summer skills sharpeners workbook series that our faculty have reviewed and recommend ......

Summer Skills Sharpeners

www.summerskills.com

Oakcrest School recognizes that summer math and language arts

enrichment and/or review aid retention of skills learned during the

school year and help foster a greater interest in the study of these

subjects. Your daughter’s current teacher can help inform your

decision about program/level choices. The information below is for

one workbook series that our faculty have reviewed and recommend

as good options for families on the go in the summer.

These grade-level review booklets, published by Tri-C Publications,

are available for individual order. They include help pages,

glossaries of terms, regular lesson reviews, and, in the math booklets,

detailed answer keys that show all the steps needed to complete the

different problems and assignments successfully.

A general description of the series and

ordering information can be found at: www.summerskills.com

http://www.summerskills.com/

http://www.summerskills.com/

Textbook Purchasing Information

1. The earlier you purchase your books, the more likely it is you will be able to obtain used

books at lower prices. Parents are encouraged to purchase books from other families at

the OPA Used Book and Uniform sale.

2. Used books are welcome and usually widely available online. It is not necessary to

purchase online access codes with used books, and books without CDs are acceptable,

except for the Music Theory text for which students will need the CDs.

3. On the textbook list, bold font indicates books that are new adoptions to Oakcrest this

year, and therefore likely not available from other parents. However, even for new

adoptions, used books may be available online.

4. Use the 13 digit ISBN number to locate the correct title.

Books that should be purchased as new or unmarked:

1. Workbooks and Activity Books, which are indicated on the textbook list with

two asterisks (**), must be previously blank for student completion.

2. Novels for literature (Gr. 6-12) and Classical Philosophy (Gr. 12), indicated

with one asterisk (*) should also be unmarked. Students annotate both

independently and as a class. To facilitate class participation, please purchase

the exact copy listed.

5. If you would like to use Amazon to purchase your books, Oakcrest’s Textbooks are listed

here by grade:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3I2I2ZL3U6MLP/ref=cm_lm_

pthnk_athr?ie=UTF8&lm_bb. Only purchase books for classes for which your daughter

is registered. Course names are indicated in the comments.

6. Here are links to other online vendors that might be useful:

http://www.abebooks.com/

http://www.alibris.com/

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

http://www.half.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3I2I2ZL3U6MLP/ref=cm_lm_pthnk_athr?ie=UTF8&lm_bb

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3I2I2ZL3U6MLP/ref=cm_lm_pthnk_athr?ie=UTF8&lm_bb

http://www.abebooks.com/

http://www.alibris.com/

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

http://www.half.com/

7. If a discrepancy arises between the ISBN and the year of publication or edition, the ISBN

is the more accurate indicator.

8. Some book purchases will depend on prior course approval and/or placement testing.

Returning students will be notified about placement at the end of the school year. New

students will be notified about placement following the registration and placement test

process.

9. Some books are used for multiple grades and should be retained:

A. The MLA Handbook and Elements of Style will continue to be used for

grades 11-12 for students who have already purchased it.

B. The Little English Handbook will be used by 9th

grade students for all Upper

School English courses.

C. Perrine’s Sound and Sense is used for grades 10-12.

D. Puntos de Partida is used for Upper School Spanish III-IV.

E. The Theology text Understanding the Scripture: Complete Course is used in

grade 9 and grade 10.

F. The Bible is used for all Upper School Theology courses.

10. Oakcrest Textbook Fees: Two grades will have a small textbook fee due to better bulk

pricing and availability. These resources will be distributed in class by the teachers.

Please send a check made payable to Oakcrest School for the appropriate amount with

“Textbooks” indicated in the Memo Line.

a. Grade 6: $25 for Study Skills Workbook

b. Grade 9: $21 for Study Skills Workbook, Great Adventure Bible Timeline

(Ascension Press) and 100 Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus (Rose Publishing)

11. Textbook updates and information will be posted on the school website under the link

2015-2016 Academic Information and Forms. If you have questions or problems,

please contact Kathy Frank ([email protected] or Ext. 123.)

Spanish Textbooks 2015-2016

The Foreign Language Department has provided the following links for purchasing Spanish

Textbooks that may be useful.

6/7 Spanish 1A (or Beginner & Intermediate Spanish I)

Middle School Español Santillana 1A, student edition with audio CD.

http://www.santillanausa.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=9781616050719

Español Santillana 1A Practice Book**


Spanish 8th grade 1B (or Advanced Spanish I)

Middle School Español Santillana 1B, student edition with audio CD


Español Santillana 1B Practice Book**


Spanish I: 9/10

Español Santillana Level 1 HS- Student Edition


Español Santillana Level 1, Practice workbook**


Readers for Spanish I

"Un príncipe para Tess"


"La sombra de un fotógrafo"


Spanish II

Español Santillana Level 2 HS- Student Edition


Español Santillana Level 2, Practice workbook**


Readers for Spanish II

"La corza blanca"


"Rinconete y Cortadillo"


Spanish III

Puntos de Partida, 9th edition

http://www.ecampus.com/puntos-de-partida-invitation-spanish/bk/9780073385419

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-

listing/0073385417/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_har_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1427956051&sr=8-

1&keywords=9780073385419

Puntos de Partida, 9th edition laboratory Manual/workbook** VOLUME 2

http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=9780077511708

Readers for Spanish III

"Don Quijote de la Mancha I"


"Don Quijote de la Mancha II"

http://www.santillanausa.com/don-quijote-de-la-mancha-seleccion-anotada-2859.html

Spanish IV

¡Avance! (SECOND EDITION: many used options available online)

http://www.ecampus.com/161avance-intermediate-spanish-student/bk/9780073513171

¡Avance! Cuaderno de Práctica

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780073277943

Reader:

"El oro de los sueños," level 4


Spanish V & AP

AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language and Culture examination (softcover, student edition)

http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1lMm&PMDbProgramId=110401&elementType=p

rogramComponents

¡Avance! (SECOND EDITION: many used options available online)

http://www.ecampus.com/161avance-intermediate-spanish-student/bk/9780073513171

¡Avance! Cuaderno de Práctica

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780073277943

English Department

Middle School

Summer Reading Assignments

“Reading Woman” by Graciella Scarlatto

“Those of us who have been true readers all our life seldom fully realize the enormous

extension of our being which we owe to authors. We realize it best when we talk to an

unliterary friend. He may be full of goodness and good sense but he inhabits a tiny world.

In it, we should be suffocated. The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore

less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through the eyes of

others.”

--C.S. Lewis

Reading offers a lifetime of pleasure and enrichment, a continuing education of the head and

heart. We expect by requiring our students to spend some of their free summer time reading that

they will improve their reading skills as well as develop the life-long habit of reading.

In keeping with these convictions, Summer Reading follows a few precepts:

The summer reading books should not have their pleasures sapped by elaborate study

guides or note taking. However, we do encourage annotating the text while reading.

The summer reading books are not to be “read” via Spark Notes.

We encourage the reading of different authors and books. Do not choose books you have

already read.

Assignment: Follow the directions for each grade in choosing the texts. To ensure that the

reading has been completed, early in the first quarter the English teachers will administer an

assessment on the summer reading books. The format and weight of the assessment will depend

on the grade level and the teacher. The grade of the Summer Reading will figure into the first

quarter grade for each student.

We hope you enjoy your reading.

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Middle School Summer Reading: Grade 6

Directions: Read three novels that you have not read before by three different

authors.

* Indented books are sequels or subsequent books in a series. They may appeal primarily to

students who have read the originals. Many, however, stand on their own sufficiently to be

enjoyed even if you have not read the original. Use your judgment!

An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander * The Black Cauldron * The Castle of Llyr * Taran Wanderer * The High King Madeleine Takes Command Ethel C. Brill Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford Boy Roald Dahl Half Magic Edgar Eager * Knight's Castle * The Time Garden * Magic By the Lake Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

(any volume) Number the Stars Lois Lowry The Light Princess George MacDonald Five Children and It E. Nesbit The Railway Children E. Nesbit Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell The Good Master Kate Seredy Heidi Johanna Spyri The Winged Watchman Hilda Van Stockum The Cottage at Bantry Bay Hilda Van Stockum The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkein Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls



authors.



enjoyed even if you have not read the original. Use your judgment!

I, Juan de Parga Elizabeth Borton De Trevino Madeleine Takes Command Ethel C. Brill Cheaper by the Dozen Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey * Belles on Their Toes The Red Keep Allen French The Lost Baron Allen French Rolf and the Viking Bow Allen French Homesick: My Own Story Jean Fritz The Miracle Worker William Gibson The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Goodbye, Mr. Chips James Hilton Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling The Just-So Stories Rudyard Kipling The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

(any volume) Heavens to Betsy Maud Hart Lovelace * Betsy In Spite of Herself * Betsy Was a Junior * Betsy and Joe Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery * Anne of Avonlea * Anne of the Island Little Britches Ralph Moody Rascal Sterling North Otto of the Silver Hand Howard Pyle Calico Captive Elizabeth George Speare The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome The Winged Watchman Hilda van Stockum The Cottage at Bantry Bay Hilda van Stockum Francie on the Run Hilda van Stockum Pegeen Hilda van Stockum Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster Swiss Family Robinson Johann D. Wyss



authors.



enjoyed even if you have not read the original. Use your judgment! Watership Down Richard Adams Little Women Louisa May Alcott

* Little Men Cheaper by the Dozen Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey * Belles on Their Toes And Then There Were None Agatha Christie The ABC Murders Agatha Christie The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell The Gift of the Magi and Other O. Henry Short Stories All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling The Killer Angels Michael Shaara I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith My Life and Hard Times James Thurber The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkein * The Two Towers * The Return of the King Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster Leave It to Psmith P.G. Wodehouse The Code of the Woosters P.G. Wodehouse Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson

Dept Course Title ISBN Author Publisher Year/Ed.

English English 6

Easy Grammar Gr 6 Student

Workbook** 9780936981468 Phillips ISHA 2006

English English 6 Anne of Green Gables* 9780451528827 Montgomery Signet Classics 2003

English English 6

Around the World in 80

Days* 9780486411118 Verne Dover 2000

English English 6

The Adventures of Tom

Sawyer* 9780486400778 Twain Dover 1998

English English 6 The Children's Homer* 9780689868832 Colum Aladdin 2004

English English 6 Tales from Shakespeare* 9780141321684 Shakespeare Puffin 2010

English English 6

A Wonder Book: Heroes

and Monsters of Greek

Mythology* 9780486432090 Hawthorne Dover 2003

English English 6

Complete Fairy Tales of

Oscar Wilde* 9780451531070 Wilde Signet 2008

Foreign Lang. Latin I-A

Latin Course Unit 1 (Red

Book) 9780521004343 Cambridge Cambridge 4th/2001


Latin Course Unit 1

Omnibus Workbook** 9780521787475 Cambridge Cambridge 4th/2001

Foreign Lang. Spanish I-A

Middle School Español

Santillana 1A 9781616050719 Santillana Santillana 2012


Middle School Español

Santillana Middle School

1A Workbook** 9781616050801 Santillana Santillana 2012

History History 6

World History: Ancient

Civilizations Through the

Renaissance 9780547485829 Holt-McDougal Holt-McDougal 2012

Math Math 6 Math Course 1 9780618610693

Houghton-Mifflin-

Harcourt Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt 2007

Oakcrest School

Grade 6 Textbook List 2015-2016

Music Music (All Classes)

Smartmusic.com

Subscription n/a n/a n/a n/a

Science Science 6 Science: A Closer Look 9780022841393 Macmillan Glencoe 2008

Study Skills Study Skills 6

Study Skills and Strategies

for Students** 9780979772368 Mangrum-Strichart Mangrum-Strichart 4th Ed.

Theology Theology 6

Following Christ Grade 6

Student Book 9781586175689 Faith and Life Ignatius 3rd

Theology Theology 6

Following Christ Grade 6

Activity Book** 9781586175764 Faith and Life Ignatius 3rd

The Study Skills textbook will be purchased in bulk by Oakcrest and distributed in class. Please send a check to Oakcrest for $25 by July 1.

Novels for literature, indicated with one asterisk (*), should also be unmarked. Students annotate both independently and as a class. To facilitate

class participation, please purchase the exact copy listed.

Workbooks and activity books, which are indicated on the textbook list with two asterisks (**), must be previously blank for student completion.

The Foreign Language Department has provided links for purchasing Spanish textbooks that may be useful. Please see "Textbook Purchasing

Information."

Notes:

Smartmusic.com: $40 per year, one time purchase of microphone $20-30. Information on ordering will be provided in class at the beginning of the

school year.


English English 7 Easy Grammar** 9780936981147 Phillips ISHA 1995

English English 7 The Princess and the Goblin* 9780141332482 MacDonald Puffin 2011

English English 7 Harp and the Laurel Wreath* 9780898707168 Berquist Ignatius Press 1999

English English 7 Tanglewood Tales* 9781599150918 Hawthorne Yesterday's Classics 3rd/2009

English English 7 Treasure Island* 9780486275598 Stevenson Dover 1993

English English 7 Tales from Shakespeare* 9781619492479

Lamb, Charles

& MaryLamb Press 2013

English English 7 Christmas Carol* 9780486268651 Dickens Dover 1991

English English 7 Little Women* 9780553212754 Alcott Bantam 1983

English English 7

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round

Table* 9780141321011 Greene Puffin 2008

English English 7 Beowulf: Dragonslayer (USED OK) 9780099972709 Sutcliff Red Fox 1992

Foreign Lang. Latin I-A Latin Course Unit 1 (Red Book) 9780521004343 Cambridge Cambridge 4th/2001


Latin Course Unit 1 Omnibus

Workbook** 9780521787475 Cambridge Cambridge 4th/2001


Middle School Español Santillana

Middle School 1A Workbook** 9781616050801 Santillana Santillana 2012

Foreign Lang. Spanish I-A Middle School Español Santillana 1A 9781616050719 Santillana Santillana 2012

History History 7

American History: Beginnings Through

Reconstruction 9780618828968 McDougal Littell 2008

Math Math 7 Pre-Algebra 9780547587776 McDougal Littell 2012

Music Music (All Classes) Smartmusic.com Subscription n/a n/a n/a n/a

Science Life Science 7 Life Science

9780133668599 or

'9780132508117 Pearson PHHS

2006 or

2009

Oakcrest School


Theology Theology 7 Life Of Grace (Book 7) 9781586175696 Previtali Ignatius 3rd/2011

Theology Theology 7

The Life of Grace Grade 7 Activity

Book** 9781586175771 Faith and Life Ignatius 3rd


Information."

Notes:

Smartmusic.com: $40 per year, one time purchase of microphone $20-30. Information on ordering will be provided in class at the beginning of the

school year.

Novels for literature (Gr. 6-12), indicated with one asterisk (*), should also be unmarked. Students annotate both independently and as a class. To

facilitate class participation, please purchase the exact copy listed.



English English 8 A Midsummer Night's Dream* 9780743477543 Shakespeare

Simon &

Schuster (Folger) 2004

English English 8 Jane Eyre* 9780141441146 Bronte Penguin 2006

English English 8 The Chosen* 9780449213445 Potok Fawcett 1987

English English 8 To Kill a Mockingbird* 9780446310789 Lee Warner 1960

Foreign Lang. Latin I-B Latin Course Unit 2 (Blue Book) 9780521004305 Cambridge Cambridge 2001/4th

Foreign Lang. Latin I-B Latin Course Unit 2 Omnibus Workbook** 9780521787413 Cambridge Cambridge 2001

Foreign Lang. Latin II Latin Course Unit 3 (Green Book) 9780521894708 Cambridge Cambridge 4th/2002

Foreign Lang. Latin II Latin Course Unit 3 Omnibus Workbook** 9780521787437 Cambridge Cambridge

Foreign Lang. Latin II

New College Latin and English Dictionary (or

another Latin-English dictionary) 9781567654332 Traupman Amsco 3rd/2008

Foreign Lang. Spanish I- B Middle School Español Santillana 1B 9781616050849 Santillana Santillana 2012

Foreign Lang. Spanish I- B

Middle School Español Santillana Middle

School 1B Workbook** 9781616050856 Santillana Santillana 2012

History History 8 American History: Reconstruction to the Present 9780618829033 Dallek McDougal Littel 2008

Math Algebra I Algebra I 9780618594023 Larson McDougal Littel 2007

Music Music (All Classes) Smartmusic.com Subscription n/a n/a n/a n/a

Science Science 8 Physical Science: Concepts in Action 9780133628173 Wysession PHSD 2009

Theology Theology 8 Our Life in the Church Grade 8 9781586175702 Faith and Life Ignatius 3rd

Theology Theology 8 Our Life in the Church Activity Book** 9781586175788 Faith and Life Ignatius


Information."

Notes:

Oakcrest School


Smartmusic.com: $40 per year, one time purchase of microphone $20-30. Information on ordering will be provided in class at the beginning

of the school year.


Novels for literature, indicated with one asterisk (*), should also be unmarked. Students annotate both independently and as a class. To facilitate class

participation, please purchase the exact copy listed.

summer skills sharpeners workbook series that our faculty have reviewed and recommend ......

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