Grade 7 Regents
Summer Reading
Summer of 2020
The objective of summer reading for the students is to assist them in cultivating skills that have been built upon throughout their academic year. It is the hope that reading will strengthen and reinforce those skills that are vital to all aspects of academics and beyond.
The English department recognizes that this year is one of unprecedented changes, especially in terms of education. In lieu of the traditional summer reading assignment, we strongly encourage and suggest that students entering grade 7 in the 2020-2021 academic year read something that is appealing to them and that they will enjoy. We hope that this will foster the love of reading while still allowing students to strengthen their reading and comprehension skills.
Listed below are resources for students. There is a list of suggested readings and also links to online access for students.
A video explaining how to access online reading and audiobooks from CVMS Media Specialist, Robin Renahan.
Make sure to check out your school’s library:
- CVMS: https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/cvms-library/home
- Crispell: https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/libraryatcrispell/home
Don’t forget your local libraries!
- Middletown Thrall Library– 12 Depot Street, Middletown, NY https://www.thrall.org/WelcomeHome.html
- Pine Bush Area Public Library– 223-227 Maple Ave, Pine Bush, NY https://pinebusharealibrary.org/
- Mamakating Library– 128 Sullivan Street, Wurstboro, NY
Mamakatinglibrary.org
Here are some suggested authors.
Please no graphic novels or Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for summer reading. Thank you and happy reading!
- Aronson, Marc*
- Bartoletti, Susan*
- Bauer, Joan
- Blume, Judy
- Christopher, John
- Christopher, Matt
- Collins, Suzanne
- Davies, Jacqueline
- Delaney, Joseph
- Flanagan, John
- Ellis, Deborah
- Friend, Natasha
- Green, John
- Green, Tim
- Greenwood, Barbara
- Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Hamilton, Virginia
- Harrison, Lisi
- Hiaasen, Carl
- Hesse, Karen
- Horowitz, Anthony
- Howe, James
- Hunter, Erin
- Jal, Emmanuel*
- Lewis, C.S.
- Lord, Cynthia
- Lowry, Lois
- Mass, Wendy
- Myers, Walter Dean
- Naidoo, Beverley
- Paterson, Katherine
- Patterson, James
- Paulsen, Gary
- Pfeffer, Susan Beth
- Philbrick, Rodman
- Riordan, Rick (not The Lightning Thief series)
- Rowling, J.K.
- Sheinkin, Steve*
- Shan, Darren
- Sheppard, Sarah
- Snicket, Lemony
- Soto, Gary
- Spinelli, Jerry
- Tolkien, J.R.R.
- Woodson, Jacqueline
- Yep, Laurence
- Zusak, Markus
* Excellent nonfiction writer