Sixth Grade

There are two assigned novels for the sixth grade and one non-fiction book of your choice.

Your choice should be a non-fiction book that is your reading level.  You will give an oral book report on this book the first week of school.  Be sure to include the title and author in your introduction.  Explain the book and give your recommendation.  The speech should be around 3 – 5 minutes.

The assigned books are The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi and The Giver by Lois Lowry.  Be prepared for tests on these books.  They will be the first books we discuss during literature.

Seventh Grade

There are two assigned novels for the seventh grade and one non-fiction book of your choice.

Your choice should be a non-fiction book that is your reading level.  You will give an oral book report on this book the first week of school.  Be sure to include the title and author in your introduction.  Explain the book and give your recommendation.  The speech should be around 3 – 5 minutes.

The assigned books are The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston.  Be prepared for tests on these books.  They will be the first books we discuss during literature.

Eighth Grade

There are two assigned novels for the eighth grade and one non-fiction book of your choice.

Your choice should be a non-fiction book that is your reading level.  You will give an oral book report on this book the first week of school.  Be sure to include the title and author in your introduction.  Explain the book and give your recommendation.  The speech should be around 3 – 5 minutes.

The assigned books are Who Moved My Cheese? For Teens by Spencer Johnson, M.D. and Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes.  Be prepared for tests on these books.  They will be the first books we discuss during literature.