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We encourage you and your family to preview any book to be sure it is appropriate.By Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gayleen Rabakukk, Stephani Eaton, Suma Subramaniam, Bree Bender and Gail Vannelli for Cynsations You also may want to visit the Ramsey High School Media Center, the Ramsey Public Library, or speak with your peers for more recommendations. If you have any questions about the summer reading, please feel free to call Carmen Lacherza, English Language Arts Supervisor, at 20 extension 21572 or email Reading recommendationsīelow are a few of the works that Ramsey High School students loved this year. Any Honors / AP student should feel free to read a choice book and complete the extra assignment however, it is not mandatory.Īll summer reading recommendations and requirements are also available digitally through the Sora App by logging in with your Ramsey email address. Honors / AP classes will each have a separate mandatory reading assignment, which can also be viewed below. One resource to help with this is Common Sense Media. Please review the titles to decide on the best fit for your child. We encourage you to read as a family, draw upon common interests, and have conversations that create deep and lasting connections with literature. We also have a list of student-generated recommendations. Our research found that overly assessing reading can take away from the joy however, students who would like to dig deeper into the process may complete a non-mandatory reflective journal, which will serve as an extra credit assignment. The reading must be completed by Septemon this day, students will need to be prepared to present why they feel the book they selected will motivate young people to read, which will count as their mandatory assignment.

Our goal is for our students to find important and enjoyable literature therefore, this summer, students will be able to read any book, fiction or nonfiction, that they feel would be both engaging and appropriate for a high school audience. We would like to build upon this success this summer. In essence, self-directed reading produces deeper engagement. We also received feedback indicating that choice and developing a personal connection are essential to finding the right book. We feel that reading now, more than ever, is an essential outlet for our young people, as it provides a medium to grow creativity, critical thinking, communication, empathy, reflection, and the literacy skills that they will need in the future. The Ramsey Public School District is dedicated to encouraging young people to see reading as a meaningful way to understand the world better.

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