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Highland Oaks Middle School
Summer Reading List 2016
Regular and Advanced Students, 6th Grade Gifted and
(There is a separate list and activities
ESOL Levels 2, 3, and 4
for Gifted Students.)
**"'*Books will be available at the school book store by the middle of May.***
It is mandatory that all students select and read one book from their grade level and then
complete a series of assignments
The assignments
administered
found on the back of this paper.
will be due Friday, September
2, 2016.
the second week of school, August 29
th
date will be determined
A multiple
September
-
choice
quiz will
2nd. The actual
be
quiz
by the student"s language arts teacher.
All books should be avai.lable at the school store but are also available at Amazon and as
an E-book. You can contact
you are interested
the PTSA school store to see if they have copies of the book
in purchasing.
You can reach the PTSA' at [email protected].
6th Grade Students - Regular, Advanced, Gifted and ESOL
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Title
Genre
Author
I Realistic
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I Walk Two
I Sharon
Moons
lPercy Jackson and the Olympians:
Thief
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I Rick
The Lighting
Creech
Riordan
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Fiction
Adventure
I Realistic Fiction
I Myths and Legends
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7th Grade
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Sea Monsters:
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Percy Jackson and the
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Olympians-Bk 2
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Mystery
! Myths and Legends
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8th Grade
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I John Green
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I Margaret Peterson. i Fictionl
Title
I Paper Towns
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I The Titan"s Curse:
I OlympiC!ns Bk 3
Percy Jackson and the
I Survival
I Haddix
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1_ Virginia
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: Myths and Legends
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ACTIVITIES
. Directions:
After reading the book, aU students
then select THREE additional
activities
11 notebook paper or copy paper.
are required to answer the questions
t~ complete.
All activities
Completed activities
in Part A and
should be completed
on 81/2 X
will be due to your language arts teacher
Friday, September 2,2016.
Part A - Answer all of the following
1.
questions.
Write the names of the most important
characters
in the story.
2. When and where does the story seem to take place?
determine
the place (setting)
3. Write about something
7 sentences.
What clues in the story did you use to
and the time the story took' place?
interesting
that happened in the story.
You many not use more than
One happening in the story is enough, and not too many details.
4. Who was the protagonists
(the good guy) and the antagonists
(dvals, enemies)?
5. What was the climax (high point) of the story? .
Part B - Complete three of the following
activities.
1. What did the author want you to think about the main character?
made you think this is what the author wanted you to think?
why you think
as you do about the main character?
2. What was the cause of anyone
something
What things in the story
In other words, can you prove
happen?
of the happenings in the story?
Was it something
In other words, what made
someone did, or said, or something that just
happened?
3. Write a summary
4. Illustrate
of the story.
two different
5. Think of a situation
(no more than two pages)
scenes (parts) of the book.
that happened to a person in the story and decide whether you would
have done the same thing he/she did or something different.
Tell what you might have done
in the same situation.
6. Make an illustrated
dictionary
for 10 NEW words you found in the book as you read.
7. Make a map Showing the setting
of the book.
8. Write a poem about the story, one of the characters,
9. Design a poster to promote the book.
1O.lnterview
one of tin! characters
or event in the story.
(Remember - use 8 1/2 X 11 paper)
in the book. Write 10 to 15 questions and write the
answers from the point of view of one of the characters.
11. Judge the main character's
differently.
Think carefully
12. Write a presentation
school library.
in the story and describe how you might have acted
to the school librarian recommending
Defend your recommendation
13. Choose a character
him/her?
actions
about your decisions and justify
your answer.
your book for inclusion
from the book and tell what you think about that person.
Why or why not? Would you like to have that person as a friend?
Be specific
in the
appropriately.
Do you like
Why:or why not?
and use examples to defend your decision.
14. What part of the story was the funniest?
Most exciting?
Saddest?
15. Put 10 to 15 key events in the story on a timeline.
16. Think abput the story.
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Write five (5) new titles for the story that would give others a good
idea about the story.
NOTE: If you choose an activity
that requires you to illustrate
DO NOT COPY the original cover of the book.
something from the book,
The work must be your own.
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Summer Reading Cover Sheet
Name:
Date: September 2, 2016
Language Arts Teacher:
Period:
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Remember - there will be a qui z given the week of August 29th to September 2nd•
Your teacher will give you the exact date.
Directions:
Attach your sum me r reading assignments to this cover sheet.
Organize the assig nments in the order of the check list below.
Then check the sp ace next to the number of the assignments
you completed.
Last, uae one staple to attach your ~ctivities
to the cover sheet.
Remember, all acti vities should be completed on paper measuring 81/2 X 11.
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Part A - ALL students are to co mplete Part A.
I Part A Questions
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Part B - Check the three assign ments you completed.
just the beginning for i dentification
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(The complete assignment is not listed,
purposes.)
What did the author want you to think about the main character? ••••
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What was the cause of anyone of the happenings in the story? ••
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Write a summary of t he story. (not more than two pages)
4
Illustrate
two differe nt scenes (parts) of the book.
5
Think of a situation t hat happened to a person in the story and decide whether you •••
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Make an illustrated
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Make a map showing the setting of the book.
d ictionary
for 10 NEW words •••
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Write a poem about t he story, one of the characters,
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Design a poster to pr omote the book.
10
Interview
one of the characters
or event in the story.
in the book.
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Judge the main char acter's actions in the story and describe how you might •••
12
Write a presentation
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Choose a character f rom the book and tell what you think about that person ••••
14
What part of the sto ry was the funniest?
15
Put 10 to 15 key eve nts in the story on a tlmellne,
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Think about the story • Write five new titles for the story that would give you a good•••
to the school librarian recommending your book for inclusion •••
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Most exciting?
Saddest?