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Required Summer Reading Program for Freshmen (Class of 2013)
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This year, O'Fallon Township High School is requiring summer reading for all incoming freshmen (class of 2013). The following links include information for students and parents about the required Summer Reading Program, plus some other interesting information about reading. If you have any questions, please contact one of the teachers listed at the bottom of the page. Happy Reading!
***Please note: For students enrolled in Special Education courses titled Fundamental English, Reading/Writing Fundamentals, Basic English, or Reading/Writing Development, the program is optional for extra credit. Additional book choices are also available. Special Education students enrolled in all other classes are required to participate.
Parent Materials:
Parent Packet
Reading Research Study
Student Materials:
Brochure
Blue Reading List - Annotated
Blue Reading List - Non-Annotated
Gold Reading List - Annotated
Assignment Description
Top 10 Quotations
Book Folder
Collage
Online Discussion
Book Critique
Rubric
Links to Teen Book Websites!
- Teenreads.com
- Teenreads.com bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. They are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!
- http://islma.org/lincoln.htm
- The link above contains information about the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award. The books from this award are on the Blue Reading List.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/rfl.html
The link above contains information about the Read for a Lifetime Reading Program. The books from this award are on the Gold Reading List.
- Teen Ink: Book Reviews
- Teen Ink's collection of book reviews, all written by teenagers. Read what teenagers think of the latest fiction and nonfiction, science fiction, inspirational books, horror, bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, history, romance and more.
- ALA - Teen's Top Ten
- American Library Association's Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted in April during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year during Teen Read Week. Readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote at this site, online, anytime that week.
Questions? Contact:
Mrs. Gulotta, English Department Coordinator -- gulottaj (at) oths.k12.il.us
Mrs. Seipp, English Department Chair -- bellj (at) oths.k12.il.us
Instructional Media Center -- imc (at) oths.k12.il.us
