Rising 8th grade Language Arts
Required Summer Reading 2015-2016
Riverdale’s 8th grade Standard Language Arts students will be required to read one book listed below while the APEX/Enriched Language Arts students will be required to read two books. Students will be expected to take an AR test on these books the first week of school. The students will complete additional activities when they return to school in August.
Standard Language Arts
*This one is required.
That Was Then, This Is Now by Hinton, S.E.
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
APEX/Enriched Language Arts
*Both are required.
That Was Then, This Is Now by Hinton, S.E.
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
In this futuristic novel, the main character struggles with excessive controls on individual liberty, especially the banning and burning of books.
Required Summer Reading 2015-2016
Riverdale’s 8th grade Standard Language Arts students will be required to read one book listed below while the APEX/Enriched Language Arts students will be required to read two books. Students will be expected to take an AR test on these books the first week of school. The students will complete additional activities when they return to school in August.
Standard Language Arts
*This one is required.
That Was Then, This Is Now by Hinton, S.E.
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
APEX/Enriched Language Arts
*Both are required.
That Was Then, This Is Now by Hinton, S.E.
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
In this futuristic novel, the main character struggles with excessive controls on individual liberty, especially the banning and burning of books.