Book Sellers Convention
P RE -AP L ITERATURE 8
C LYDE B OYD M IDDLE S CHOOL
This is a fun way for us to share (report
on) the books we read. One half of the
class will “sell” their books on Thursday,
the other half on Friday. When you are
not a salesman, you are a buyer; this is
also an important job.
S UMMER
P ROJECT
To “sell” your book you will need to
promote it with a tri-fold poster (this is
your kiosk), and three visual aids which
may include: posters, book jacket of
your own design, bookmarks for the
class, business cards, flyers, news or
magazine ad, a 1-2 minute video advertisement, and/or other creative giveaway items that relate to your book.
Buyers will be given “money” which will
be used to vote for the Book Most Likely
to Be Read, and the Salesman with the
Best Promotion.
Focus on an effective, interesting handcrafted (and/or computer generated)
presentation, but don’t spend money on
anything “fancy.”
Students in the past have enjoyed these
days of the convention. Don’t wait until
the last minute to prepare, and you will
enjoy it as well!
Sand Springs Public Schools
C L YDE B OYD M IDDL E S CHOOL
305 W 35th St
Sand Springs, OK74063
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Phone: 918-246-1535
Fax: 918-246-1544
N ICE N ET R EADING B LOG
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How to blog…
1. Go to www.nicenet.org
2. Click on “Students—Join a class”
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Congratulations on
your decision to
enroll in Pre-AP
Literature 8! As
teachers, we look
forward to working
with students like
yourself who are
willing and even
eager to read and
stay engaged in the
Chose a book.
learning process
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Please, don’t wait until the week before
school opens to begin!
The project will be graded for three parts:
a reading blog, literary term search, and the
“Book Sellers Convention.” All are explained in this brochure, and are due
Thursday, August 22.
If you are not willing to complete this project, on time, please withdraw your name
from the Pre-AP English roster now. It is
important to our program that our students
be cooperative participants in the classroom, and we feel that the summer project
reflects that dedication.
3. Enter the key code: 3346365S98
4. Enter the required information
5. Click on “Join the class”
6. Log in using your new user name and password.
7. Click on “Conferencing” and choose or create a
topic.
8. Reply to a posted message or post a new one.
Hint: Don’t use the “back” button, use the “home”
button.
What to blog…
You are required to submit at least 5 times; you may
do more if you enjoy it. Please follow the format below:
1. What book did you choose, and why?
2. After reading the first 5 chapters, reflect
using one of the suggestions below.
3. Write a reflection at a random stopping
point.
4. Write another free choice reflection before
finishing the book.
5. After finishing the book, respond to the way
the author ended it. Did you like the way it
ended? Need more? Need a change? Explain. What is your overall impression of the
book? Rate it one to five stars.
Response Prompt Suggestions:
I wonder what this means…
I don’t understand this because…
This character reminds me of…
This part is confusing because…
This description makes me feel…
The setting gives the effect of …
Details seem to be out of place/
effective/important…
I didn’t expect the character to do this/
to react this way…
The attitudes of the author/characters
make me feel…
The ideas remind me of…
The author seems to think/feel…
This section is effective/depressing/
surprising…
I need to know /find out more about…
Sometimes I feel just like the character…
The tone of this part makes me feel…
This makes me think that…will happen
later…
The character seems to feel…about…
These are meant to be suggestions to help you
get started. You may respond, reflect and/or
react to the story freely.
Why blog?
Good readers respond to text in thoughts,
questions, and non-emotional and emotional
responses. The blog allows us to share those
responses in a virtual book club. Reading other
ideas and opinions will enlighten and expand
our own thoughts and understanding, developing skills beyond simple comprehension.
Literary Term
Summer Project
Bingo!
Check List
Choose a book.
Log in to NiceNet
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Dialect
Connotation
Dialogue
Diction
Inference
Hyperbole
Fore-shadowing
Flashback
Imagery
Metaphor
Free Space!
Repetition
Personification
Symbolism
Theme
Simile
Sensory image
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tone
Narrator
Direct
Indirect
Read*
Blog
*Find Quotes
for Bingo!
Prepare for
Book-Sellers’ Convention.
See you in August!
*As you read through your novel, look for quotes that exemplify any of the above literary
terms/devices. The page number goes in the boxes; write your devices, quotes, and page
numbers on a separate sheet of paper. You may not find or know them all, but do as many as
you can!. Five in a line (/,\, —, ) makes BINGO!
2014 Intermediate
2014 Intermediate Sequoyah Masterlist
Sequoyah Masterlist
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, Jonathan Auxier
Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble steals from a
mysterious stranger three pair of magical eyes that lead him to
a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or
resume his life of crime.
Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson’s life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves,
including two who were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.
Ice Fall. Matthew Kirby. Princess Solveig and her siblings
are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering
mountains and a frozen fjord, awaiting news of the king’s victory in battle. Acts of treachery make it clear that while they
wait, a traitor lurks in their midst.
Under the Mesquite. Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
Lupita, a budding actor and poet, comes of age as she struggles
with adult responsibilities during her mother’s battle with cancer.
The Summer I Learned to Fly. Dana Reinhardt. Thirteen-year old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her
mother’s cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick,
The Absolute Value of Mike. Kathryn Erskine.
but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew’s father’s
Fourteen year old Mike learns a valuable lesson while working book of lists, her pet rat and Emmett—a boy who is on a quest
of his own—help her cope.
with his eccentric aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock
girl,helping the town adopt a Romanian orphan.
Okay for Now. Gary D. Schmidt. Fourteen-year-old Doug
Michael Vey:The Prisoner of Cell 25. Richard Paul Evans. Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a
brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and poMichael discovers he has special electrical powers and, with
lice officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as
the the help of his best friends, finds other teens with similar
Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a
Powers...but someone or something is hunting them down!
safe place at the local library.
Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos.
Jack spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses
until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most
unusual chore…Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal.
Between Shades of Gray. Ruta Sepetys. In 1941, Lina,
her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian
home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is
sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her
life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by
burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil.
The Revenant. Sonia Gensler.
The Scorpio Races. Nineteen-year-old returning champion
Willie begins to question her Belief in ghosts and is forced to
face her past when strange things start happening at the Chero- Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl
ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep
kee Female Seminary where she teaches.
hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to
the finish line.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading.
Tom Greenwald. Middle-schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his The Running Dream. Wendelin VanDraanen. When a
success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee,
far.
she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team
finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running
again.
Addie on the Inside. James Howe.
Outspoken Addie Carle learns about love, loss, and staying
true to herself as she navigates seventh grade, enjoys a visit
from her grandmother, fights with her boyfriend, and endures
Enjoy a good book this summer!
gossip and meanness from her former best friend.
The Absolute Value of Mike
Addie on the Inside
Between Shades of Gray
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide
to Not Reading
Dead End in Norvelt
Icefall
Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s
Secret Children
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Okay for Now
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes:
A Story
The Revenant
The Running Dream
The Scorpio Races
The Summer I Learned to Fly
Under the Mesquite
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