a lot or nearly everyone they know enjoys reading, versus infrequent readers at 34%. And much like reading frequency decreases as children age, there’s a clear decline in the number of kids who say this: 77% of kids ages 6–8 say a lot or nearly everyone they know enjoys reading, and this drops to 66% among 9–11 year-olds, 56% among 12–14 year-olds, and 48% among 15–17 year-olds (see Figure 2). Reading role models are critical to instilling reading as an integral part of a child’s life, and do not need to be limited to parents: frequent readers have more encouragement to read from family members, friends, principals, teachers and school librarians than infrequent readers. ~Michael Haggen, Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic Education |
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