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8th
Grade Social
Studies
Required
Summer Reading
Eighth graders are required to
read two works of
literature that will complement our study of
history for the coming school year. The
novel selection is your choice and, of
course, you may read more than the required
two novels. The follow-up is explained
below.
Keep all of your summer reading work in a
folder or spiral.
While and After You Read
- Keep a journal of all (at least 15)
words with which you are unfamiliar and
the definitions of these words. Record
the sentence in which the word was used
and the page # on which the word and
sentence may be found.
- Write a summary of each (or every
other chapter you read). This brief
summary is not to exceed
two sentences and must describe some
action, journey, or character
development in the story.
- For each novel, choose two characters
in the story to write a 1-3 paragraph
description of how they interacted, were
related, or resolved a
conflict/challenge in the novel.
Book Selections
No Man’s Land by Susan Bartoletti
(ISBN# 0-590-38373-6)
My Brother Sam is Dead by J.L.
Collier & C. Collier (ISBN#
0-590-42792-X)
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
by Scott O’Dell (ISBN# 0-449-70244-8)
Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell (ISBN#
0-590-44651-7)
Lincoln, A Photobiography by Russell
Freedman (ISBN# 0-395-51848-2)
Summer reading assignment is due by the
end of the first week of school in the fall.
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