Hampton City Schools Language Arts Department
SUMMER READING FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all you can.”
Jane Hamilton

All high school students in Hampton are required to complete the following summer reading prior to the start of school in September.
Various assignments will begin in all classrooms when school opens in September.

Students in AVERAGE English must read one book from the appropriate grade level list.
Students in HONORS English must read two books from the appropriate grade level list.
Students enrolled in AP English or IB English will receive the summer reading list from their teacher.

 

Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson	House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou	Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Pearl John Steinbeck	The Color of Water James McBride	Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck	Life of Pi Yann Martel
The Lord of the Flies William Golding	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury	Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley	Othello William Shakespeare

 

Download the Required Summer Reading (pdf)

Download the Suggested Summer Reading (pdf) for 6-8 | 3-5 | K-2

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all you can.”
Jane Hamilton

Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Crispin: At the Edge of the World Avi	Little Women Louisa May Alcott	Fever 1793 Laurie Anderson
The Anybodies N.E. Bode	Steal Away Jennifer Armstrong	I Have Lived a Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven	Crispin: the Cross of Lead Avi	Midwife’s Apprentice Karen Cushman
Love That Dog Sharon Creech	The Lost Years of Merlin T.A. Barron	The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Curtis	Tangerine Edward Bloor	Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo Zlata Filipovic
Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl	Stealing Freedom Elisa Carbon	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo	Catherine Called Birdy Karen Cushman	The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos	Summer of My German Soldier Bette Green	Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata
M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton	The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place E.L. Konigsburg
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	Out of the Dust Karen Hesse	Chasing the Falconers Gordon Korman
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle	Hoot Carl Hiaasen	The Sea Wolf Jack London
A Friendship for Today Patricia McKissack	The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt	The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Orphan Train Adventures (series) Joan Lowery Nixon	Leonardo Da Vinci Kathleen Krull	All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remargue
The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron	Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine	Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
Soldier’s Heart Gary Paulsen	The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis	Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls	Midnight for Charlie Bone (Series) Jenny Nimmo	Milkweed Jerry Spinelli
Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	Dogsong Gary Paulsen	Wringer Jerry Spinelli
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling	Eragon Christopher Paolini	The Red Pony John Steinbeck
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom Louis Sachar	Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story Lila Perl	Kidnapped! Robert Louis Stevenson
Words by Heart Quida Sebestyen	A Stitch in Time Ann Rinaldi	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkein
Loser Jerry Spinelli	Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The Well: David’s Story Mildred Taylor	The Wednesday Wars Gary Schmidt	Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne
Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie Tolan	Homecoming Cynthia Voight	Shabanu:  Daughter of the True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff

 

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES 3-5

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all you can.”
Jane Hamilton

Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Cam Jansen (series) David Adler	The Barn Avi	The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford
The Summer My Father Was Ten Pat Brisson	The Indian in the Cupboard Lynn Reid Banks	The Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars
Arthur (series) Marc Brown	Fudge (series) Judy Blume	Shortstop from Tokyo and Other Titles Matt Christopher
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting	The Place of Lions Eric Campbell	The BFG Roald Dahl
The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron	The Sloppy Copy Slipup DyAnne DiSalvo	Matilda Roald Dahl
What Do Authors Do? Eileen Christelow	Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Jack Gantos	The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo
Ramona Quimby (series) Beverly Cleary	The Thing About Georgie Lisa Graff	The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman
Magic School Bus (series) Joanna Cole	Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry	The Slave Dancer Paula Fox
Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney	Rules Cynthia Lord	Stone Fox John Gardiner
Big Words for Little People  Jamie  Lee Curtis	How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell	Old Yeller Fred Gipson
Wolf Island Celia Godkin	Wayside School (series) Louis Sachar	Letters From Rifka Karen Hesse
Dexter the Tough Margaret Peterson Haddix	A Cricket in Times Square George Selden	Saint George and the Dragon Margaret Hodges
A Cache of Jewels Ruth Heller	Encyclopedia Brown (series) Donald J. Sobol	Pecos Bill:  A Tall Tale and Other Titles Steven Kellogg
Rocks in His Head Carol Otis Hurst	Baseball in April Gary Soto	Babe The Gallant Pig Dick King-Smith
The Salamander Room Anne Mazer	The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare	From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Koningsburg
Judy Moody Megan McDonald	Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli	Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Clementine Sara Pennypacker	Abel’s Island William Steig	Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell
Magic Tree House (series) Mary Pope Osborne	Listen! Stephanie Tolan	Flip Flop Girl Katherine Paterson
Marvin Redpost (series) Louis Sachar	Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World Mildred Walter	Hatchet Gary Paulsen
Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say	Boxcar Children (series) Gertrude Warner	Pink and Say Patricia Polacco
Brave Irene William Steig	Charlotte’s Web E.B. White	Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg	Little House on the Prairie (series) Laura Ingalls Wilder	Time Warp Trio (series) John Scieszka
A Chair for My Mother Vera Williams	American Girl (series) Various authors	Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor

 

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES K-2

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all you can.”
Jane Hamilton

Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2
One Saturday Evening Barbara Baker	Wiggle and Waggle Caroline Arnold	Miss Nelson is Missing! (and others) Harry Allard
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything Elise Broach	Trouble on the T-Ball Team Eve Bunting	One Small Place by the Sea Barbara Brenner
Kindergarten Kids:  Riddles, Rebuses, Wiggles, Giggles, and More Stephanie Calmenson	Ivan the Terrier Peter Catalanotto	Hotter Than a Hot Dog Stephanie Calmenson
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle	Ramona Quimby Age 8 Beverly Cleary
The Three Bears Paul Galdone	Miss Malarkey Doesn’t Live in Room 10 Judy Finchler	The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy
Harold & the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson	Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Patricia Reilly Giff	A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Marla Frazee
The Carrot Seed Ruth Krauss	The Day the Teacher Went Bananas James Howe	Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman
Bedtime for Frances Russell Hoban	Mouse Tales Arnold Lobel	Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Deborah Hopkinson
Put Me in the Zoo Robert Lopshire	George and Martha James Marshall	Take Me Out of the Bathtub Alan Katz
Bruno Munari’s ABC Bruno Munari	Fancy Nancy Jane O’Connor	The Best Seat in Second Grade Katherine Kenah
Love You Forever Robert Munsch	Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish	Rats on the Roof & Other Stories James Marshall
If You Give a Pig a Pancake Laura Joffe Numeroff	Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: and Other Poems Jack Prelutsky	Amelia Hits the Road (and others) Marissa Moss
Curious George H. A. Rey	Pssst!  Adam Rex	When Lightning Comes in a Jar Patricia Polocco
Phooey! Marc Rosenthal	Henry and Mudge Cynthia Rylant	Meet Addy (series) Connie Rose Porter
No, David! David Shannon	Timothy and the Strong Pajamas Viviane Schwarz	When I was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant
Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina	Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak	The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Simms Taback	Heat Wave Eileen Spinelli	Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silvertein
Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells	A Child’s Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson	Pete’s a Pizza William Steig
The Night Before Kindergarten Natasha Wing	Ira Sleeps Over Gary Paulsen	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst
The Napping House Audrey Wood	Abracadabra!  Magic with Mouse and Mole Wong Herbert Yee	Crow Boy Taro Yashima

 

Reasoning

• HCS School Board voted to discontinue Breakthrough based on independent study
• Position funded through the EIRI grant which stipulates software or personnel for intervention
• Differentiated intervention provides instruction based on the needs of students
• Early intervention is more effective than remediation later
• Model outlined below incorporates new initiative with the least amount of disruption to current model

Model

• Each school will have a Early Reading Intervention assistant
• Early Reading Intervention assistant will work with students during the Language Arts Block
• Early Reading Intervention assistant will work in the classroom
• She/He will work with students during WORD WORK center which is part of the HCS small group rotation model
• An additional reading table is not required as the Early Reading Intervention assistant will work at the area designated for WORD WORK

Schedule

• Early Reading Intervention assistant will work in each kindergarten and first grade room for 30 minutes daily
• Master schedule must stagger Language Arts to allow Early Reading Intervention assistant opportunity to work in each room
• Grade levels will work as a team to coordinate their groups – timing will be everything

Students/Groups

• The Early Reading Intervention assistant will work with the students who did not meet the benchmark on the fall screening
• Before the fall screening the Early Reading Intervention assistant will work with a group determined by teacher
• Make adjustments to the group after the screening
• Groups should not have more than 6 members
• Please include borderline students if possible

Instructional Focus

• Focus will be explicit, systematic phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary instruction
• A binder of intervention lesson plans and materials will be provided
• Initially binder will have 26 pre-reader and 26 emergent reader lessons
• Beginning reader lessons and materials will be added at the next training
• Intervention lessons do not follow the pacing guide but are based on the needs of the students
• Early Reading Intervention data will be used to determine needs of students

ENGLISH 6
The core curriculum at grade six is a genre-based study of literature. Students are involved with learning about the literary elements of the short story, the novel, and poetry. Nonfiction and informational texts are also included. There are four strands of instruction: Grammar, Writing, Reading/Vocabulary/Literature and Reading for In-Depth Study. In each unit, students read, write, think critically, and respond both orally and in writing. Writing at this level focuses on the process of writing the five-paragraph essay. Students write narrative and descriptive essays. The curriculum has been aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. Students will take the Grade 6 Reading SOL test.

ENGLISH 7
The core curriculum is a genre-based study of literature. This course of study includes short stories, poems, novels, nonfiction and informational texts. There are three strands of instruction: Grammar, Writing, and Reading/Vocabulary/Literature. Students will read, write, and think critically. Writing at this level focuses on narrative and expository essays. The curriculum has been aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. Students will take the Grade 7 Reading SOL test.

ENGLISH 8
The core curriculum is a genre-based study of literature. It includes the elements of fiction, a biographical approach to literary criticism, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. There is both a literary and informational focus. Additionally there are three strands of instruction including Grammar, Writing, and Reading/Vocabulary/Literature. Students will continue to strengthen their skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Writing at this level focuses on the narrative and expository essay, as well as a persuasive research paper. The curriculum has been aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. Students will take the Grade 8 Reading and Writing SOL tests.

Required to Graduate:
4 standard credits and 2 verified credits in English
SOL English 11 End-of-Course test:
Writing (1 verified credit) & Reading (1 verified credit)

 

ENGLISH 9 World Literature
Levels: 2, 3-Honors
• Expand knowledge of the western world
• Investigate themes in art, music, and literature
• Read selections that varies in time, place, and theme
• Study major writers, artists, and musicians
• Critique dramatic readings and give oral presentations
• Read and analyze a variety of literature
• Develop narrative, expository, and informational writings to inform, explain, analyze, and entertain
• Study the fundamentals of research
• Apply grammar and usage rules
• Apply the writing process to refine narrative, literary,expository, and informational writing
• Apply learning tools (word processing, note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, problem-solving, etc.)
• Increase vocabulary and improve spelling
• Incorporate technology

ENGLISH 10
Levels: 2, 3-Honors
• Communicate in group activities
• Analyze literary works from a variety of cultures
• Refine writing skills
• Analyze printed consumer information
• Prepare a research report
• Apply grammar and usage rules
• Increase vocabulary and improve spelling
• Incorporate technology

ENGLISH 11 American Literature
Levels: 2, 3-Honors
• Develop and deliver a persuasive oral presentation
• Analyze persuasive presentations
• Identify prevalent themes and characterizations in American literature
• Assess the value of a variety of printed materials
• Recognize the contributions of other cultures to the development of American Literature
• Demonstrate mastery of persuasive, literary, expository and informational writing
• Create a documented research project
• Apply grammar and usage rules
• Increase vocabulary and improve spelling
• Incorporate technology

ENGLISH 12
Levels: 2, 3-Honors
• Plan and deliver an effective oral presentation
• Analyze British literature as well as literature from other cultures
• Assess the value of printed and electronic resources
• Produce technical and expository papers
• Produce a well-documented research project
• Apply grammar and usage skills
• Increase vocabulary and improve spelling
• Incorporate technology
• Fine tune learning/thinking/study skills for experiences beyond high school

AP ENGLISH 11 English Language and Composition
• Develop and deliver persuasive presentation
• Analyze the development of American literature from the 17th century to the present
• Analyze independent readings
• Refine critical listening skills
• Increase vocabulary
• Demonstrate mastery of persuasive, literary, expository and informational writing
• Produce a documented research project
• Incorporate technology
• Students must take the AP English Literature exam

AP ENGLISH 12 English Literature and Composition
• Review and demonstrate mastery of the Essentials of the Curriculum for English 12
• Focus on the historical and philosophical influence on literature
• Read various literary forms to stimulate creativity & focus on literary criticism
• Write assignments that require analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
• Present multimedia projects
• Apply knowledge of technology to writing
• Prepare for the AP English Examination
• Students must take the AP English Language exam

JOURNALISM I, II and III
• Focus on writing skills and print media in the twentieth century
• Write news stories, features, sport stories, and editorials for publication of the school newspaper
• Develop skills in newspaper style, news, features, sports, editorials, captions, and editing/proof symbols
• Develop production/graphics skills in design, paste-up, advertising, circulation, photo cropping and sizing, and
design elements
• Explore legal restraints on free speech that affects high school publications as well as metropolitan dailies
• Develop a newspaper vocabulary

CREATIVE WRITING
• For students interested in writing various kinds of poetry and prose
• Develop expression of feelings and ideas
• Students should have good compositions skills

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING
Prerequisite: Creative Writing or Teacher Recommendation
• Built on skills students have learned in Creative Writing
• Production of school literary magazine

PUBLIC SPEAKING
• 1 semester class (1/2 credit)
• Improve skills in oral communication
• Organize and present ideas with self-confidence
• Listening skills refined

TECHNICAL DRAMA
• 1 semester class (1/2 credit)
• Non performance class
• Basics of set construction and design, lighting and costume makeup
• Practical experience which supplements classroom theory

ACTING I
• 1 semester class (1/2 credit)
• Performance class
• Trains beginning dramatic students in use of voice and body in stage projection

ACTING II/DIRECTING
Prerequisite: Acting I and Technical Drama
• Act in and direct several one-act plays
• Open to juniors and seniors who have successfully completed Acting I and Technical Drama

SAT CRITICAL READING PREP
Prerequisites: Algebra I, Geometry, and a college-bound course of study
• Classes meet every other day for 90 minutes (1/2 elective credit)
• 1 Semester Course: Half Math/Half Verbal & Writing
• Students may elect to receive a pass/fail grade or letter grade
• Uses SAT Software & SAT Practice Tests