Summer Reading 2014 The Library @ MMRHS Why Summer Reading? Research shows developing summer reading habits can be a foundation for later success and can slow the summer learning loss.
45% of 17 year olds read one to two books a year for pleasure
Summer is free from demands of school
A good time to read
92% of teens say they are more likely to finish a book if they selected it themselves
Supported by MMRHS Faculty
How It Works
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Select books to read from the chart. You have categories to play with, but you select all the individual books.
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Record the books you read on the Reading Log. Keep track of the points you earn - THE MORE POINTS, THE MORE PRIZES!
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When school begins, turn in your Reading Log to Mrs. Staunton to claim your prizes.
For every book you read, you earn
5 POINTS
Every BINGO you get, you earn an EXTRA
5 POINTS
Keep track of your books and points on the READING LOG.
Each book counts for only one square.
Award Lists
Check out one of these Award winning books.
ADMINISTRATION & FRONT OFFICE Mr. Annand Living, Loving, Learning by Dr. Leo Buscaglia A Separate Peace by John Knowles Leading with the Heart by Coach K. Mrs. Morehouse Casebook by Mona Simpson Mrs. Young Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn
CAREER VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL ENGINEERING Mr. Florek The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Mr. D’Aniello The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Mr. Unsworth Linchpin by Seth Godin Mr. Roy Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
MATH DEPARTMENT Mrs. Erickson Any book by Janet Evanovich The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa Ms. Cicchetti Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Mrs. Farina Any Agatha Christie mystery Ms. Knox The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Mr. Estelle Duma Key by Stephen King Mr. Barrett It by Stephen King Freakonomics by Stephen Levitt A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Ms. Bickford A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Brothers K by David James Duncan Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Mr. Bouvier Zorro by Isabel Allende Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez Ms. Zantay My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Ms. St. John: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers The Art of Dancing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Ms. Unruh The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Mrs. Dus The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher Ms. Birkett Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Mr. Rosenthal The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger Mountaintop by Katori Hall I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mrs. Baldwin: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maughm Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb My Antonia by Willa Cather The Shining by Stephen King Ms. King Hot Zone by Robert Preston any Patricia Cornwell novel (Kay Scarpetta: forensic pathologist mystery series) Mr. Gray The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert ***Mr. Gray will let you use this book as additional extra credit in his class. Mr. Fisher The Know It All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs Catch 22 by Joseph Heller My Life as an Experiment: One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests by A.J. Jacobs
SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Mrs. Troiano The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan Ms. Olds Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer Blank Slate by Steven Pinker The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Mrs. D’Aniello Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Mr. Soule The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper The Indians of the Berkshires and the Hudson River Valley by David C. King Mr. Collins A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Mr. Wohl Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
LIBRARY Mrs. Staunton The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Room by Emma Donoghue Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Anything by Jodi Picoult A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene Defending Jacob by William Landay The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell The Diviners by Libba Bray The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Everyday by David Levithan Ms. Smith Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr Inferno by Dante Alighieri The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman High Fidelity by Nick Hornby White Oleander by Janet Fitch Nckel and Dimed by Barbarah Ehrenreich A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mrs. Campbell The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Mr. Scarpa Dharma Punx by Noah Levine Mrs. Marzotto Anything from the Bookloft. Support your local independent bookseller! Mr. Kapchinske David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell Mrs. Drury Being Peace by T. Nhat Han Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Mrs. Mackey Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
POINT TOTAL
POSSIBLE PRIZES (Pick one)
5 to 10 Points
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15 to 30 Points
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55 to 75 Points 80 to 100 points
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Free Library Pass – good for any time, even if library is full! Free pencil Free ice cream sandwich from Mrs. Marzotto Free baked good from Ms. King Get out of detention free pass Baldwin Hardware T-‐shirt Free session or consultation with Mrs. Morehouse Free HW pass from Mrs. Baldwin Free HW pass from Ms. St. John Extra Hall Pass from Mrs. Erickson Free HW pass from Mrs. Troiano A day off in the Learning Lab when all work is done from Mr. Kapchinske Free HW pass from Mrs. Cicchetti Free HW pass from Mrs. Farina Free HW pass from Ms. King Turn in a HW a day late from Mrs. Dus Free HW pass from Ms. Birkett Free HW pass from Mr. Barrett 3 Bonus Points on a quiz from Mr. Barrett $5 at the Farm-‐to-‐School Store from Mrs. Young Free Oil Change in Auto from Mrs. Young Breaking Baldwin T-‐Shirt Turn in an essay a day late from Ms. St. John 5 Bonus Points on first test of year from Mr. Bouvier Help on ANY math quiz or test (with permission of teacher) from Mrs. Erickson Turn in a paper a day late from Mrs. Troiano Drop low quiz grade from Mrs. Olds (depends on the class) 2 day line memorization extension in Advanced Drama from Mrs. Unruh 2 free days off of PE from Mrs. Campbell Free one day late on a single-‐weighted minor assignment from Mrs. Dus For Mr. Estelle’s CP students: retake on a concept assessment Free one day late on a paper from Ms. Birkett 3 Bonus Points on a test from Mr. Barrett Replace a low quiz grade with a 100 from Mrs. Baldwin Bonus points on a quiz or test from Mrs. Erickson Drop your lowest grade from Mrs. Troiano Bonus points on a test from Mrs. Olds (depends on the class) 100 on a test from Mr. Soule Turn in a paper a day late in Fact and Fiction from Mrs. Unruh Free one day late paper (single-‐weighted assignment from Mrs. Dus) Free 100 on a quiz from Mrs. King
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RETURN YOUR LOG IN SEPTEMBER TO MRS. STAUNTON IN THE LIBRARY TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. EXTRA COPIES OF THIS FORM AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/site/monumentmountainlibrary/summer-reading