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Help to Build & Sustain Our Classroom Library
Help to Build & Sustain Our Classroom Library
Donated books are always welcome for the 7/8 Classroom Library. We will happily take your used books that are no longer loved. You can also donate gift cards for Blue Hill Books or Amazon.
Here is the link for our Classroom Wish List:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YMLWUVSSL45X?ref_=wl_share
The links below are affiliate links that help fund the purchase of more classroom books as ours go missing or new favorites are released.
Student Book Recommendations
Student Book Recommendations
Throughout the year, I will make recommendations for books I believe the students will enjoy. I will do this in a variety of ways, such as: Book Trailers, First Chapters, Book Talks, and sharing Reviews. It is my hope that we will also continue to gather recommendations from students for students. Students will have the opportunity to create their own trailers, talks, and reviews. They will also use tools like Google Slides to track books they enjoyed for me to share with their peers and future classes.
Whole Class Novel- 7th & 8th
Whole Class Novel- 7th & 8th
This year 7th and 8th grade students will begin with reading Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson. This book was selected to complement the Study Sync curriculum. Harbor Me is about six students who are selected to be a part of an experimental after school club, where they meet once a week to simply talk without adults present. Over time, the students learn to trust each other and share about important issues in their lives. This book will be a model text for us to connect back to throughout the year.
When our whole class novel ends, students will participate in small group novel studies with a book selected from the list below. These novels were selected as companion texts because they all share the themes of "Overcoming Obstacles" and "Coming of Age." Students will participate in whole class discussions where they can share how their novel relates to the themes and the novels their classmates are reading. Each group will have three to five students with one assignment due per week. All students are expected to read their chosen book.
Below are links to purchase the books from Amazon if you'd like to read a book at home or to replace a lost or damaged classroom book.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Whole Class Novel- 7th Grade
Whole Class Novel- 7th Grade
Seventh grade students will complete a unit on Myths and Folklore later in the school year. For this unit, students will read "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. Following this unit, students will once again have the chance to select a book club text from the list below. Students will participate in whole class discussions where they can share how their novel relates to the whole class novel and the novels their classmates are reading. Each group will have three to five students with one assignment due per week. All students are expected to read their chosen book.
Ikenga
by Nnedi Okorafor
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The Twelve
by Cindy Lin
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Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
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Whole Class Novel- 8th Grade
Whole Class Novel- 8th Grade
Eighth grade students will complete a unit on Dystopian Fiction later in the school year. During this unit they will read "The Giver" by Lois Lowery as a whole class. Following this unit, they will once again have the chance to select a book club text from the list below. Students will participate in whole class discussions where they can share how their novel relates to the whole class novel and the novels their classmates are reading. Each group will have three to five students with one assignment due per week. All students are expected to read their chosen book.
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
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City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
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The Selection
by Kiera Cass
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Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
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Legend
by Marie Lu
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
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Alone
by Megan E. Freeman
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The House of Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
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Maximillian Fly
by Angie Sage
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We're Not From Here
by Geoff Rodkey
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
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