Summer Reading

The goal of the Summer Reading Program is to engage ALL students in rigorous, high-interest novels (chapter books) of THEIR choice.  The key to broadening our love for reading is through pleasure and interest. Throughout the summer, students will actively read a novel and participate in a reading/writing connection activity within the first grading period.

Summer Reading is Required For all Advanced ELA  students. All other students are strongly encouraged to participate.  

Select a book (chapter book) of your choice on your grade level from your home, public library, online, or anywhere you find books!  You MAY NOT select a picture book, or a book that you have read, 

or a book that was taught in your previous ELA classes. Summer reading novels need 

to be read by the end of August 2022.

~ Free San Antonio Public Library Card Visit: https://goo.gl/oxAzxt

~ Try free ebooks by visiting: https://soraapp.com/library/johnpaulstevens

Novel Choices: we have developed a list of suggested authors and popular novel lists you can pick from. Don’t forget to ask family members, friends, and teachers for novels to read. 

There are no required assignments/projects for students to do during the summer for their novel.  However, when students return to school next year, their ELA teacher will have some reading/writing connection assignments for them to complete to cover the concepts of their novel.  These will be graded as formative daily grades, and could include news reports, cartoon/comic strips, book talks, brochures/pamphlets, webquests, illustrations, plot/character analysis, etc.

To organize your thoughts while reading use: https://goo.gl/enAqYm