* Featured books for grades 5 and 6: Caribella and Broo ‘Nansi and the Tar Baby
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Grades 5 & 6
Use the 2016 featured books* you received to help fill in each box below. Attach your neatly handwritten or typed
answers with this tracking sheet. Complete both sides and submit to your teacher by September 23, 2016.
6. Write the names of
two Caribbean countries.
11. Fill in the blanks:
Wheel Bend!
2. Name the author
of Caribella.
7. I read a book that
is also a movie.
12. I read
magazine
articles this summer.
17. True or false?
Broo ‘Nansi and Broo Tukuma
are brothers.
3. One theme in Caribella is
8. How could Broo ‘Nansi have
avoided getting into trouble?
13. Define oral history.
18. Who collected and wrote
Broo ‘Nansi and the Tar Baby?
4. Is Caribel the protagonist or
antagonist in the story?
9. I can find Ghana
on the map of Africa.
14. What gives Caribel hope
that she will be welcome in her
father’s family?
19. List three African countries
that begin with letter S.
5. Why does Caribel like
to read so much?
10. What is one reason
storytelling is important in the
Virgin Islands?
15. What parts do Caribel’s
lullaby and necklace play
in her story?
1. My favorite book was
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16. I read a book
with over 150 pages.
20. From Broo ‘Nansi
and the Tar Baby.
Fill in the missing letters:
A _ _ n people
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Read at least five books this summer to complete the challenge.
Books I read:
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Write 2-3 paragraphs (500 words) summarizing one book from the list above.
Attach your typed or neatly handwritten work to this tracking sheet.
Please include the following:
• title of the book
• author of the book
• setting (where the story took place)
• climax of the story
• interesting or important facts you would like to share