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The Martin County high schools, working with the Martin County Library system, have put together a unique summer reading program. This year, eight (8) award winning titles are being featured from the world of young adult contemporary literature. The goal of the summer reading program is to promote reading for pleasure. After voluntarily reading a book on the recommended list, you may choose to participate in various incentive options either through your high school and/or the Martin County Library.
Option Choices
What are the 3 summer reading incentive options?
Start by reading one or more books from the 8 choices listed.
Option#1. Martin County High School
Create a Reflection Journal for each book you read. Use the following questions as a guide to help think about the meaning of each chapter. You may choose a different question for each chapter or choose to work with a few questions you like. Each journal entry must be no more than 1 page, and must have an entry for every chapter.
1.
Write down 3 questions you have for the author of the chapter you are reading. Explain why you have asked those questions.
2.
What are you learning about yourself from the chapter you have just read (your own values, attitudes, and beliefs)
3.
What are some strengths and weaknesses of the chapter you have just read?
4.
Write about a connection you made with the text sharing it in some way to something personal, something else you have read, or something happening in the world.
5.
Write about something you learned in that chapter.
6.
Respond to the chapter in a personal way. Did it stir up an emotion? Describe that emotion and explain why.
Incentive: You will get the chance to attend a school-wide book chat the first week school is in session. In addition you will be eligible to enter your name in a drawing for assorted prizes featuring an I-Touch. ***To receive an entry ticket to the school-wide book chat and drawing, you will turn in the journal at the start of school to the Reading Coach.
Option #2. Martin County Library
Log on to the Martin County Library site (www.library.martin.fl.us) and complete a review of your book. Your intended audience is a community of young adult readers in our county and neighboring counties. Your job is to help guide them in making a choice as to whether or not read the book in question. If you cannot complete the review electronically you can pick-up a paper version at any Martin County library branch. For each book you read you must submit a separate book review.
Book Review Criteria
1.
Title and Author of the book.
2.
Who is the intended audience/who would the book appeal to? – (1 sentence)
3.
A small paragraph describing what the book is about? (4-5 sentences describing the theme)
4.
A small paragraph describing strengths and weaknesses about this book? (4-5 sentences.)
5.
A small paragraph explaining why you would recommend or not recommend this book to others (4-5 sentences).
Incentive: In return for your time you will be awarded a credit of 1 hour of Community Service. A drawing for a Sony Reader for each high school is also available.
Option #3. Participate in both options and enjoy the benefits of each incentive.
Think Win-Win…read more…get smarter…& be eligible for more raffle tickets.
Selected Book List 2010 and Video Reference for Previewing Opportunities
Titles are listed based on their Lexile level. Lexiles are a numerical value assigned to a book based on its word frequency and sentence length. Since the goal of the summer reading program is to promote reading for pleasure, books were also selected based on interest and ease of reading for enjoyment.
Chess Rumble by G. Neri 620L
“Lotsa things make me mad,” says young African American Marcus, who gets into fights at school and at home. Violence is all around: “In my ‘hood, / battles is fought every day.” And when he is hassled by bullies or by his little brothers, Marcus responds with his fists. Then his teacher sends him to the library, where he meets CM, a local chess master who teaches students to fight their battles on the board instead of the streets. This novel is written as free-verse poetry.
author interview, summary, and excerpts
(interest grabber with music and excerpts)
(author website with information and links)
http://www.gregneri.com/g.neri_chessrumble.html
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar 680L
Scott Hudson chronicles the ups and downs of life as a freshman in high school. He's small, he's lost, and seniors bully him for spare change. His honors homework keeps him up all night and his gym teacher is trying to pushing him. He joins the paper, runs for student council, and tries out for the play, just to be near a girl he likes. This all backfires. Meanwhile, Scott’s mother is pregnant. The plot is framed by Scott's journal of advice for the unborn baby.
http://www.davidlubar.com/bpsfnl.html
(audio interest excerpt on the site)
MCLS Link
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/yhpqTvlDGN/STUART/8790115/88
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker 710L
Having grown up in the shadow of his father's failed NFL career, high-school football player Mick Johnson is determined not to make the same mistakes. But when he's tackled just short of the goal in a pivotal game, he decides that vitamin supplements aren't enough and begins purchasing "gym candy," or steroids, from the trainer at his local gym.
(student production a couple of typos, but good interest grabber)
MCLS Link
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/2GFOTMHurc/STUART/8790115/88
We Were Here by Matt de la Pena 770L
Miguel struggles to forgive himself for a tragic event that changed his life and his family forever. He willingly accepts his one-year sentence to a juvenile detention center and the requirement that he keep a journal.
Unsigned Hype: A Novel by Booker T. Mattison 780L
Tory Tyson may only be in high school, but he knows what he wants out of life--a successful music career. And he's not going to learn about all that at school. So when school lets out next month, he's not going back. He's finally ready to stop spinning old records at parties and start laying down his own beats--and the Unsigned Hype music contest is the perfect place to launch his career. But will he be able to handle the fame and fortune he seeks?
(trailer/interview with author)
(author book read/interview)
(interactive website for the book, complete with music :)
http://www.unchartedterrortory.com/
MCLS Link
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/pb5xvftj3s/STUART/171480103/88
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 810L
In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in “The Hunger Games,” a televised “Survivor” of sorts with real consequences.
MCLS Link
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/8PWrBrFhvk/STUART/253950109/9
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 820L
It's almost the end of Miranda's sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver's license. When Miranda first begins hearing the reports of a meteor on a collision course with the moon, it hardly seems worth a mention in her diary. But after the meteor hits, pushing the moon off its axis and causing worldwide earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, all the things Miranda used to take for granted begin to disappear.
(trailer/interest grabber)
MCLS Links
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Slkay1Mnun/STUART/41930102/9
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/BOCQra6adS/STUART/41930102/9
Slow Way Home by Michael Morris 990L
Will eight-year-old Brandon ever have a permanent, happy home? When his mother runs off with her boyfriend, she sends him to her parents on the bus and disappears, but later, when he has been doing well with them, she threatens to take him back. To keep him safe, the grandparents run from the courts and head further south. Trouble follows the trio after they settle down in a remote fishing village.
http://www.michaelmorrisbooks.com/files/SlowWayHome.pdf (first chapter to be read online)
MCLS Links
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/SjgHXY3Bw7/STUART/268790099/9
http://www.lib.martin.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/5inJLIeMGE/STUART/268790099/9
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