Summer Reading 2015 - Academy for Classical Education
Summer Reading 2015 The following books are required reading for the summer of 2015. Assignments accompanying these books will be posted on our website and Facebook page: www.acemacon.org ~ www.facebook.com/acemacon *Important Note – There are many different versions of the titles listed below. It is extremely important that the ISBN number (if given) matches the version you read. Some versions tend to be too easy, and others have text that is not appropriate for our students.* Entering KINDERGARTEN in 2015-2016 Entering FIRST GRADE in 2015-2016 Required: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl ISBN-13:9780140374247 Required: Aesop’s Fables by Aesop ISBN-10: 0762428767 ISBN-13: 978-0762428762 Select one: Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum ISBN-10:0486291162 ISBN-13: 978-0486291161 The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright ISBN-10: 0590225170 ISBN-13: 978-0590225175 Stuart Little by E.B. White ISBN-10: 0064400565 ISBN-13: 978-0064400565 Select one: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter ISBN-10: 0723263922 ISBN-13: 978-0723263920 The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne ISBN-10: 9780140361223 ISBN-13: 978-0140361223 Jack and the Beanstalk by Carol Ottolenghi ISBN-10: 1577683773 ISBN-13: 978-1577683773 Memorization Pieces: "At the Seaside" by Robert Louis Stevenson "Hoppity” by A.A. Milne Entering SECOND GRADE in 2015-2016 Entering THIRD GRADE in 2015-2016 Required: Charlotte’s Web by E. B White ISBN-10: 0064400557 ISBN-13: 978-0064400558 Required: American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne ISBN-10: 0679800891 ISBN-13: 978-0679800897 Select one: The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal by J. York and Jill Dubin ISBN-13: 9781614732211 The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson ISBN-10: 0618344209 ISBN-13: 978-0618344208 Theseus and the Minotaur by James Ford ISBN-10: 1404809031 ISBN-13: 978-1404809031 Select one: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren ISBN-10: 0140309578 ISBN-13: 978-0140309577 The Boxcar Children No. 1 by Gertrude Chandler Warner ISBN-10: 0807508527 ISBN-13: 978-0807508527 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift ISBN-10: 0486292738 ISBN-13: 978-0486292731 Memorization Pieces: “The Land of Nod” by Robert Louis Stevenson “Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson Memorization Pieces The Preamble to the Constitution The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence Entering FOURTH GRADE in 2015-2016 Entering FIFTH GRADE in 2015-2016 Required: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis ISBN: 0-06-07640-2 Required: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN-10: 1477810234 ISBN-13: 978-1477810231 Choose one: Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson ISBN: 0-679-80402-1 Little House in the Big Woods by L. Wilder ISBN# 978-0-06-440001-5 A Little Princess by F.H. Burnett ISBN# 978-1503250475 Choose one: Memorization Pieces “A Song of Enchantment” by Walter de la Mare “All Day Long” by Carl Sandburg The Adventures of Don Quixote by Argentina Palacios ISBN-10: 0486407918 ISBN-13: 978-0486407913 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ISBN-10: 0486400778 ISBN-13: 978-0486400778 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ISBN-10: 1402714580 ISBN-13: 978-1402714580 Memorization Pieces The Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe, 1862. Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman, 1865 Entering SIXTH GRADE in 2015-2016 Entering SEVENTH GRADE in 2015-2016 If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as through online retailers such as Amazon.com. If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as through online retailers such as Amazon.com. REQUIRED: Flight to Freedom – Ana Veciana-Suarez REQUIRED: Choose two: Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman Crispin: The Cross of Lead – Avi Midnight Magic – Avi The Door in the Wall – Marguerite De Angeli Choose one The Last of the Mohicans – Cooper The Prince and the Pauper – Twain *In Class Novels: Beowulf – adapted by Robert Nye The Canterbury Tales – retold by Geraldine McCaughrean King Arthur – Roger Lancelyn Greene The Sword in the Stone – T.H. White A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare Henry V - William Shakespeare Choose two: Johnny Tremain – Forbes A Gathering of Days – Bios April Morning – Fast Galileo’s Journal 1609-10 – Pettenati The Secret Journal of Susanna Shakespeare – Ortiz Fever, 1973 – Anderson The Smile – Napoli *In Class Novels Romeo & Juliet – Shakespeare Robinson Crusoe – DeFoe Don Quixote – Cervantes (Excertps) The Scarlet Letter – Hawthorne (excerpts) Pride & Prejudice - Austen *Sixth and seventh grade teachers have included the “In-Class Novels” that will be read during the school year. Parents may want to purchase early if they find a good price and students may want to get a head-start. Entering EIGHTH GRADE in 2015-2016 Entering NINTH GRADE in 2015-2016 If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as through online retailers such as Amazon.com. If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as through online retailers such as Amazon.com. Required: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Night by Elie Wiesel Required: Choose one Socrates: Ancient Greek in Search of Truth by Pamela Dell Julius Caesar: Roman General & Statements by Don Nardo Iliad by Robert Fagles Choose one: Animal Farm – George Orwell The Old Man & the Sea – Ernest Hemingway Old Yeller – Fred Gipson I know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou The Pearl – John Steinback Choose two: The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Cleopatra by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleishman Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren
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