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The PVJH reading goal for seventh and eighth graders is 25 books per school year. You are also welcome to join your teacher and classmates in the 40-Book Challenge! Meeting either the 25 book goal or 40-Book Challenge will be supported by a minimum of 60 minutes of weekly in-class reading and an assigned 25 minutes of daily reading outside of class. Although the number of books you read will not be factored into your grade, there is much research that proves the more you read, the better your critical thinking ability, writing skill, reading comprehension, ability to empathize with others, and vocabulary will be. Reading opens the door to success in many areas of your life!
Please talk with your parents/guardians frequently about what you are reading and its alignment with their values and beliefs. I am here to support you as you follow your parent or guardian's guidance about the books you choose for independent reading. -Ms. Wyatt
Please talk with your parents/guardians frequently about what you are reading and its alignment with their values and beliefs. I am here to support you as you follow your parent or guardian's guidance about the books you choose for independent reading. -Ms. Wyatt
Every book may or may not be suited for every student. If you find a book that offends you, please return it and find another.
Every book may or may not be suited for every student. If you find a book that offends you, please return it and find another.
Thank you!
Thank you!
What Should I Read Next (Scholastic)
What Should I Read Next (Scholastic)
Click here to have Scholastic Books help you pick your next read.
Don't Like to Read?
Don't Like to Read?
Join this FREE club to locate SHORT (but awesome) books!
pleasval.org --> schools --> PVJH --> library --> log-in (upper-right corner)
Click here to be directed to Destiny
Lists of teacher-recommended and student-recommended books by genre are provided; click on the menu bar on the left of the Destiny page!
Click here to enter the name of a book you LOVED and receive a list of OTHER books you will love!
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winners
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winners
The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature. Click here for great informational (nonfiction) books!
Pura Belpre Award Books
Pura Belpre Award Books
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
2021-22 Battle of the Books
2021-22 Battle of the Books
Click here for a video book talk for each award-winning title on the Battle of Books list!
Already Read Everything?
Already Read Everything?
Click here to find some unusual book lists at Bookspot.com AND check to see if you've read all of the great award-winning books out there!
Spartan Podcasts
Spartan Podcasts
Books R Us by Mrs. Hornick's sixth graders at Hopewell will inform you of newly released books and let you know how Spartans rated them.
ESPNR , also by Hopewell readers, combines a love for sports and for reading. Each podcast episode has a different sports theme and discusses books related to this sports topic.
Book Lists
Book Lists
Young adult library services
Time Magazine's best young adult titles
Goodreads top picks for middle-schoolers
Daily Choice Reading (CR)
Daily Choice Reading (CR)
If you were going to baseball practice, you would bring a glove. If you were developing artistic skill, you would bring paints and brushes. If you wanted to be a musician, you would bring your instrument. This is a reading class...you must bring a book each day!
If you were going to baseball practice, you would bring a glove. If you were developing artistic skill, you would bring paints and brushes. If you wanted to be a musician, you would bring your instrument. This is a reading class...you must bring a book each day!
We will read for 15-25 minutes nearly every day in ELA, and your daily homework is to read for an additional 25 minutes. That is a minimum of FOUR HOURS of reading a week just for Monday - Friday! Most students are pleasantly surprised to find how easy it is to meet the 25 book goal by May.
We will read for 15-25 minutes nearly every day in ELA, and your daily homework is to read for an additional 25 minutes. That is a minimum of FOUR HOURS of reading a week just for Monday - Friday! Most students are pleasantly surprised to find how easy it is to meet the 25 book goal by May.
The book you bring must be:
The book you bring must be:
at an appropriate reading level. It's okay to try a very challenging book or reread an old favorite once in awhile, but most of the books you read in this class should be of a "just right" reading level.
a book you are making progress on each day. If you are almost finished with a book, be sure to bring your NEXT book to class so you don't run out of reading material during IR. In fact, many students conveniently store a second book in their ELA mailbox.
from the 40-Book-Challenge list you were provided with in class. Although you do not need to finish a set amount of books this year, you need to finish at least two books per midterm (that's three weeks per book) before you read an anime or graphic novel.
a selection which will in some way challenge you as a reader. This is a reading class and together we will work to develop your reading and vocabulary skill set. To do so requires that you explore and sample a wide variety of genre.
a hard copy of a book (not an e-copy). You are welcome to read books on your cell phone or device before school, in study hall, during advisory, and at home. Devices will not be used for reading in class.
Coretta Scott King Award
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Click here for Coretta Scott King Award winners. (Fun fact: Coretta was Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife!)
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