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Summer Reading for Rising Sixth Graders
Read at least two books from this list. Complete the summer book report
attached for one of the books read and turn in the first week of school.
Sounder
William H. Armstrong
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
The Secret Garden (Unabridged)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Karen Cushman
The Door in the Wall
Marguerite De Angeli
The Black Stallion
Walter Farley
Julie of the Wolves
Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Lassie Come-Home
Eric Knight
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
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The Garden Behind the Moon
Howard Pyle
Holes
Louis Sachar
The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George Speare
Medallion
Dawn L. Watkins
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Sixth Grade English
Summer Book Report: “Sandwich” Project
For this project you will summarize and illustrate a summer reading list book you have
read by creating a “sandwich” with information about the book.
Draw and cut out the following sandwich ingredients on sheets of colored paper as indicated
below:
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Bread – white
Lettuce leaf – green
Tomato slice – red
Cheese – yellow
Sandwich meat – pink or brown
Bread – white
On the first slice of bread – Write the title and author of the book you have read.
On the lettuce – Describe the setting (time and place) in at least two sentences.
On the tomato slice – Describe each of the main characters.
On the slice of cheese – Summarize the book’s important events (5 sentences minimum).
On the sandwich meat slice – Reveal the book's climax (a moment of great intensity in the
plot that generally brings events to a head and leads to the conclusion).
On the second slice of bread – Draw a favorite scene from the book and write a brief
description.
When all ingredients are assembled, collate the layers of the sandwich (i.e. staple, hole
punch and combine with a key ring or yarn, etc.).
Point Values:
Title and author
Setting
Main character descriptions
Plot summary
Climax
Favorite scene illustration/description
Neatness/creativity/effort
Spelling and grammar
10 points
10 points
10 points
30 points
10 points
10 points
10 points
10 points