“Carlisle LEARNS”
Literacy Engagement and Reading Never Stop
CASD Summer Reading and Literacy Challenge
Grades 6-11
Prevent “summer slide” and continue to nurture your reading and writing life over the summer by participating in CASD’s summer literacy program, “Carlisle LEARNS: Learning Engagement and Reading Never Stop.” Read, write, or join a community of readers and writers to keep yourself sharp over the summer. Click
HERE or more information about learning loss or “summer slide” that can occur over the summer months.
INCENTIVES
Students who participate will have their name entered in raffles to win prizes for every
10 hours of engagement (through 70+ hours).
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
READ!!
Yep, it can be as simple as that! Read, read, read! – And log the titles of the books you’ve read as well as your hours spent reading on the Activity Log on the back of this sheet.
ENTER A LIBRARY READING CHALLENGE!
If you do better with an incentive or some healthy competition, check out one of the summer reading programs offered by our local libraries! Participating in one (or both!) of these programs is one of the easiest ways to keep yourself engaged in literacy-related activities all summer long! This also feeds two birds with one scone! – Not only can you earn credit and prizes through the libraries’ programming, you can also log your hours on the Activity Log on the back of this sheet for a chance to win additional rewards!
SummerQuest at Bosler Memorial Library (Starting June 1)
Register for SummerQuest Beanstack (Starting June 1)
Amelia Given Library’s Adult and Teen Summer Reading Program (Starting June 1)
Register for Beanstack at Amelia Given (Starting June 1)
The New York Times’s Annual Summer Reading Contest - Middle and high school students (ages 13-19) are invited to tell us what they’re reading in
The Times and why. The contest runs from June 9 to Aug. 18.
Pizza Hut’s Camp Book It! Program (for students 12 years old or younger)
Scholastic Summer Reading on Home Base
Bookopolis’s Summer Reading Program
Imagination Soup’s Summer 2024 Reading Suggestions - Program and reading suggestions for grades 6-8
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Journal Challenge (for 6
th grade only)
WRITE!
Are you an aspiring author? Do you love to write your own stories? Do you dabble in poetry? Do you love to write arguments? Are you burning to write an analysis of one of the books you’ve read? Take some time this summer to explore your writing passion, hone your skills, and fine-tune your craft. Just don’t forget to log the hours you spend immersed in your writing life on the Activity Log on the back of this sheet.
Writing Opportunities and Contests
Jason Reynolds’s “Write. Right. Rite” Series
VOLUNTEER!
When you’re not nurturing your
own reading life, consider volunteering your time to foster the love of reading in the younger members of our community and to bring the pleasure of reading to the older members of our community. See the website linked below for volunteer opportunities with community agencies. Please note that students/families are responsible for coordinating these opportunities and do so with the understanding that the district has no direct oversight of these agencies or their programs. NOTE: Students seeking service hour opportunities for honor societies must seek approval from program advisors prior to leaving for the summer.
Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home - Middle School and High School Students
Location: 1000 W South St., Carlisle, PA 17013
Contact: Jasmin Newland ([email protected])
See FLYER for additional information.
Supportive Partnerships for Youth (SPY) Program - High School Students Only
Contact: Jeanna Som ([email protected])
DIGITAL SIGN-UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904094AAFA62EA4FE3-49384525-2024
3 Locations/3 Different Opportunities
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First United Church of Christ (students entering 1st and 2nd grade)
Student volunteers would read children’s books to groups of students from approximately 9:00-9:30 each morning. (No preparation necessary.)
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St. John’s Church on the Square (for students entering 3rd and 4th grade)
Student Volunteers would read aloud from a chapter book. (No preparation necessary.)
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First Presbyterian Church (for students entering grades 5th & 6th grade)
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Student volunteers would be expected to read a chapter book and work with small groups of students to facilitate discussion surrounding proscribed questions. (Some preparation required.)
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Student volunteers would spend two hours once a week (9:30-11:30) for five weeks.
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NOTE: Clearances are required for students to volunteer here. Please complete the following clearances and bring proof of completion along with you when you volunteer the first time.
Criminal record: https://www.education.pa.gov/educators/clearances/patch
Child Abuse: https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
Dickinson College Children’s Center - High School Students Only
28 Garland Avenue, Carlisle, PA 17013 (beside Project SHARE)
Contact: Gina Van Kirk, Director ([email protected]) or Cheri Truman, Assistant Director ([email protected])
DIGITAL SIGN-UP: https://ttsu.me/dcccsummerstorytime
See FLYER for additional information.
Carlisle Early Education Center – High School Students Only
100 East Pomfret St., Carlisle, PA 17013
Contact: Melissa Ocker ([email protected])
DIGITAL SIGN-UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E44AEA82EA2FC1-49966756-summer#/
NOTE: Clearance are required for students to volunteer here. Please complete the following clearances and bring proof of completion along with you when you volunteer the first time.
Criminal record: https://www.education.pa.gov/educators/clearances/patch
Child Abuse: https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
USEFUL LINKS:
Bosler Memorial Library’s Teen Page
Book Club for Kids
Bookopolis’s Zoom Summer Book Club (only for students in grades 6-8; June 20th and July 18th)
Links to Suggested Reading Lists:
K-12 School Reading List
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 2024 Summer Reading List (grades 6-8)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Booklists (suggested for ages 12-18)
Bookopolis’s 2024 Summer Reading List (grades 6-8)
Barnes and Noble “Required Reading” List
Barnes and Noble 2024 “Top YA Books for Summer Reading” (suggested for high school)
Barnes and Noble 2024 “Top Young Reader Books for Summer Reading” (suggested for middle school)
Penguin Random House 2024 Summer Reading List – Middle School
Penguin Random House 2024 Summer Reading List – High School
CHS Periscope's "Hot Summer Reads" Recommendations
Curricular Texts (Please Avoid):
Students are encouraged to select texts of their own choosing. However, we respectfully ask that students avoid the texts taught in our curriculum, which are listed below by grade level.
6th Grade
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
7th Grade
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Amina's Voice by Hena Kahn
American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar
The Night Diary by Veer Heranandani
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
8th Grade
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
9th Grade
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Odyssey by Homer
10th Grade
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
11th Grade
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Color of Water by James McBride
12th Grade
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Night by Elie Wiesel
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
BE SURE TO TRACK YOUR HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE ACTIVITY ENGAGEMENT LOG YOU RECEIVED FROM YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER OR LIBRARIAN.
CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY LOGS.
SUBMIT YOUR LOG TO YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES!