Summer Reading Program

Dear Parents:

Please click on the link above to find a list of suggested summer reading for
your student’s grade level next year. This list is based on readings and recommendations from classroom teachers, administrators and other students. 

As students grow and mature, they need to continually practice their reading skills. In addition, we desire to foster a love for reading diverse materials in our efforts to help students become life-long learners. While early reading skills are quite basic, as students mature, they require selections that stimulate their imaginations, improve their thinking skills and enhance their vocabulary development.

On this diverse list, each selection has been carefully notated to give an insight into the content and the reading level of the piece. Some books can be read quickly while others are more challenging and complex.

With the exception of the 11th grade academic and honors classes (who are reading a number of articles from notable national magazines), students and parents are encouraged to study this list and choose two selections that you find suited to your child’s needs, interests, and maturity level.

 For students entering certain grades, teachers have assigned one book for summer reading. These students need to choose only one additional book from the list to read.

At the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, your student will have the opportunity to engage in discussions, create a project, or do a writing project in an effort to share what they have read over the summer months. Assessments of summer reading will occur in a variety of ways at the teacher’s discretion. We believe that reading is fundamental and we cannot attain success without the valuable support and encouragement of our students’ parents. Together we can make our summer reading program successful and fun!

We hope that you find our summer reading program challenging and exciting. 

Sincerely,
Northland Christian School English Department
Cliff Kraner

Summer Reading Objectives
Northland Christian School

1.  To help students develop a love of reading and to become life-long learners
2.  To provide students with opportunities to read outside of the classroom
3.  To encourage reading practices outside the classroom
4.  To provide students with choices in the materials that they read
5.  To increase students’ proficiencies in reading
6.  To provide meaningful and higher level thinking assessments that challenge students to go beyond the meaning of a text into real world/real life applications