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Summer 2010
Rising 8th Graders (class of 2011)Summer assignment

8th Grade Summer Social Studies Reading List

Select 1 of the following books, read the book and keep an informal reading journal. You will be tested on the book in September and the journal will be collected.

Fever 1793 Laurie Anderson

April morning Howard Fast

Abigail Adams Natalie Bober

Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman to a Nation Natalie Bober

The Many Rides of Paul Revere James Cross Giblin

An American Plague Jim Murphy

The Mayflower and the Pilgrims Nathaniel Philbrick

Written in Bone Sally Walker
1776 David Mccullough
Founding Mothers Cokie Roberts
Students have instructions on how to keep a reading journal
2010 Summer Work

Social Studies grades 5, 6&7
Visit a Civil War or Revolutionary War related landmark. Send me a post card describing what you learned on your visit. Cards due before the first day of school. If you are unable to visit in person, visit a site on –line and send a postcard from home, describing what you learned. Please mail cards to:

Elizabeth Creamer
St. Mary’s School
600 Veirs Mill Road
Rockville, MD 20852

Religion Grade 7
Please memorize the Apostles’ Creed
You will be tested on it upon your return to school

Religion Grade 8
Please memorize the Divine Praises
You will be tested on it upon your return to school