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Middle school summer work
NOTE: this work is for all RISING Middle School students; if a student is a RISING 9th grader, please check the WCCS website for individual class summer work assignments for 9th grade!
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Welcome! This page details the required Middle School summer work for Language Arts; please make sure to use the navigation bar to see the required summer work for Math also!
2023 Summer Reading:
All WCCS middle school students are asked to choose from one of five novels to read and then create a graffiti wall on an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper. Book choices are included below, and you can CLICK HERE for examples of what we are looking for in the graffiti walls!
***Make sure to bring your graffiti wall with you to school in August! You can turn it in to your Writing teacher!***
Amari and the Night Brothers
by B.B. Alston
Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good.
So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton - if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real.
Now she must compete for a spot against kids who’ve known about magic their whole lives. No matter how hard she tries, Amari can’t seem to escape their intense doubt and scrutiny - especially once her supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed “illegal”. With an evil magician threatening the supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she’s an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone, but if she doesn’t stick it out and pass the tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton.
Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel in which one middle-school troublemaker accidentally moves into the gifted and talented program—and changes everything. This funny and touching underdog story is a lovable and goofy adventure with robot fights, middle-school dances, live experiments, and statue-toppling pranks!
When Donovan Curtis pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he’s finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students.
Although it wasn’t exactly what Donovan had intended, the ASD couldn’t be a more perfectly unexpected hideout for someone like him. But as the students and teachers of ASD grow to realize that Donovan may not be good at math or science (or just about anything), he shows that his gifts may be exactly what the ASD students never knew they needed.
Show Me a Sign
by Ann Clare LeZotte
Deaf author Ann Clare LeZotte weaves a riveting story inspired by the true history of a thriving deaf community on Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century.
Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there - including Mary - are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage.
But recent events have delivered winds of change. Mary's brother died, leaving her family shattered. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. And a cunning young scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment. Her struggle to save herself is at the core of this penetrating and poignant novel that probes our perceptions of ability and disability. It will make you forever question your own ideas about what is normal.
Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids: Sports Edition
by Jesse Sullivan
Loving sports ignites our passions and dreams. Sports develop grit and determination. Sports bring joy and inspiration to all of us. The stories in this book will absolutely amaze and fascinate. They are the wildest and most spectacular sports stories you’ll find anywhere.
This book, a gift for kids who revel in reading (or even those who find it tedious), is teeming with life and vivid stories that will absolutely fascinate young readers.
Anyone who reads these pages will come to understand this quote from Kobe Bryant. “Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.”
Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl who cannot speak or write.
Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom - the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she's determined to let everyone know it...somehow.
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