Assigned Reading List
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Assigned Reading List
Mrs. Silverstein 8th Grade Language Arts Second Quarter you will be required to read a classic book. Please check our classroom library if you need to borrow a classic book and sign it out in the Library Log. Before you start reading your classic, see me for approval or if you have any questions about a book. Some Suggested titles (800-1100 Lexile): “Heart of Darkness”; “The Secret Agent” by Joseph Conrad “Oliver Twist”; “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens “The Deer Slayer”; “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift “Under the Greenwood Tree” by Thomas Hardy “The Woman in White”; “The Moonstone” by Wilkie Collins “Persuasion” by Jane Austen “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Klein “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr “The Atlantis Gene” trilogy by AG Riddle “The Einstein Prophecy” by Robert Masello “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown ***Books by Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Geoffrey Chaucer and Alexandre Dumas are also excellent traditional classic choices. Many of the titles above can be purchased on Amazon.com or check Thriftbooks.com. Directions: Make 15-20 copies, double-sided, for yourself (for the year) of the Reading Log. Hole punch and place in center of 3-prong plastic folder. Minimum reading at least 45 minutes. Three (3) times a week, write 1-2 main points of what you read on your log and record pages read. Have your parent/guardian(s) initial log. Folder check weekly. Directory: ourpages -> auto -> 2016 2016 -> Typhoon (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline) 2016 -> A kq2a: What is the pattern of air movement in the troposphere? Variations in global insolation 2016 -> District 26 family night at citi field september 20, 2016 New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves 2016 -> C/Linux Programming Syllabus – Fall 2016 Instructor: Carol Yarbrough, asfa computer Science Email 2016 -> Mid-term exam schedule january 2017 Mon., Jan. 23 – 8: 30am 2016 -> Science Skills Center High School Dr. Dahlia McGregor, Principal ap computer Science A 2016 -> Short Essay Response to Emily Dickinson's Poetry (1 page minimum, 1 ½ page maximum) Due Date: Tuesday, March 8th 2016 -> Program: University of Illinois Chicago Chance & stem academy University Name 2016 -> Fourth Grade ela/ss winter Packet Thursday, December 22 2016 -> Chapter Questions Download 80.96 Kb. Share with your friends:
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