PA Summer Reading 2024
Summer Reading Information for Students entering Grades 5 - 8
Students in the following classes are required to read ONE book this summer. The links to the discussion questions for each book are indicated below and will remain on our website. All students should be prepared to turn the questions in to the teacher on the first day of school in August. A test will be given on the 1st day of school. Students should also plan for essays and further studies.
Students must have a copy of the novel to class the first day.
5th Grade English: | Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Click for Questions |
6th Grade English: |
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson |
7th Grade English: | The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Click for Questions . . . |
8th Grade English: |
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank |
8th Grade Honors English: | See below. |
Summer Reading Information for Students entering Grades 9 - 12 + 8th Honors English
Students are required to read ONE book this summer. The classes below do not have study questions. As you read, take notes in the margins of your book to help you remember key passages. Pay attention to the author’s style and purpose. Watch for the author’s methods of characterization and use of symbols to suggest certain themes throughout the book. Note the author’s use of conflict and setting. Finally, consider how the main character’s conflict or dilemma may be a commentary on a larger issue by the author. Also take notes on foreshadowing, the theme, the plot and the point of view. A test will be given on the book during the first week of school in August (possibly the first full day of school). Other assignments will follow the test, possibly including an in-class essay along with other assignments.
Students must have a copy of the novel in class on the first day.
8th Grade Honors English:
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ISBN: 9780060935467
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9th Grade English: | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 9780060935467 |
9th Grade Honors English: |
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
ISBN: 978-0-14-017739-8
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10th Grade English: |
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
ISBN: 978-0-14-017739-8
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10th Grade Honors English: | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 9781451673265 |
11th Grade English: | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 9781451673265 |
11th Grade Honors English: |
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
ISBN: 9780399501487
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12th Grade English: |
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
ISBN: 9780399501487
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12th Grade Honors English DE: |
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
ISBN: 9780316017930
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