Summer Reading Choices â Fifth Grade Language
Summer Reading Choices – Fifth Grade Language Arts & Literature In preparation for Fifth Grade Language Arts and Literature, students will choose two books to read this summer from the lists below. At least one book has to be from the Maryland Black Eyed-Susan Book Award Nominees listed below. Students are to fill out one Summer Reading Inventory for each of the two books they read. They should be prepared to turn both Inventories in the first week of school. Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominees (at least one book must be from this list): The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Ellie’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Novel, by W. Bruce Cameron The Map Trap, by Andrew Clements My Near-death Adventures (99% true!), by Alison DeCamp Stella by Starlight, by Sharon Draper Took: A Ghost Story, by Mary Downing Hahn The Detective’s Assistant, by Kate Hannigan Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Masterminds, by Gordon Korman Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sachar Other choices: Toliver’s Secret, by Esther Wood Brady From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg Skinnybones, by Barbara Park No Talking, by Andrew Clements Escape From Mr. Limoncello’s Library, by Chris Grabenstein Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Summer Reading Inventory Your name: ______________________________________ Book Title: _______________________________
Author: ____________________________________
Genre: _____________________________________ Who is/are the main character(s)? Use complete sentences to describe him/her.
What is the setting (time and place) of this book? Use complete sentences to describe.
Use complete sentences to give a summary of the plot (how the book begins, what is the problem, how the problem is resolved).
What is your opinion of the book? Would you recommend it to a friend – and why or why not? Use complete sentences to answer both of those questions. Use the back of this paper if you need more room.
Summer Reading Inventory Your name: ______________________________________ Book Title: _______________________________
Author: ____________________________________
Genre: _____________________________________ Who is/are the main character(s)? Use complete sentences to describe him/her.
What is the setting (time and place) of this book? Use complete sentences to describe.
Use complete sentences to give a summary of the plot (how the book begins, what is the problem, how the problem is resolved).
What is your opinion of the book? Would you recommend it to a friend – and why or why not? Use complete sentences to answer both of those questions. Use the back of this paper if you need more room.
