| Mount
Alvernia Academy
20 Manet Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
June 2003
Dear Parents and
Students:
We have selected
the following list of books as summer reading for the children entering
Grade 6. You are required to read four books and ten poems. After
you read each selection, please record the title and the author
on the Required Reading Book Log or Required Reading Poetry Log.
Also, be sure to have your parents sign the logs after you read
each book and poem.
Please read the
following three required books:
| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Award |
| The Black Stallion |
Walter
Farley |
Random House |
Classic |
| My
Side of the Mountain |
Jean
Craighead George |
Penguin/Putnam |
Newbery
Honor |
| Lyddie |
Katherine
Paterson |
Penguin/Putnam |
IRA-CBC
Teacher's Choice |
For your fourth book, you may select one of the books on
the Recommended Reading List.
Read ten poems from
the books on the Recommended Poetry Reading List. These do
not have to be from ten different books.
You are also required
to complete the three activities in this packet.
Activity 1:
For the book Black Stallion, please complete the Creative
Writing/Drawing Project.
Activity 2: After
reading the book, My Side of the Mountain, watch the video
and complete the Venn Diagram Project.
Activity 3:
After reading your fourth book (own selection), please complete
the Events Wheel Project.
In addition, when
you return to school in the fall, you will have a test on the book,
Lyddie.
On the first
day of school, please bring your Book Log, Poetry Log and your three
activities with you. We hope that you enjoy these excellent
children's literature selections. Have a wonderful summer!
The Sixth Grade
Teachers
| Recommended Reading List – Grade 6 |
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| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Award |
| Adam of the Road |
Elizabeth Gray |
Penguin |
Newbery Medal |
| Anne of Green Gables |
Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Bantam |
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| Black Beauty |
Anna Sewell |
Signet |
Classic |
| The Black Pearl |
Scott O’Dell |
Bantam |
Newbery Honor |
| Blue Willow |
Doris Gates |
Penguin |
Newbery Honor |
| Book of Greek Myths |
Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire |
Dell |
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| The Call of the Wild |
Jack London |
Perfection |
Classic |
| Clay Marble |
Minfong Ho |
Econo-Clad Books |
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| The Dark is Rising |
Susan Cooper |
Macmillan |
Newbery Honor ALA Notable |
| The Day No Pigs Would Die |
Robert Newton Peck |
Dell |
ALA Notable |
| Dogsong |
Gary Paulsen |
Aladdin |
Newbery Honor ALA Notable |
| Dragon Wings |
Lauren Yep |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Medal |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World |
Doris Faber |
Penguin |
|
| From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
E.L. Koningsburg |
Dell |
Newbery Medal ALA Notable |
| Gathering Blue |
Lois Lowry |
Random House |
SchoolLibrary/Journal Book of the Year |
| Half Magic |
Edward Eager |
HBJ |
|
| The Hero and the Crown |
Robin McKinley |
Berkley |
Newbery Honor ALA Notable |
| Invisible Thread |
Yoshiko Uchida |
Morrow, William & Co. |
|
| A Jar of Dreams |
Yoshiko Uchida |
Atheneum |
|
| Johnny Tremain |
Esther Forbes |
Dell |
Newbery Medal |
| Julie of the Wolves |
Jean C. George |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Medal |
| King of the Wind |
Marguerite Henry |
Macmillan |
Newbery Medal |
| Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
Scholastic |
Newbery Medal |
| M.C. Higgins the Great |
Virginia Hamilton |
Macmillan |
Newbery Medal National Book Award |
| Midwife’s Apprentice |
Karen Cushman |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Medal |
| Moves Make the Man |
Bruce Brooks |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Medal |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins |
Richard Atwater |
Little Brown |
Newbery Honor |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
Robert C. O’Brien |
Macmillan |
Newbery Medal |
| The Music of Dolphins |
Karen Hesse |
Apple |
Publishers Weekly-Best Book SLJ Best Book, ALA Notable |
| The Night Journey |
Kathryn Lasky |
Penguin |
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| One Eyed Cat |
Paula Fox |
Dell |
Newbery Honor, ALA Notable |
| Old Yeller |
Fred Gipson |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Honor, Classic |
| Onion John |
Joseph Krumgold |
Harper Collins |
Newbery Medal |
| The Pushcart War |
Jean Merril |
Dell |
|
| The River |
Gary Paulsen |
Dell |
|
| Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind |
Suzanne Fisher Staples |
Knopf |
Newbery Honor ALA Best Book |
| So Far from the Bamboo Grove |
Yoko Kawashima Watkins |
Puffin |
ALA Notable |
| Something Upstairs |
Avi |
Avon |
|
| Treasure Island |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Bantam |
Classic |
| The Westing Game |
Ellen Raskin |
Viking Penguin |
Newbery Medal |
| The Winter Room |
Gary Paulsen |
Dell |
Newbery Honor ALA Best Book |
| A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeline L’Engle |
Dell |
Newbery Medal |
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| Recommended Poetry Reading List – Grade 6 |
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| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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| Arithmetic |
Carl Sandburg |
HBJ |
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| At the Crack of the Bat |
Lillian Morrison |
Hyperion |
| Custard and Company |
Ogden Nash |
Little, Brown & Co. |
| Haiku-Vision in Poetry and Photography |
Ann Atwood |
Charles Scribner |
| O Sliver of Liver: Together with other Triolets, Cinquains,
Haiku Verses and a Dash of Poems |
Myra Cohn Livingston |
Macmillan |
| Opening Days: Sports Poems |
Lee Bennett Hopkins |
HBJ |
| Paul Revere’s Ride |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Dutton |
| The Place My Words Are Looking For |
Paul Janeczka |
Bradbury Press |
| Piping Down the Valleys Wild |
Nancy Larrick |
Delacorte |
| To the Moon and Back |
Nancy Larrick |
Delacorte |
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