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Instructions
The Summer Reading Program is designed to foster enjoyment of reading, to expose students to a variety of genres, and to encourage independent reading. It is intended to help students maintain the reading proficiencies acquired during the school year. Students entering grades 6, 7, & 8 are required to read at least two books. One selection must come from the grade-level list. The titles have been selected to appeal to a wide variety of student interests and reading levels. Students then must select a second book. This book does not have to appear on the Summer Reading List and it should be a book of their choice. Books can be found at the Framingham Public Libraries, at the Framingham middle school libraries, and at area book stores. BOOK ONE From the Summer Reading List BOOK TWO Free Choice or From the Summer Reading List The book should be at an appropriate reading level (See A Checklist for Choosing A Just Right Book for Independent Reading included in this packet) Reading the sequel (or prequel) to a book on the list is acceptable.
Expectations: Complete a graphic organizer for each book read. A single copy of each is attached. - Use the STORY MAP for a fiction choice - Use the BOOK RESPONSE for a nonfiction selection The story map(s) and/or book response sheet(s) will serve as the summer reading assessment. It will be due during the first full week of school.
Title
Return to Sender (fiction) After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter. When he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders. Hope was Here (fiction) 16-year-old Hope and her aunt unexpectedly become involved in a campaign to oust their new towns corrupt mayor. Shift (fiction) When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross-country bicycle trek the summer after graduating from high school and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (fiction) Genius Cammie Morgan begins the spring semester of her sophomore year with many questions about her ex-boyfriend, mother, and the last term, and intends to use her spying abilities to have them answered. The Supernaturalist (fiction) In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from an abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans. The Hunger Games (fiction) Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death. King of Shadows (fiction) While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself. Romiette and Julio (fiction) Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after becoming friends on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating. No More Dead Dogs (fiction) Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Bauer, Joan
Bradbury, Jennifer
Carter, Ally
Colfer, Eoin
Collins, Suzanne
Cooper, Susan
Draper, Sharon
Korman, Gordon
Myers, Walter
Paulsen, Gary
Preller, James
Robinson, Sharon
Schmidt, Gary D.
Swanson, James
Westerfield, Scott
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CHARACTERS
Name the protagonist and give a brief description.
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Identify and briefly describe another character and tell why s/he is important to the story.
SETTING
Describe the setting and tell why it is important to the story.
THEME
Explain the theme (message or main idea) of the story.
PLOT/SUMMARY
1. Describe the beginning events in the story (rising action).
2. Explain the conflict. Is it internal (man vs. self) or external (man vs. man, nature, society)?
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Your Thinking
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Book Advertisement
On the back of this sheet, write an advertisement about your book. Include a brief summary, why you recommend the book, and your favorite part. No visual is required. (8-10 sentences) 6
Lastly, if you are reading the text and you. ___Understand and enjoy the topic (can tell a friend whats happening from each chapter) ___Can read the sentences aloud smoothly/fluently (as fast as you speak in a conversation) ___Find just a few places (less than 4 words per page) where you have to think about what the meaning of a word might be, Then, you are reading a just right book.