Summer Reading Assignment Junior High Assignment: 1. Literary Text​
: Read one book that you have not read before from the attached list. 2. Informational Text​
: Choose a current event (cultural, political, social, religious) from the summer and summarize it in at least a paragraph. Choose and read three credible sources about the event. These should be cited with your project in MLA format. These assignments will be due the first week of school on Friday, August 21. Any questions should be asked of a classmate first, then emailed to Mrs. Montiel ​
and Mr. Donohue. Then engage each text by one of the following (different choices for each): ● In an essay, respond to the following quote:​
Sir Francis Bacon said, “Some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed
and digested.” Apply this quote to one of the books read.
● Create a storyboard or a comic strip​
for the major events in the story. Be
sure
that the illustrations explain the story clearly. Do not include every detail –
only those that are necessary to understand the actions and plot.
● Create a film poster for your book.​
Imagine that your book has been made into a movie. How would you create a poster that shows something significant about the plot, tone, and/or theme of the story while simultaneously attracting a big audience? What famous actors would best play the rolls? Who would direct it? On the back of your poster, include a fictional review from a movie critic.
● Create an iMovie, Animoto, Prezi, or PowerPoint​
about your book.
PowerPoints must include more than 6 but no more than 10 slides. You may
post your work on Edmodo when it is complete or provide the link to your
work when complete. Your project must include references to major
characters, major conflicts, setting, and theme of the book.
● Create a Facebook page​
for one of the main characters of your summer
reading book. Use this link: ​
Fakebook
● Watch the 90 second video tutorial.
● Check out some of the completed pages.
● Follow the instructions to complete your own character page, but
remember to save your work. You can go back and edit.
i. Your Fakebook page must include a profile of the
character, at least 3 friends, and at least 5 posts
referencing events in the book.
● Make sure to save your URL, so that you can share your page with the
class when school resumes in August.
● Bring a printed version to school on the first day of class.
●
Create a collage​
about your book ​
on construction paper or cardboard the
size of standard construction paper.​
The collage should include, but is not
​
limited the following:
● Words that relate to the characters, conflict, theme, events, ​
and
setting
● Pictures and/or clip art relating to the characters, conflict, theme,
events, ​
and​
setting
● The entire background must be filled. (​
tearing your pix is suggested over
cutting)
● Create a time line​
of the major events in the story. You may use visuals as
well as words. You must have at least 10 events from the story but no more
than 15, so make good choices.
● Write a paragraph for ​
two​
of the following questions (one paragraph
for each question chosen-at least six typed sentences):
● Which event in the book would you change? Why?
● Which character was your favorite? Compare this character to
yourself or to a character from another book.
● What did you learn from this book-the theme, the life lesson?
● What would you say to the author of this book if you could talk to
him/her?
● Create a diary or journal.​
Imagine that you are a character from the book
and write a diary/journal for the character explaining the events of the story
as seen from his or her point of view. You must have at least 5 entries. . This
assignment requires that the student show a keen awareness of what drives
the character-the character’s personality, the character’s needs, fears,
dreams and motivations.
● Include what happens as well as how the character felt during this
time.
● Include any questions the character may have had at the time.
● The entries must be in chronological order and follow actual events in
the book.
● Each entry should be clearly written using grade level vocabulary​
.
Each entry must be a minimum of at least 10 sentences.
● Although not required, you may add clipart, your own art, or pictures
Book List 1984 ​
by George Orwell
A Long Walk to Water​
by Linda Sue Park
A View from Saturday​
by E.L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time​
by Madeleine L’Engle
Animal Farm​
by George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables​
by L.M. Montgomery
Any book from the author Brian Jacques Redwall Abby Series
Any of the ​
Artemis Fowl Series​
by Eoin Colfer
Any of the ​
Harry Potter Books​
by J.K Rowling
Belle Prater’s Boy​
by Ruth White
Bud, Not Buddy or The Mighty Miss Malone​
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee​
by Aidan Quinn
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch​
by Jean Lee Latham
Crash or Loser ​
by Jerry Spinelli
Death Comes for the Archbishop​
by Willa Cather
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie ​
​
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Eragon or Inheritance​
by Christopher Paolini
Fahrenheit 451​
by Ray Bradbury
Firegirl ​
by Tony Abbot
Great Expectations​
by Charles Dickens
Heart of a Samurai​
by Margi Preus
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings​
by Maya Angelou
Johnny Tremain​
by Esther Forbes (historical fiction)
Kira-Kira​
by Cynthia Kadohata
Little Women ​
by Louisa May Alcott
Maniac Magee, Crash, or Loser​
by Jerry Spinelli
Middle School: Get Me Out of Here​
by James Patterson and Chris Tebbets
Middle School:The Worst Years of My Life​
by James Patterson and Chris Tebbets
Moon over Manifest​
by Clare Vanderpool
October Sky or Rocket Boys​
by Homer Hickam
Oliver Twist​
by Charles Dickens
On My Honor ​
by Marion Dane Bauer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn​
by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer​
by Mark Twain
The Chosen​
by Chaim Potock
The Chronicles of Narnia (​
any one of the series which starts with​
the Magician’s
Nephew)​
by C.S. Lewis
The City of Ember​
(1st in a 3 book series) by Jeanne DuPrau
The Contender or The Brave​
by Robert Lipsyte
The Diary of a Young Girl​
by Anne Frank
The Giver, Gathering Blue, or Messenger​
by Lois Lowry
The Hound of the Baskervilles ​
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lord of the Rings​
by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg​
by Rodman Philbrick
The Old Man and the Sea​
by Ernest Hemingway
The Prince and the Pauper​
by Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage​
by Stephen Crane
The Red Pony​
by John Steinbeck
The Twenty-One Balloons​
by William Pene du Bois
The Underdogs, Hero, or Heat​
by Mike Lupica
The Underneath​
by Kathi Appelt
The Wanderer or Walk Two Moons​
by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond or Sign of the Beaver​
by Elizabeth George Speare
Treasure Island​
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Twenty-One Balloons​
by William Pene du Bois
Walk Two Moons or Heartbeat ​
by Sharon Creech
We Are the Ship or Heart and Soul​
by Kadir Nelson
For approval of another book, email Mr. Donohue AND Mrs. Montiel.