Sixth Grade Student Edition
2016-2017
September 1, 2016
Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students,
We invite you to participate in the Ninth Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC). This
initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as much and as often as they are able,
and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their Imagine Schools Campus. The ARC fosters students
“acquiring and owning” their education by “developing academic and character habits to increase learning
opportunities” and “becoming independent, self-directed learners.” (pp. 20-21, Imagine Schools Academic Excellence
Framework).
Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limited direction and attention from teachers. What
they need is encouragement to take risks, to develop perseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and
knowledge. We also believe that one of the best ways to become a life-long learner is to develop a love of reading. Each
year we survey students about the challenge and this is what a few of them said:
The ARC got me used to reading and I also enjoy reading because I get to know more things for school.
We get to talk about what we read and how we feel about the book.
The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools’ students in grades 3-12 who are at or above grade level in
reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class and homework assignments. The
ARC book list is comprised of high quality, classic and award winning books at or above grade level. The 25 books must
come from the grade level lists, however, there are two ways provided for students to personalize their selection.
Students can select up to three books that are not on the lists to read towards the challenge or students may read from
lists higher than their grade level, but not below their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator
approval.
Grade-level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. This year, we encourage students to select
books in a purposeful way, either through an author study, series completion or genre study. As was the case in past
years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book and complete a reflection about their book in order to
certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and
reports on the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8 and 15 for grades 9-12) during the school year. These
students will be recognized nationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine students participated in the
ARC, and 318 were given awards for completing the challenge.
We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than they might have in an
ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for their friends and peers.
Sincerely,
Dr. Nancy Hall
Dr. Nancy Hall
Chief Academic Officer
Imagine Schools
Imagine Schools 2016-17
Advanced Reading Challenge
Grades 3-8
Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on
this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary
year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers.
Your Role as a Student:
1. Sign the commitment form to read the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8) not
previously read. These books must come from the Advanced Reading Challenge grade level list.
1. However, you may choose books from a list on a higher grade level. So, you may read
“up” on the lists but not down (you cannot choose books from a lower grade level list).
2. Also, you can choose two or three books you select on your own to count towards the
challenge. These books must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your
Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or classroom teacher.
3. In addition, you can listen to 2-3 books towards the challenge on tape or CD. Your local
library should have some of your ARC books in an audio version.
2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all
corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents)
3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as
designated by your school of attendance.
4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school’s Advanced Reading Coordinator.
Helpful Adults:
Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine
Schools office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading
challenge. He/she may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer
questions that you might have along the way, and will find ways to help you complete this
challenge.
Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, share information with your
parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading
Challenge coordinator throughout the school year.
Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the
Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by signing the reading contract, helping you find
books (at the public library if needed), and asking you about the books you are reading and
responses you are completing. Your parent/guardian may participate as an audience for your book
summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home.
Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in
your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection.
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Advanced Reading Challenge
Important Dates
Start
End
Your school will start whenever your
coordinator is ready. All students
participating in the challenge should return
their contract to the ARC Coordinator by the
first week of October at the latest. Begin
reading your first book!
Monday, May 1st: All student portfolios must be
turned in to your Advanced Reading Challenge
Coordinator by Monday, May 1st, 2017.
Suggested Pacing Guide
2016 - 2017
CongratulationsontakingtheAdvancedReadingChallenge!
Usethisscheduleasaguidelinetopaceyourreading&projectcompletion.Trytokeeponoraheadofschedule.
ALLtwenty-fivebooksandprojectsareduebeforeMay1,2017.Goodluck!
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Imagine Schools 2015-16
Advanced Reading Challenge
Creative Responses to Literature (Grades 3-8)
After reading each book from the Imagine Schools Advance Reading Challenge list,
create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table of Contents (*see attached). Then
choose a way to present your understanding of the book you just read. Use the table
below and pages that follow for ideas. Include each finished product in your portfolio to
share with your class and school. If your finished product is not written, be sure to get a
picture or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you
have done for each book. Keep all finished products organized neatly in your portfolio.
Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help your
friends to enjoy them too!
Oral
Kinesthetic
Written
Visual
Graphic
Technological
One-Person
Show
PuzzleStory
It’sAllinthe
Mail
Posting
Postcards
The“What”
Chart3-W’s
Glog
Tell–Along
Boards
TradingCards
Quotable
Quotations
Quilt
Mappingthe
Way
Prezior
PowerPoint
Presentation
ThePress
Conference
Cana
Character
ToMarket, To
Market
Artistic
Timelines
Recipefora
GoodBook
BookBlogEntry
BookClub
CultureKits
FastFactCards
Crayon
Conversations
ThePlotChart
Cartoon
Pointof
Decision
Rollingthe
Dice
Catchthe
News
StoryTree
Top TenList
ShortVideoclip
Summary
NowHearThis
TangramTales
Signed,Sealed
andDelivered
Caricature
Double
Bubble
BookCharacter
Avatar
Kinesthetic
Oral
Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1.
One-Person Show: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main
character (or another significant character) in your book.
2.
Tell-Along Boards: Use puppets and art to create a Tell-Along Board to
later use during storytelling—to retell the most important parts of the
story or book you read.
3.
The Press Conference: Pretend you are the main character in your book
and hold a press conference to answer your classmates’ prepared
questions.
4.
Book Club: Participate in a book club discussion with other students
and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book.
5.
Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and
explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions.
6.
Now Hear This: Write a 2 to 3-minute radio advertisement persuading
the public that they should buy and read this book.
1. PuzzleStory:Discussthestoryandthencreateapuzzleboard,includingpictures
andadiscussionofthestory.Thenpassontootherswhoreadthestory.
2. TradingCards: Createtradingcardsoffavoritefiguresinyourstory.Youmightuse
apatternfromapopularsportsteam.
3. CharacterCanorCase:Takeagalloncoffeecanorsmallsuitcaseanddecorateitto
representacharacterinyourbook.Insertstripsofevents,problems,orchallenges
charactersfacedand/orovercamethroughoutthestory.
4. CultureKits: Createakitcontainingitemsrepresentativeofotherculture
describedinthebookyouread.
5. RollingtheDice: Createscenesfromthebookonthesidesofoversizeddice.One
dicedepictsthebeginningofthebookandtheotherfocusesonthescenesatthe
endofthebook.
6. TangramTales:TangramsareancientChinesepuzzles.Storytellersusethepuzzle
pieces,calledtans,whentheytellstories.YoucancreateaTangramTaleinmany
ways:a)Useyourtanstocreateapuzzlethatlookslikeorrepresentsyour
character.b)useyourtangramstomakeapuzzlethatlooksliketheeventorplace
wherethemajorityofactiontakesplace.c)Useyourtanstomakeapuzzlethat
lookslikesomethingfromtheendingofyourbook.*Askyourteacheroranart
teacherforanexampleofatangramifyouneedhelp.
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Written
Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1. It’sAllintheMail:Writeandaddresstwofriendlyletterstocharactersinyour
book.
2. QuotableQuotations: Identifyimportantquotationsmadebydifferentbook
characters,andexplainwhyeachquotationisimportantinthestory.
3. ToMarket,ToMarket:Asaliteraryagent,writealettertothepublishingcompany
designedtopersuadethemtopublishthisbook.
4. FastFactCards: ShareinformationfromnonfictionbooksbycreatingsetsofFast
FactCards.Createaminimumof10cards.
5. CatchtheNews: Createanewsreportthathighlightsyourstory’smaincharacters
andevents.
Visual
6. Signed,SealedandDelivered:Writealettertotheauthoraskingquestionsabout
thebookand/orwhatitisliketobeanauthor.
1. PostingPostcards: Pretendyouareacharacterfromyourbookandcreate
postcardstosendtotheirclassmates.
2. Quilt: Createpicturesofdifferentscenesandstitchthemtogethertomakeaquilt.
3. ArtisticTimelines: Studentsvisuallysequenceeventsandcreatetimelines.
4. CrayonConversations: Drawhighlightsfromyourbookasyouretellthestory.
5. StoryTree: Createastorytreelikeafamilytreehighlightingmainideasinthe
branchesandsupportingdetailsintheleaves.
6. Caricature: Createacaricaturethatemphasizesthemaincharacters’personality
withanappropriatebacckground.
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Graphic
Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1. The“What”Chart(3W’s):Listinformationaboutatopicyou’reinterestedinunder
threeheadings.“WhatIknowalready.”“WhatIwanttoknow”and“WhatI’ve
learnedfromreading.”
2. MappingtheWay:Createmapsorplotroutesintheformofamap.Createakey
toclearlyshowthesymbolism.
3. RecipeforaGoodBook: Followarecipeformattoputthemainidea(dish)andthe
supportingideas(ingredients)onanindexcardanddecoratewiththetastydelight.
4. ThePlotChart(SWBS): IdentifyplotelementsandwritethemonaPlotChart.
5. TopTenList: CreateaTopTenListofthethingsyoulearnedfromthisbook.
Technological
6. DoubleBubble:CreateaThinkingMappingcomparingthebooktoanotherbook
youhaveread.
1. Glog:Createyourowninteractiveblogor“glog”atwww.glogster.com.Find
creativewaystoshareyourglog withothers.
2. PreziPresentation:CreateaPowerPointorPreziPresentationatprezi.com.with
informationaboutyourfavoritepartsofthebook,asummaryofthebook,and
otherinterestinginformation. BesuretopresentyournewcreationtoyourARC
cluborclassmates,familyorfriends!
3. BookBlogEntry:Createabookblogandcompleteanentryaboutabookyou’ve
readtowardstheARC.Includeasummaryofthebookandyourpersonalreaction
tothebookinyourentry.Youcancreateafreeblogatwww.blogger.com.Share
yourblogwithfriends,yourARCclub,oryourclass!
4. Cartoon:UsingatoollikeCreaza www.creaza.com orPiki Kidswww.pikikids.com
createacartoonversionofthebook.
5. ShortVideoClipSummary: UsingatoollikePowtoons atwww.powtoons.com or
Animoto atwww.animoto.com
6. BookCharacterAvatar:Createanavatarforabookcharacterusingatoolsuchas
http://avachara.com/avatar/
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Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC) Rubric
4 = Advanced Mastery
3 = Mastery
2 = Nearing Mastery
1 = Emerging
Rating
Portfolio Criteria
Students who receive a rating of 1 or 2 in
a select area will revise their portfolio to
meet the expectations of that area.
Rating
Understanding
Projects display a
variety of creative
approaches. Student
utilizes a specific
project type a maximum
of three times.
Student
demonstrates a clear
knowledge of main
ideas and themes;
evident in all
projects.
Student selects texts
from the prescribed
booklists according to
rules of the ARC (or
receives approval for 23 choice books).
Student
demonstrates a deep
understanding of
themes, events, and
details in the text;
evident in all
projects.
Student interprets
symbols, phrases and
sentences to
understand meaning
of text; evident in all
projects.
Student analyzes text
to express
relationships between
actions, characters,
events or ideas;
evident in all
projects.
Parents, teachers or
ARC leaders may
provide guidance but
reading and project
completion must be
student’s own work.
Student includes a
completed cover page
with each title, type of
creative response, date
completed, and
confirmation signature.
Rating
Presentation
Student work
exemplifies an
effective editing
process. The project
is free from
grammatical or
spelling errors that
would hinder their
message.
Student graphics and
pictures support and
extend their
message.
Student effectively
presents portfolio
projects to peers,
parents, and
teachers.
Student work
depicts the sequence
of events, an
engaging visual
appearance, and
clear and organized
format.
Students explain their
thinking in their own
words – no plagiarized
excerpts from book
reviews or internet
articles.
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Imagine Schools 2016-17
Advanced Reading Challenge
Grades 3-8
Purpose: The goal of the Advanced Reading Challenge is to challenge students to read 25
books over the course of one school year and complete short projects to show what they have
understood from reading.
Student Responsibility: To challenge myself to achieve to the best of my ability, enjoy the
books I read, and encourage my peers to read good literature.
Student Commitment
I, _____________________________________, accept the Advanced Reading Challenge. I
commit to trying to read 25 books from the Advanced Reading Challenge book list. I
understand that these should be books that I have not previously read. I commit to sharing
the story with my teacher, class, parent/guardian, or school group in a creative way and
documenting all books I have read through preparing an ARC Portfolio.
____________________________
Student Signature
________________________
Date
____________________________
School
________________________
Grade
Parent/Guardian Commitment
I, _____________________________________, accept to support my child with the Advanced
Reading Challenge. I am committed to supporting my child in his/her endeavor to read the
determined number of books, complete the portfolio to highlight his/her accomplishments,
and share the books read with his/her class and school community. I will sign to confirm that
my child has read each book.
____________________________
Signature
________________________
Date
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Advanced Reading Challenge
Portfolio Table of Contents Grades 3-8
Name ___________________________________ Grade_______ Teacher__________________
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TitleofBook
Author
Genre
Typeofcreative
Response
Date
Adult’s
Initials
to
confirm
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GoalSetting
Set monthlygoalsforreading:
September:
October:
November:
December:
January:
February:
March:
April:
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Advanced Reading Challenge
Get in the game: READ!
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6
Title
ADVENTURE
The Incredible Journey
The Twenty-One Balloons
The Wind in the Willows
The Jungle Book (Books 1 and 2)
The Princess and the Goblin
The Blue Sword
Brian’s Winter
Hatchet
The Winter Room
Tom's Midnight Garden
Call it Courage
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Rascal
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
BIOGRAPHY
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the
Civil
ChuckRights
Close:Movement
Face Book
Daniel Boone
Lafayette: and the American Revolution
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein
21: The Story of Roberto Clemente
Author
Burnford, Sheila
Du Boise, William Pene
Grahame, Kenneth
Kipling, Rudyard
MacDonald, George
McKinley, Robin
Paulsen, Gary
Paulsen, Gary
Paulsen, Gary
Pearce, Philippa
Sperry, Armstrong
North, Sterling
Paulsen, Gary
Bausum, Ann
Close, Chuck
Daugherty, James
Freedman, Russell
Juan Felipe Herrera
McClafferty, Carla Killough
Petry, Ann
Rubin, Susan Goldman
Santiago, Wilfred
Cesar Chavez: A Hero for Everyone
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
FANTASY
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Unabridged)
Greenwitch
Over Sea, Under Stone
Soto, Gary
Stone, Tanya Lee
Silver on the Tree
The Dark is Rising
The Grey King
The Last Dragon
Cooper, Susan
Cooper, Susan
Cooper, Susan
De Mari, Silvana
Beauty and the Beast (Unabridged)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Unabridged)
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Ordinary Princess
The Hero and the Crown
The Sword in the Stone (Unabridged)
FICTION
Princess Academy
Sing the Body Electric!
A Little Princess (Unabridged)
Virginia Bound
Eilenberg, Max
Green, Roger Lancelyn
Juster, Norton
Kaye, M. M.
McKinley, Robin
White, T.H.
Baum, L. Frank
Carroll, Lewis
Cooper, Susan
Cooper, Susan
Hale, Sharon
Bradbury, Ray
Burnett, Francis Hodgson
Butler, Amy
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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6
Title
Author
A Christmas Carol, Unabridged
Ginger Pye
Dickens, Charles
Estes, Eleanor
Sir Gibbie
Anne of Green Gables
MacDonald, George
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of Ingleside
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of the Island, Unabridged
Anne's House of Dreams
Rainbow Valley
Chain of Fire
The Rescuers
Buried Onions
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Midwife's Apprentice
The Door in the Wall: A Story of Medieval London
I, Juan de Pareja
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Naidoo, Beveryley
Sharp, Margery
Soto, Gary
Slave Dancer*
Across Five Aprils
A Single Shard
Otto of the Silver Hand
Esperanza Rising
The White Stag *
The Diving Bell
John Treegate's Musket
Fox, Paula
Hunt, Irene
Park, Linda Sue
Pyle, Howard
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Seredy, Kate
Strasser, Todd
Wibberley, Leonard
Breaking Stalin's Nose
Yelchin, Eugene
Cushman, Karen
De Angeli, Marguerite
De Trevino, Elizabeth B.
NON-FICTION
The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Syndey Opera House
and Beyond
England: The Land
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright
Ideas and Brand-New Colors
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
Dillon, Patrick and Stephan
Biesty
Banting, Erinn
Barton, Chris
Brooklyn Bridge
Curlee, Lynn
Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island
Invincible Microbe
The Kid's Guide To Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing
It, Sharing It
Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
Hampton, Wilborn
Murphy, Jim and Alison Blank
Otfinoski, Steven
Burns, Loree Griffin
Burns, Loree Griffin
Wulffson, Don. L
LEGENDS AND MYTHS
Fairy Tales
A Pride of Princesses: Princess Tales from Around the World
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (could count as two books)
Just So Stories
The Complete Fairy Tales
Andersen, Hans Christian
Climo, Shirley
Kingsland, L.W. (translation)
Kipling, Rudyard
Perrault, Charles
The Titan's Curse
Riordan, Rick
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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6
Title
MEMOIR
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944
My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
MYSTERY
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Unabridged
The Westing Game
The Bad Beginning Book #1 A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Reptile Room Book #2 A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Slippery Slope Book #10 Series of Unfortunate Events
The Wide Window Book #3 A Seriesof Unfortunate Events
The Egypt Game
Daddy Long-Legs
NON-FICTION
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future
of Girls in America
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian
Dignity and Beauty
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an
American Friendship
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a
Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
Pearl Harbor Warriors
Photography: An Illustrated History
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed the Apollo 11 on the Moon
Author
Siegal, Aranka
Webb, Sophie
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Raskin, Ellen
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snynder, Zipha Keatley
Webster, Jean
Blumenthal, Karen
Bragg, Georgia
Burgan, Michael
Cerullo, Mary M.
Freedman, Russell
Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan
Janeczko, Paul
Macy, Sue
Nicholson, Dorinda and Larry
Nicholson
Sandler, Martin
Thimmesh, Catherine
Pharaoh's Boat
POETRY
Poems
Hughes, Langston
Let America Be America Again
REALISTIC FICTION
Summer of the Swans
Not Without Laughter
Becoming Naomi Leon
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Accidental Love
Help Wanted: Stories
The Afterlilfe
Weitzman, David L.
Under the Persimmon Tree
SCIENCE FICTION
The Tripods: The White Mountains
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Frost, Robert
Hughes, Langston
Hughes, Langston
Byars, Betsy
Hughes, Langston
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Sonnenblick, Jordan
Soto, Gary
Soto, Gary
Soto, Gary
Christopher, John
AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures the textual difficulty of a whole book, not just a single passage
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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6
Title
Author
Interest Level: LG=Lower Grades (K-3), MG=Middle Grades (4-8), UG=Upper Grades (9-12):
Maturity level of a book's content, ideas, and themes based on publisher's recommendations about the content.
All classic books should be read in an unabridged form unless otherwise noted.
Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the 2016 - 2017 School Year.
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