English Language Acquisition, Middle School Book-Recommendation

CLASS V

Novels by Elizabeth G. Speare: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, TheBronze Bow, The Sign of the Beaver Calico Captive, “Life in Colonial America”, “The Prospering”,

Novels by Linda Sue Park, Korean-American: “Seesaw Girl”, “The Kite Fighters”, “A Single Shard”, “When My Name Was Keoko”, “A Long Walk to Water”,

Novels by Gloria Whelan: “Playing with Shadows”, “Living Together”,  

Novels by Mildred O. Taylor, intense themes of racism faced by African Americans: “Song of the Trees”, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”, “Let The Circle Be Unbroken”, “The Road to Memphis”,  “The Land”,

CLASS VI

“Black Ships Before Troy” by Rosemary Sutcliff and Greek mythology, 

“Before We Were Free” by Julia Alvarez (novel),

“The Miracle Worker.” By William Gibson (play)

CLASS VII

Anglo-American literature, such as “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, “A Raisin in the Sun” is a play by Lorraine Hansberry, “The House on Mango Street”  a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros, and 

British literature: “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare.

CLASS VIII

American writers: “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “Annie John” by Jamaica Kincaid, “This Boy’s Life” by Tobias Wolff, “The Crucible” by American playwright Arthur Miller,

British writers: “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by Georg Orwell, “Homage to Catalonia” by Georg Orwell, “Macbeth” by Shakespeare.