Dear Parents or Guardians of Incoming Ninth Graders:
The English Department of Neshaminy High School is pleased to announce the continuation of our summer reading program, with a new emphasis on student interest and self-selection. Studies have shown that students who continue to read during the summer are more perceptive readers, more expressive writers and more thoughtful speakers. Reading during the summer increases an awareness of the connection between reading for pleasure and reading for knowledge. Summer reading can help students become independent, life-long learners, especially when choice is provided.
Students entering all ninth grade English classes in the fall are asked to either self-select or read one of the suggested titles listed below during their summer vacation. Students may select any literary title, 100 pages or longer, of interest that is not a required reading from another course. During first marking period, students will earn a grade for a thematically based in–class writing assignment based on their self-selected text.
Thank you for supporting the summer reading program. We encourage you to have a conversation with your child about what he/she is choosing to read. Choice is essential in fostering the love of literature. The books may be borrowed from our school library electronically (Over Drive), local libraries, or purchased at local bookstores.
Sincerely,
The Neshaminy High School English Department
Suggested summer reading options – choose one of the following titles OR select a literary title based on interest or genre that is not listed below:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Camer
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Ishamel by Danie Quinn
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
The English Department of Neshaminy High School is pleased to announce the continuation of our summer reading program, with a new emphasis on student interest and self-selection. Studies have shown that students who continue to read during the summer are more perceptive readers, more expressive writers and more thoughtful speakers. Reading during the summer increases an awareness of the connection between reading for pleasure and reading for knowledge. Summer reading can help students become independent, life-long learners, especially when choice is provided.
Students entering all ninth grade English classes in the fall are asked to either self-select or read one of the suggested titles listed below during their summer vacation. Students may select any literary title, 100 pages or longer, of interest that is not a required reading from another course. During first marking period, students will earn a grade for a thematically based in–class writing assignment based on their self-selected text.
Thank you for supporting the summer reading program. We encourage you to have a conversation with your child about what he/she is choosing to read. Choice is essential in fostering the love of literature. The books may be borrowed from our school library electronically (Over Drive), local libraries, or purchased at local bookstores.
Sincerely,
The Neshaminy High School English Department
Suggested summer reading options – choose one of the following titles OR select a literary title based on interest or genre that is not listed below:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Camer
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Ishamel by Danie Quinn
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
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