Summer Reading Book Report Guidelines and Rubric
6th, 7th and 8th Grade Incoming Students
Read a minimum of 2 books and complete the literary analysis on 1 of the books; you must
include the title and author of 2nd book in box on page 6 of packet. Select books from the
attached book list. Complete the literary analysis packet and be prepared to present the
first day of school. All responses must be in complete sentences that make sense along
with appropriate page numbers where you got the information. If a response is a direct
quote it must be within quotation marks. Reports are due the first day of school and you
must be prepared to present orally a summary of the book.
Category
Requirements
4
All of the written
requirements
were met.
3
Almost all (about
90%) the written
requirements
were met.
Grammar and
Spelling
There are no
errors in grammar
or spelling that
distract from the
content.
There are no
errors in
capitalization or
punctuation.
There are minor
errors in grammar
or spelling that
distract from the
content.
There are minor
errors in
capitalization or
punctuation.
The final draft is
readable, clean,
neat, and
attractive. It is
free of erasures
and crossed-out
words. It looks
like the student
took great pride
in it.
Student can
accurately tell
author, title and
favorite part of
book when asked.
Student is able to
accurately answer
almost all
questions posed
by classmates.
The final draft is
readable, neat and
attractive. It may
have a few
erasures, but they
are not
distracting. It
looks like the
student took some
pride in it.
Student can
accurately tell
title and favorite
part of book when
asked.
Student is able to
accurately answer
most questions
posed by
classmates.
Capitalization
and
Punctuation
Neatness
Knowledge
Oral
Presentation
2
Most (about 75%)
of the written
requirements
were met, but
several were not.
There are major
errors in grammar
or spelling that
distract from the
content.
There are major
errors in
capitalization
and/or
punctuation.
The final draft is
readable and some
of the pages are
attractive. It
looks like parts of
it might have been
done in a hurry.
Student can
accurately tell
favorite part of
book when asked.
Student is able to
accurately answer
a few questions
posed by
classmates.
1
Many
requirements
were not met.
There are
significant errors
in grammar or
spelling.
There are
significant errors
in capitalization
and/or
punctuation.
The final draft is
not neat or
attractive. It
looks like the
student just
wanted to get it
done and didn't
care what it
looked like.
Student has
trouble
remembering title
and story without
prompting.
Student is unable
to accurately
answer questions
posed by
classmates.
Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________
Literature Analysis - English
Title: ___________________________________________
Author: _________________________________________
Setting: Time Period ________________________________
Place _____________________________________
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Plot Summary:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Exposition/Background or Basic Situation:
1
2
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Characters
Protagonist (main character) _____________________________________________
Antagonist (person/nature/force working against main character ) ________________________
Include examples and page numbers to support your assessment/position.
Point of View
First Person (uses “I” or “we”) ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Third Person Limited (Outside Observer – Knows thoughts of only one character)
__________________________________________________________________
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Omniscient (Knows thoughts of all characters)
__________________________________________________________________
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Characterization
Physical Description (include pages) _______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Personality:
1. Trait ________________________________________________________
2. Example _____________________________________________________
3. Page ________________________________________________________
3
1. Trait ________________________________________________________
2. Example _____________________________________________________
3. Page ________________________________________________________
1. Trait ________________________________________________________
2. Example _____________________________________________________
3. Page ________________________________________________________
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Character Development:
Is the main character dynamic (changes) or static (remains the same)?
Be specific with your examples and include pages that support your assessment.
__________________________________________________________________
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All responses must be in complete sentences.
Theme
Must be in the form of a statement.
__________________________________________________________________
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Irony
Give an example of each if applicable, make sure and include page number to support your
answer.
Verbal – Says the opposite of what is meant, includes sarcasm.
__________________________________________________________________
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Situational – Opposite happens from what is expected.
__________________________________________________________________
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Dramatic – Reader knows what is happening, the character doesn’t.
__________________________________________________________________
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4
5
Conflict - Identify each type, provide examples in complete sentences, and pages for:
Person vs. Person _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Nature _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Society _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Self _______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Conflict Resolution - Explain how each conflict is resolved and provide page numbers for:
Person vs. Person _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Nature _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Society _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Person vs. Self _______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
6
All responses must be in complete sentences.
Imagery
Give examples with page numbers and quote.
Author appeals to the sense of touch.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Author appeals to the sense of sight.
__________________________________________________________________
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Author appeals to the sense of hearing.
__________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________
Author appeals to the sense of taste.
__________________________________________________________________
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Author appeals to the sense of smell .
__________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________
Title and author of other books read during the summer of 2015:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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Grades 6-8 Summer Reading List 201
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True
Story, Linda Sue Park
A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck
Any Which Wall, Laurel Snyder,
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic Incident, Eoin
Colfer
Breaking Stalin's Nose, Eugene Yelchin
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
Carver, a Life in Poems, Marilyn Nelson
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Dragonwings, Laurence Yep
Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini,
Sid Fleischman
Lost in the River of Grass, Ginny Rorby
Magnificent Voyage: An American
Adventurer on Captain James Cook’s
Final Expedition, Laurie Lawlor
Mockingbird, (Mok’ing;buerd), Kathryn
Erkin
Moon over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool
Old Yeller, Fred Gipson
One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia
Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry &
Ridley Pearson
Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An
Expedition Among Snow Leopards in
Mongolia, Sy Montgomery and
Nic Bishop
Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
Scat, Carl Hiaasen
Fire From the Rock, Sharon Draper
Slob, Ellen Potter
Flush, Carl Hiaasen
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Ibtisam Barakat
Football Genius, Tim Green
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedman,
Russell
Gifted Hands: The Story of Ben Carson,
Ben Carson
Heart of a Samurai, Margi Preus
Hugo Cabret, Brian Schnick
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Lockdown, Walter Dean Myers
The Anybodies, N.E. Bode,
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero, Richard Riordan
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of
the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11
Astronaut Michael Collins, Bea Uusma
Schyffert
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,
Avi
The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
The View from Saturday, E.L. Konigsburg
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt
The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and
Her Famous Brothers, Richard Maurer
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of
Muhammed Ali, Charles R. Smith
Wangari’s Tree of Peace, Jeanette
Winter
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring
Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone,
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson
Rawls
Wild Things, Clay Carmichael
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Ben
Carson
Imaginary Enemy, Julie Gonzalez
Insurgent, Veronica Roth
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Thor
Heyerdahl
Looking for the New Deal, Elna C. Green
Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco
Stork
Money Hungry, Sharon Flake
Monster, Walter Dean Myers
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein,
Susan Goldman Rubin
Night, Elie Wiesel
November Blues, Sharon Draper
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More
Stories about Real Florida, Jeff
Klinkenberg
Allegiant, Veronica Roth
Poof: A Play, David Auburn
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich
Maria Remarque
Resurrecting Lazarus, Texas, Nathan
Barber
Bunheads, Flack, Sophie
Reubin O'D. Askew and the Golden Age
of Florida Politics, Martin A. Dyckman
Grades 9-12
Cloaked, Alex Flinn
Cookie & Me, Mary Jane Ryals
Divergent, Veronica Roth
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Florida Cowboys, Carlton Ward Jr.
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Solomon, Marilyn B. Shaw
Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida
Place, Sudye Cauthen
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of
Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and
Science, Marc Aronson and
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Through Her Eyes, Jennifer Archer
Taken, Edward Bloor
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship
Pact Led to Success, Sampson Davis,
George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt,
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
and Sharon Draper
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A
Memoir of Life in Death, Jean-Dominque
Bauby
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode
the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat
Tires Along the Way), Sue
The Everglades, River of Grass, Marjorie
Stoneman Douglas
Macy
Marina Budhos
The First Hollywood Florida and the
Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking, Shawn
Bean
The Great Wide Sea, M. H. Herlong
When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
Whispers from the Bay, John Tkac
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of
Jamestown and Colonial Maryland, Sally
M. Walker
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story,
Richard Preston
The House on Mango Street, Sandra
Cisneros
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True
Story of Adventure, Heroism, &
Treachery, Steve Sheinkin
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest
Hemingway
The Real Question, Adrian Fogelin
The Shakespeare Stealer, Gary
Blackwood
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can
Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
The Yearling, Marjorie K. Rawlings
More selections are
recommended for middle and
high school readers at
www.justreadflorida.com.
Scroll down to the “Students”
header and find suggested
reading “For Teens, by Teens.”