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Celebrate summer this year with an easygoing summer quote or inspirational saying to symbolize your love for all things summertime! BBQs, pool parties, sunset dinners, birthdays, and more, are all special occasions that deserve a quote. Find an array of summer messages below that range from humorous rhymes to poetic summer odes.

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Fun Summer Quotes

Spread the summertime cheer this season with a fun quote for your summer party invitation ! These quotes are lighthearted, whimsical, and easy to add to any card or sign. If you’re looking to keep your summer message short and sweet, choose a quote from below that best represents how you feel about your favorite time of the year. A positive quote that captures the essence of your summer party can make all the difference.

“Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” – Bob Marley

“There is no ‘we’ in summer. Only ‘u’ and ‘me’.” – Unknown

“In summer, the song sings itself.” – William Carlos Williams

“Salt in the air, sand in my hair.” – Unknown

“Yellow butterflies look like flowers flying through the warm summer air.” – Andrea Willis

“It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.” – John Cheever

“My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather.” – Terri Guillemets

“If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” – Bern Williams

“Hip, Hip, Hooray for the Hot Summer Day!” – Unknown

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” – Porgy and Bess

“It’s summer and time for wandering…” – Kellie Elmore

Inspirational Summer Quotes

If you’d like to provide guests with a new perspective on summer or spark their interests on a deeper level, choose an inspirational summer quote! Summer sayings that evoke emotion and provide double meanings can feel rewarding upon reading and are perfect for use in a summer baby shower invitation or summer bridal shower invitation. Use any of these quotes for meaningful and special occasions that occur during the summer.

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” – Charles Bowden

“Rejoice as summer should…chase away sorrows by living.” – Melissa Marr

“In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.” – Aldo Leopold

“Ah, summer – that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It’s a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends.” – Darrell Hammond

“Summer is a period of luxurious growth. To be in harmony with the atmosphere of summer, awaken early in the morning and reach to the sun for nourishment to flourish as the gardens do. Work, play, travel, be joyful, and grow into selfless service. The bounty of the outside world enters and enlivens us.” -Paul Pitchford

“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” -L. M. Montgomery

“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” -Wallace Stevens

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” – John Lubbock

“I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.” -Jack McBrayer

Funny Summer Quotes

Summer’s best moments are often the funniest between family and friends! Showcase your humorous side by using a funny summer quote to set the tone for your gathering. You can choose a sarcastic summer saying or opt for a comical quote that calls for instant laughter. These quotes work best for fun 4th of July party themes or summer dinner celebrations with friends. You can set up signage around your event with any of these quotes to keep your party messaging short and sweet.

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability” – Sam Keen

“It’s a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do” – Walter Winchell

“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine…it’s summertime!” – Kenny Chesney

“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.” – Kellie Elmore

“A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.” -Raymond Duncan

“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” – Patricia Briggs

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” – Russell Baker

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” – James Dent

“Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?” ― Dodie Smith

End of Summer Quotes

Although the end of summer is bittersweet, you can still celebrate the change in seasons with as much charm as a party in July! Tap into your poetic side with these reflective end of summer sayings that are bound to make you carry your summer spirit into fall. Use these quotes to add an introspective touch to your party, while encouraging family and friends to reminisce on a wonderful summer.

“When the winter comes, the summer shines infinitely in our hearts!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

“The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.” – George R.R. Martin

“Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.” – Hal Borland

“The end-of-summer winds make people restless.” – Sebastian Faulks

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” – Sylvia Plath

“The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.” – Unknown

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck

“September tries its best to have us forget summer.” – Bern Williams

Summer breeds plenty of cherished memories and connections that last far beyond summer expectations! Whether used in an invitation or handwritten across an endearing sign, summer quotes and sayings can be used to elevate these memories and spell out your summertime mood. Explore our inspirational list of summer party ideas to pair any of these quotes with the perfect summer party theme.

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KIDS & FAMILY READING REPORT

The summer reading imperative.

"SUMMER PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ENSURING ALL CHILDREN CAN FIND THEIR STORY AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF SUMMER READING."

— Deimosa Webber-Bey, Scholastic Senior Librarian & Manager, Library Services

A SUMMER READING AWARENESS GAP FOR PARENTS

At first glance, parents seem aware of the importance of summer reading, as 94% agree reading over the summer can help their child during the school year. And yet, nearly half of parents with school-age children are unaware of the “summer slide” (47%), the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is not in session and which is attributed largely to the lack of reading. This is of critical importance as the effects of the summer slide are cumulative. Researchers estimate that by the time a struggling reader reaches middle school, summer reading loss has accumulated to a two-year lag in reading achievement 1 . A case can be made that we can begin to address this contributing factor to the reading achievement gap by addressing an information gap. The Kids & Family Reading Report reveals that when parents are aware of the summer slide, both children and parents are more engaged in summer reading.

It’s encouraging that awareness of the summer slide has increased five points since 2016 (48% vs. 53%). However, there are significant disparities around awareness among certain subsets. Similar to other reading habit trends, parents of frequent readers (kids who read books for fun 5–7 days a week) are far more likely to have the summer slide on their radar than are parents of infrequent readers (kids who read for fun less than one day a week). Lower-income families, as was the case in 2016, remain less likely to be aware (See figure 1) . This is of notable concern as the summer slide is a primary contributor to the reading achievement gap between lower- and higher-income students 2 . What's more, out-of-school experiences, particularly unequal summer learning during early formative years, have been shown to account for the majority of achievement differences among socio-economic statuses by the time students reach ninth grade 3 . All heightening a need for greater communication around summer reading for lower-income families.

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1 Alexander, K. L., Entwisle, D. R., & Olson, L. S. (2007). Lasting consequences of the summer learning gap. American Sociological Review , 72(2), 167–180.; Cooper, H., Charlton, K., Valentine, J. C., & Muhlenbruck, L. (2000). Making the Most of Summer School: A Meta-Analytic and Narrative Review. Society for Research in Child Development , vol. 65, no. 1. Allington, R. L., & McGill-Franzen, A. M. (2003). The impact of summer setback on the reading achievement gap. Phi Delta Kappan , 85(1), 68–75.

2 National Summer Learning Association, (2017). State of summer learning: 2017 state policy snapshot.

3 Alexander, K. L., Entwisle, D. R., & Olson, L. S. (2007). Lasting consequences of the summer learning gap. American Sociological Review , 72(2), 167–180.

SUMMER READING TRENDS TO WATCH AMONG KIDS

Most kids know that summer reading provides benefits that extend well past the summer months. Seventy-seven percent agree that reading over the summer will help them during the school year and on average, kids read nine books in the summer of 2018.

Where the significant concern lies, is in the number of kids who do not read any books at all over their summer breaks (See figure 2a) . Thirty-two percent of kids ages 15–17 said the number of books they read over the summer was zero, up sharply since 2016 (22%). The trend line among kids ages 9–11 also needs to be watched: the percentage who read zero books over the summer has doubled since 2016 (7% to 14%). Notably, if a parent is aware of the summer slide, their child is less likely to read zero books over the summer (16% vs. 25%).

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As with many trends found in the Kids & Family Reading Report , the number of books read over the summer varies widely by age (See figure 2b) : kids ages 6–8 read an average of 19 books; that number drops to nine among 9–11s, six among 12–14s and two among 15–17s. Some of the decline in the number of books read can be attributed to the length of books kids are reading increasing as children grow older. Nonetheless, the trend line is troubling.

Frequent readers are by far the most active readers over the summer months, reading an average of 21 books vs. only two among infrequent readers. This difference is largely due to the high percentage of infrequent readers who do not read any books at all during the summer: 46% of infrequent readers ages 6–11 and 52% ages 12–17 read zero books over the summer.

And knowing that frequent readers are far more likely than infrequent readers to have books in their homes (139 vs. 74 books on average), access during the summer is undoubtedly a factor.

BOOK ACCESS DIMINISHES DURING THE SUMMER

Kids identify schools and public libraries as the main sources for most of the books they read for fun. With 53% of kids getting access to books through school and 50% getting them from the public library, it is no surprise that the vast majority of parents believe that every child needs to have a school library (95%) and every community needs to have a public library (95%) (See figure 3a/b) . Even a new mother shared her appreciation for libraries, saying, “ I want to borrow books from the library and attend story hour and learning events when she is older. ” Yet in most cases, school-related points of access are the least available over the summer. Research on book deserts—areas with a stark lack of access to print materials—showed in the studied urban areas that the summer months drastically limit book access in high-poverty neighborhoods 4 .

The Teacher & Principal School Report 5 , a companion study to the Kids & Family Reading Report , found that the vast majority (96%) of teachers, principals and school librarians say that providing year-round access to books at home is important to enhancing student achievement. An example of how taking an active role in this can lead to results was displayed recently in two district-wide initiatives that provided books and family literacy nights to K–6 students and families over the summer. Research conducted by Scholastic Research & Validation revealed that this approach was associated with students maintaining or increasing literacy skills while school was out. Specifically, 78% of students in one district maintained or increased their reading levels from spring to fall; in the second district fewer struggling readers (21% vs. 30%) and fewer advanced readers (34% vs. 43%) experienced summer reading loss when they had access to these resources before the start of summer 6 .

4 Neuman, S. B., & Moland, N. (2019). Book Deserts: The Consequences of Income Segregation on Children’s Access to Print. Urban Education , 54(1), 126–147

5 scholastic.com/teacherprincipalreport

6 Scholastic Research & Validation. (2018). Empowering students and families to address summer reading loss in Greenville, SC and Stoughton, MA 2017. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES CAN BE A BRIDGE FOR SUMMER READING

Bringing schools, communities and families together is a powerful combination to support summer reading. First and foremost, schools are the top source of information on the summer slide, with 59% of parents who are aware of the summer slide citing their child’s teacher, or school in general, as providing information on the topic. News media is the number two source, coming in at a distant 24%.

In the Scholastic Research & Validation research referenced earlier 7 , providing K–6 students and their families with increased access to books and learning opportunities over the summer displayed positive impacts among families. The research highlighted that in the two participating districts, 95% and 85% of families agreed that the Family Reading Night was valuable in learning how to support their children’s reading. Additional supportive findings include: 60% of families agree they learned ways to talk to their children about books and 94% of families agree the Family Reading Night was a great way to connect families and schools.

Yet only some families are benefiting from school and community literacy events. Data from the Kids & Family Reading Report reveal about four in 10 (39%) parents say their school or community has hosted a reading event in the past few years and two in three of these parents say the event was attended by their child (64%) or themselves (37%). Many of these events likely take place during the school year, diminishing parents’ access to support around literacy over the summer. Since half of kids and two-thirds of parents agree that they like going to events involving reading (See figure 4) , communities have an opportunity to come together to help foster summer reading. Similar to the trends observed in reading frequency, enjoyment and importance in the Kids & Family Reading Report: Finding Their Story , enjoyment of these events diminishes as kids age, from a high of 72% among children ages 6–8 to a low of 29% among children ages 15–17. Parent interest, however, remains relatively high across children’s ages at 75% among parents of kids ages 6–8 and about six in 10 among parents of both 12–14 and 15–17 year-olds.

"I enjoy losing myself in a good book. I love visiting faraway lands and meeting characters." —14-year-old girl

7 Scholastic Research & Validation. (2018). Empowering students and families to address summer reading loss in Greenville, SC and Stoughton, MA 2017. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

AT HOME, PARENTS FOCUS ON BOOK ACCESS TO SUPPORT SUMMER READING

To better understand reading behavior among kids and their parents when school is out, the Kids & Family Reading Report probed the different strategies parents use to encourage summer reading at home. Notably, the top three all centered on creating book access and choice for the child: taking trips to public libraries ranked first (54%), followed by ordering from school book clubs or book fairs (42%) and taking books on road trips or vacations (42%). Parents also reported putting limits on screen time (40%), finding new book series (36%) and purposefully making reading part of the summertime daily routine (30%), with fairly significant variation across ages of children. As one 14-year-old boy noted, “Reading for fun is a habit now. I enjoy reading and learning about different things. This summer I read less, because of football, but my mom made sure we went to the library before practice.”

Parents who are aware of the summer slide are more likely to engage in nearly all activities to encourage their children to read while school is out (See figure 5) . And a peer-reviewed study—published by the American Library Association in 2017 and centered on the effect of summer program participation among fourth grade students in North Carolina—found that if parents understand the summer slide, they prioritize transportation to the library to facilitate summer reading 8 .

8 Becnel, K., Moeller, R. A., & Matzen, N. J. (2017). “Somebody Signed Me Up”: North Carolina Fourth-Graders’ Perceptions of Summer Reading Programs. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children , 15(3), 3–8.

THE POWER OF CHOICE DRIVES KIDS’ ENJOYMENT OF SUMMER READING

Counter to conventional thought, the view that summer reading is a chore is not shared by a majority of kids today. More than half (59%) of all kids ages 6–17 say “I really enjoy reading books over the summer” (See figure 6) . Perhaps unsurprisingly, given other patterns observed throughout the findings of the Kids & Family Reading Report , younger children and frequent readers are more likely than teens and infrequent readers to enjoy reading books over the summer. Additionally, kids whose parents are aware of the summer slide also feel more positively about summer reading.

When given the opportunity, kids believe participating in a summer reading program prompts them to read more. Twenty-two percent of kids told us that they participated in a summer reading program or contest and 65% said their participation resulted in reading more than they otherwise would have. Yet this opportunity was not afforded to all children: half said they didn’t know of any summer reading program in which they could have participated.

Regardless of access to summer reading programs, frequency of reading books for fun, or whether a child is entering their early elementary years or is a rising senior in high school, the top reasons kids enjoy summer reading remain the same: it’s about the power to choose their books and read whatever and whenever they want (70%), to have an enjoyable way to pass the time (53%) and, in a nod to the savviness of kids, they want to keep their brains active (52%), and they know reading books can deliver on this.

THE RISE OF READ-ALOUD

• More parents are reading aloud to their young children

• The family read-aloud experience is overwhelmingly positive

• Read-Aloud frequency diminishes rapidly as children grow older

• How to make read-aloud fit in, regardless of age

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Summer learning loss: What is it, and what can we do about it?

As students return to school this fall, many of them – perhaps especially those from historically disadvantaged student groups – will be starting the academic year with achievement levels lower than where they were at the beginning of summer break. This phenomenon – sometimes referred to as summer learning loss, summer setback, or summer slide – has been of interest to education researchers going back as far as 1906. 1 We review what is known about summer loss and offer suggestions for districts and states looking to combat the problem.

David M. Quinn

Assistant professor of education - university of southern california.

Morgan Polikoff

Associate professor of education - usc rossier school of education.

An early comprehensive review of the literature summarized several findings regarding summer loss. 2 The authors concluded that: (1) on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning, (2) declines were sharper for math than for reading, and (3) the extent of loss was larger at higher grade levels. Importantly, they also concluded that income-based reading gaps grew over the summer, given that middle class students tended to show improvement in reading skills while lower-income students tended to experience loss. However, they did not find differential summer learning in math, or by gender or race in either subject.

The recent literature on summer loss has been mixed. One study using data from over half a million students in grades 2-9 from a southern state (from 2008-2012) found that students, on average, lost between 25 – 30 percent of their school-year learning over the summer; additionally, black and Latino students tended to gain less over the school year and lose more over the summer compared to white students. 3 However, an analysis of the nationally-representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010 – 11 (ECLS-K:2011) found little evidence of overall loss over the summers after grades K and 1, and the summer socioeconomic status gaps widened in some subjects and grades but not others. 4 Von Hippel and Hamrock re-analyzed two earlier data sets and concluded that gaps “do not necessarily…grow fastest over the summer” (p.41). 5 Thus, it seems summer loss and summer gap-growth occur, though not universally across geography, grade level, or subject.

Entwisle, Alexander, and Olson’s “faucet theory” offers an explanation as to why lower-income students might learn less over the summer compared to higher-income students. 6 According to the theory, the “resource faucet” is on for all students during the school year, enabling all students to make learning gains. Over the summer, however, the flow of resources slows for students from disadvantaged backgrounds but not for students from advantaged backgrounds. Higher-income students tend to continue to have access to financial and human capital resources (such as parental education) over the summer, thereby facilitating learning. 7

Students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning.

Traditionally, educators and policymakers have relied on conventional summer school programs to combat summer loss and summer gap-growth. In 2000, Cooper and colleagues published a comprehensive meta-analysis of classroom-based summer programs finding positive effects on average. 8 However, they also concluded that middle-income students benefited more from summer programming than did lower-income students. They speculated that this could be because programs serving more advantaged students were of higher quality, or because of an interactive effect between programming and the home resources available to students. The result raised the concern that attempts to stem summer learning loss may actually exacerbate summer gap-growth if they are not well targeted.

Kim and Quinn conducted a meta-analysis of 41 summer reading programs from 35 studies published after the Cooper et al. review. 9 Like Cooper and colleagues, Kim and Quinn found summer reading programs to be effective at raising test scores, on average. Unlike Cooper, however, Kim and Quinn found that it was low-income students who benefited most from summer reading programs (even when restricting the comparison to higher- and lower-income students attending the same program). Furthermore, they concluded that the reason lower-income students benefited more was that lower-income students in these studies were more likely than higher-income students to experience summer loss when not participating in the summer programs. The authors noted several differences between their review and Cooper et al.’s that could explain the contrasting results: 1) Kim and Quinn analyzed only reading programs, while Cooper and colleagues combined math and reading programs, 2) Kim and Quinn included only two-group experimental and quasi-experimental studies, while Cooper and colleagues included single-group pre/post-test designs, and 3) Kim and Quinn included home-based programs in their review.

Naturally, school-based summer school programs vary in their effectiveness. Many of the recommendations for creating high-quality programs come in the form of expert opinion. Common suggestions include blending academic learning with hands-on or recreational activities, professionalizing summer school staff, and forming partnerships with community organizations to leverage resources. 10 We can also draw some lessons from research. For instance, the recent meta-analysis found that programs were more effective when they used research-based literacy instruction; specifically, programs using instructional strategies identified by the National Reading Panel as best practices had the largest impact on students’ reading comprehension scores (equivalent to moving from the 50 th to the 65 th percentile of a normal distribution). Program effectiveness also differed by literacy domain—programs were effective at raising students’ reading comprehension and fluency/decoding scores but not their vocabulary scores. Not surprisingly, research also suggests that programs are more effective when students attend consistently and spend more time on task academically. 11

While school-based summer learning programs hold promise when they fit the above criteria, they often fail to live up to these expectations. Two important reasons why school-based summer programs can be ineffective are that organizers often struggle to attract high quality teachers and struggle to appeal to students and families for whom the opportunity costs of attending summer school can be high. 12, 13 School-based programs can also be quite costly. Researchers have therefore experimented, with some success, with lower-cost home-based summer programming.

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One example of a home-based summer reading program that has been shown to be effective for low-income upper elementary school students is READS for Summer Learning. 14 In READS, which has been iteratively modified over several randomized trials, students receive eight books in the mail over the summer that are matched to their reading level and interests. Along with each book, students receive a tri-fold paper that leads them through a pre-reading activity and a post-reading comprehension check. Students are asked to mail the postage-prepaid tri-fold back; families receive reminders when tri-folds are not returned. Additionally, teachers deliver scripted lessons at the end of the school year to prepare students to productively read independently over the summer with the trifold scaffold. A recent study found that READS had an effect on low-income students’ reading comprehension the spring following their participation in the intervention (ES=.05 SD on the state reading test), 15 and other work suggests that the tri-fold acts as a mediator of the program effect. 16

Another recent randomized trial showed that something as simple as sending text messages over the summer to families of elementary school students at risk of summer loss was effective at improving the reading scores of third- and fourth-graders (but not first or second graders), with effect sizes of .21 to .29. 17 The text messages included tips on resources available to students over the summer, ideas for activities to do with children, and information about the value of particular summer learning activities.

Home-based programs such as these can be more cost-effective than school-based interventions. For example, the cost of READS per student is estimated to be between $250-$480, compared to other programs providing supplementary education services that can cost as much as $1,700 per student and have similar or less favorable cost effectiveness ratios.

Kim and Quinn included home-based programs in their meta-analysis, and encouragingly, they found that the effects of home-based programs were not significantly different from their more expensive classroom-based alternatives. At the same time, the effects from these programs might not be as large as the effects of the highest-quality school-based programs that use research-based instructional strategies.

Schools and districts should want to address the issue of summer learning loss not only because it may exacerbate achievement gaps, but also because it “wastes” so much of the knowledge students have gained during the school year. Summer loss also undoubtedly increases the amount of time teachers have to spend “re-teaching” last year’s content, likely contributing to the repetitiveness of the typical U.S. curriculum. 18 While investing in extensive school-based summer options may be infeasible, it may be cost-effective and strategic for districts to begin to offer targeted out-of-school interventions to the students most at risk of backsliding. In designing such programs, policymakers should keep in mind the recommendations from the research described above:

Regardless of the design, these policies should offer engaging options for students over the summer so that summer learning programs do not feel like punishment for students who would rather be enjoying summer vacation. Doing so would set more students up for success as the school year gets underway.

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Dear Incoming SMS 6th, 7th & 8th-grade Students,

Your ELA teachers are excited to share the summer reading titles with you! Since readers read all year long, this summer, we're asking all students to read at least two books.

Select one book from the list of 10 titles that correspond with you grade.

Select another book that you have never read before. Your selection can be from our lists or not. Our goal is that you find a book to read that you enjoy. For recommendations, check out this list or recommendations from your local library!

When school starts, you will be talking about your summer reading books in ELA.

Happy reading, and enjoy your summer!

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June 9 – August 4, 2020 Tuesdays & Thursdays Online – 10am-3:30pm

After 23 years of summer reading, getting together to do reports, and win prizes, we find ourselves making the decision to take our summer reading online. We’re bringing Summer Reading right into the comfort of your own homes! We are keeping it simple but hoping that we can still find ways for us to connect. Using the internet, email, facetime, phone calls and any other electronic method that will keep us safe and still let us celebrate the accomplishments of our children building their reading list.

Summer 2020 finds our summer readers stuck mostly close to home to prevent catching a terrible “bug” called the COVID virus. Make your days go by a little faster by reading. Pick up a good book and enjoy; it won’t be long until your students catch the bug… the reading bug that is! No need to be exposed, our contest is totally virtual, using online and electronic technology as well as phone communications.

Just a few books a day for a little one can have a significant impact on their reading skills. For our older students, really digging deep into literature is one way to change their comprehension of the novel forever.

LET’S NOT LET THE CORONAVIRUS KEEP US FROM MAKING THIS THE BEST SUMMER EVER!

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Summer Reading 2022-2023

All students attending TOPS for the 2022-2023 school year must complete a summer reading assignment by August 26, 2022 . Each grade level will provide three novel options. Students are required to select and read one novel from their grade-level options and complete a reading log.

Novel selections for each grade level and reading log templates are listed below. There are several ways to access the reading selections.

For returning students , all novels are available through the Sora reading app, which can be found in Classlink. Please view the video below for a tutorial that will walk you through using Sora: https://youtu.be/zgHTY1J3Yok

Newly enrolled students will need to utilize their local public library, choose a selection that is available online, or purchase their chosen novel.

AP English students are required to complete a different summer reading assignment (See Below)

Summer Reading Log Template (required for every grade level):

Microsoft Word: Summer Reading Independent Reading Log 2021-22.docx

PDF: Summer Reading Independent Reading Log

If you have questions about summer reading, please contact Ms. April Trivett .

Summer Reading Novel Options (by grade)

Freshmen (English I)

Students who are registered for English I need to choose one novel to read from the selection below:

1. The Call of the Wild by Jack London. An online version of this novel can be found at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/215/215-h/215-h.htm

Jack London’s break out novel of survival is the essence of the American dream, its longings, and frustrations. Taste the cold with Buck in the unforgettable adventure of a dog in the Yukon.

2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

3. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. Forty years later the stories and history continue.

All students are required to complete a summer reading log for their novel selection, which will be submitted in English class for a grade.

Sophomores (English II)

Students who are registered for English II need to choose one novel to read from the selection below:

1. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. An online version of this novel can be found here .

Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits….

Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.

2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard’s band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage wolves, and other dangers. Bilbo quickly tires of the quest for adventure and longs for the security of his familiar home. But before he can return to his life of comfort, he must face the greatest threat of all - a treasure-troving dragon named Smaug.

3. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.

Juniors (English III)

Students who are registered for English III need to choose one novel to read from the selection below:

1. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. An online version of this novel can be found at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/73/73-h/73-h.htm

Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer. Although Crane was born after the war, and had not at the time experienced battle first-hand, the novel is known for its realism.

2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

In a thrilling narrative showcasing his gifts as storyteller and researcher, Erik Larson recounts the spellbinding tale of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The White City (as it became known) was a magical creation constructed upon Chicago's swampy Jackson Park. Dr. Henry H. Holmes combined the fair's appeal with his own fatal charms to lure scores of women to their deaths. Whereas the fair marked the birth of a new epoch in American history, Holmes marked the emergence of a new American archetype, the serial killer, who thrived on the very forces then transforming the country.

3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Written from the point of view of three Black housekeepers in 1922 Mississippi, their story is told, as well as that of the women who employ them. The social structure and societal mores of the day when it comes to employment of Blacks is vividly told. It is a moving story with both laughs and, in some cases, tears. Movie made on the basis of this best-selling novel.

All students are required to complete a summer reading log for their novel selection, which will be submitted in English class for a grade.

Seniors (English IV)

Students who are registered for English IV need to choose one novel to read from the selection below:

1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell An online version of this novel can be found at Planet eBook: https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf

Written more than 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever.

2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world.

3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen An online version of this novel can be found at Planet eBook: https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/pride-and-prejudice.pdf

The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr. Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr. Darcy, have moved into their neighborhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

AP ENGLISH

All students enrolled in AP English Literature and Composition at TOPS for the 2021-2022 school year will be required to participate in Summer Reading. Students will choose two books from the following list to read this summer. Students will write a literary essay with each of the chosen novels in August once school begins. Students transferring to TOPS for the spring semester will be given time to complete the readings. If you have questions about Summer Reading, please contact Mr. Tim Davis .

Choose two novels to read:

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.

2. There, There by Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering bestselling novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism.

3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. The novel contains some of Dickens most memorable scenes, including its opening, in a graveyard, when the young orphan Pip is accosted by the escaped convict, Abel Magwitch. Great Expectations is a graphic book, full of extreme imagery, poverty, prison ships ("the hulks"), barriers and chains, and fights to the death.

4. Picture of Dorian Gray- by Oscar Wilde

First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.

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Accessible and engaging texts for summer reading

Students who don’t read much over the summer show a decline in reading performance from the end of one grade to the start of the next. Research done at Harvard University by James Kim shows that even reading 4 or 5 books over the summer helps to prevent the summer slump.

Having books at home explains how much students read over the summer. Unfortunately, the very students who are most at-risk are the ones who often don’t have enough books. SummerReads changes this situation by providing accessible, engaging texts for at-risk readers… for FREE ! And it provides enough text for an entire summer of reading.

Research also shows that the texts that at-risk readers will spend time on in out-of-school settings need to be accessible and engaging. SummerReads texts are both:

Accessible: The difficulty of the texts is based on the TExT model developed by Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert. The TExT model of reading is the same one that was used to develop QuickReads® and Zip Zoom™. This model uses research to identify the words and phonics knowledge that students need to succeed at particular grade levels. These critical words are repeated often in SummerReads.

Engaging: Topics of SummerReads deal with information about summer activities and themes—the games that children play in the summer, places that they might visit in their communities, weather that usually happens only in summer, and so on.

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Leveled Texts There are three levels in the SummerReads program, each aimed at “getting students ready” for a particular grade level in the fall—third, fourth and fifth.

An Abundance of Texts Each of the 7 books at a level has 3 chapters. 7 books x 3 chapters = 21 unique selections, one for each week of summer vacation. These are texts that students won’t have seen during the school year in that they are brand-new and summer-specific!

Please note we have released a May 2015 edition of SummerReads. In the current edition, we have updated the leveling system from Getting Ready for Grade 3 (or 4, 5) to Level C (or D, E). The texts remain true to the original release of SummerReads and have not been altered.

Resources The SummerReads program includes resources for teachers, students and parents:

Thanks to Reading Partners, we are pleased to offer comprehension guides that work well with SummerReads. Click here to download the comprehension guides.

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Katie Ledecky’s nine-year domestic win streak ended by Summer McIntosh

Summer McIntosh ended Katie Ledecky’s nine-year home pool winning streak on Friday when the Canadian teenager touched first in the 200m freestyle at a Pro Series swim meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

McIntosh clocked a winning time of 1min 54.13sec, lowering her world junior record set at last year’s world championships, coming home 0.83sec clear of Ledecky.

It marked the first defeat for Ledecky in a domestic freestyle long course final of 200m or longer since a loss to Allison Schmitt in 2014.

“I’m really happy with that swim,” 16-year-old McIntosh, who becomes the ninth fastest woman in history in the event, told the Peacock network. “It hurt really bad.”

Ledecky, won four golds at the Rio Olympics including the 200m freestyle but dominates in the longer freestyle distances.

She has won gold in the 800m free at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Summer Games.

Ledecky has not yet confirmed her schedule for next year’s Paris Olympics where McIntosh will also be a multiple medal threat.

While Ledecky grabbed gold in the 400m, 800m and 1500m frees, plus the 4x200m free relay at last year’s world championships McIntosh won the 200m fly and 400m individual medley and finished second to the American in the 400m free.

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Southampton coach sends Romeo Lavia message amid Chelsea and Man Utd transfer links

Chelsea have been tipped to target Saints midfielder Romeo Lavia this summer but could face a battle with Man Utd, and have been sent a message by the Southampton boss

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Chelsea have reportedly expressed an interest in signing highly-rated young midfielder Romeo Lavia this summer after a breakthrough campaign at St Mary's. Having joined Southampton from Manchester City for £14million last summer, Lavia has been a shining light in an otherwise dismal season for the south coast side.

The Belgian teenager has impressed with his commanding performances that belie his inexperience at the top level, with several Premier League sides seemingly looking to recruit him when the next transfer window opens. The Blues are likely to face stiff opposition this summer, with Arsenal and Manchester United also said to be keen on a move.

However, despite impressing much of the footballing world this campaign, Saints boss Ruben Selles has been left unimpressed by the 19-year-old. Speaking on Friday, the recently appointed head coach surprisingly revealed he had not been impressed by the midfielder so far, and believes he’s got more to give.

"I will say he’s not impressed me," Selles said in his press conference, via HampshireLive . "He has more football to offer and I expect him to offer more football. He’s not there yet. He needs to step up and move forward.

"Romeo has all the qualities to become a great player, but I don’t think he’s there yet. And this is why he didn’t impress me.

"I have worked with talent and I think to make the next step he needs to show more domination in the games, more domination in possession, more leadership on the pitch if he wants to become the thing that everybody says about him. So he needs to give more for me, more for the team and he needs to show more for himself.

"And it’s nothing that is about him personally, it’s something that the competition is giving to him. So he’s growing through the internal competition and through the competition in the Premier League. So that’s why I say we need to be careful when we talk about kids 17,18 and 19 years old and starting in the Premier League.

"I have no doubt that he will be there but he needs some steps and then everybody around him needs to be calmed down because when you try to make four steps forwards, usually you don’t make the first one. So it’s one step at a time.

"You stay here with us. You perform. You make this team win football matches, you lead this team on the pitch, lead this team in this dressing room.

"And then when the season finishes and everybody’s in the Premier League, we can think about something else. Because if we don’t make the target together and we start to put individual targets, then we are not going to make it.”

This summer won’t be the first time Chelsea have tried to sign the bright star, having seen an audacious £50million bid for him rebuffed late on in the summer transfer window, just a matter of months after his arrival at Southampton. Lavia himself has said he is not paying attention to the ongoing speculation surrounding his future.

"I don't read it," he said, speaking to Sky Sports . "I don't read it, because I just don't think about it. I just enjoy my football and focus on what we have to do as a club. Whatever is outside, it is not what I can control, so I don't pay attention to that.

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