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Summer Reading Packet 2019 Incoming 8th Graders
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Summer Reading Packet 2019
Incoming 8th Graders
Dear Future 8th Grade Student, Congratulations on finishing the 7th grade school year! We know you are looking forward to a fun and eventful summer. Whether you’ll be hanging out with friends, going to the beach, pool, or on a road trip, don’t forget to pack a good book. Reading can be fun too! Reading regularly is important to improving your reading, writing, and thinking skills. We want to make sure that you’re ready for the challenges ahead in 8th grade, so this summer, we challenge you to read 5 books . If you read every day for at least 30 minutes, you’ll accomplish that goal, no problem! What do you have to read? You can read any type of book you choose: non-fiction, novels, comic books, and religious books. One of the books that you complete the assignments for must be a fiction novel. Just make sure it is grade appropriate . On the first day of school, submit the assignments in this packet (yes, you WILL be rewarded for this accomplishment!). This project will be your first ELA grade for 8th grade! Have fun, but be sure to get it done. Don’t wait until the week before school begins. I’ve attached a list of some GREAT recommended book choices. Also, check out your local library for FREE titles to borrow! Happy reading! Your ELA Teachers
Recommended Titles Planet Tad By Tim Carvell, Doug Holgate Tad has an agenda: Survive seventh grade. He also wants to: grow a mustache, get girls to notice him, and do a kickflip on his skateboard. . . .But those are not the main reasons he started a blog. Tad just has a lot of important thoughts he wants to share with the world, like: Here is the first thing I have learned about having a dog in your house: Don't feed them nachos. Not ever.
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker during the evenings.
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
Facing starvation, fifteen year old Victor Flores leaves his family’s farm in Mexico and heads north hoping to “cross the wire” into the United States in search of work and a paycheck that he can send back to his family. Without the money to pay coyote smugglers, he must make the dangerous journey on his own any way he can, by stowing away on trains and trucks, and enduring extreme heat and cold as he hikes across the Arizona desert.
The Lions of Little Rock By Kristin Levine Two girls separated by race form an unbreakable bond during the tumultuous integration of Little Rock schools in 1958. Twelve-year-old Marlee doesn't have many friends until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is bold and brave, and always knows the right thing to say, especially to Sally, the resident mean girl. Liz even helps Marlee overcome her greatest fear- speaking, which Marlee never does outside her family. But then Liz is gone, replaced by the rumor that she was a Negro girl passing as white. But Marlee decides that doesn't matter. Liz is her best friend. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are willing to take on integration and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families. Under the Mesquite By Guadalupe Garcia McCall Lupita, a budding actor and poet in a close-knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's battle with cancer. When Lupita learns Mami has cancer, she is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of her close-knit family. Suddenly, being a high school student, starring in a play, and dealing with friends who don't always understand, become less important than doing whatever she can to save Mami's life. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Booked By Kwame Alexander Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer, and he and his best friend Coby have big plans for winning the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup, the renowned world youth soccer tournament, even though they will be playing on opposing teams. Besides the big game, Nick has a lot of other things on his mind. For one thing, his mother wants to move away to pursue her dream of training race horses, and his linguistics professor father is pressuring him to improve his vocabulary by reading the dictionary. Throw in the twin eighth-grade tyrants who relentlessly want to pound him and weekly lessons at Miss Quattlebaum's School of Ballroom Dance & Etiquette, and his life at Langston Hughes Magnet School of the Arts is pretty hectic. But school is also where "the Mac" can be found, Langston's resident rapping, dragonfly-loving, red mohawk-wearing librarian and Nick's favorite adult. And then there's April, Nick's current crush.
Culloo By Murielle Cyr TALA can't wait to be thirteen; then no one better tell her what to do. Her nosey neighbor is always checking up on her, and now the Welfare Officer is knocking on her door again and her father isn't home to answer. Tala only has a few hours to find her missing father before she and her brother, DASON, get placed in a foster home.
Sold By Patricia McCormick Lakshmi’s stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at “Happiness House” full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. The Crossover By Kwame Alexander "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood. Schooled By Gordon Korman Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a school counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark By Alvin Schwartz
Are you brave enough for Scary Stories? Some boys and girls were at a party one night. There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was. "Don't ever stand on a grave after dark," one of
the boys said. "The person inside will grab you." "A grave doesn't scare me," said one of the girls. "I'll do it right now. . . ."
SUMMER READING LOG FOR FICTION BOOK
Complete the chart for one character in your fiction novel. You will hand in this worksheet, along with the vocabulary worksheet, for a grade at the start of school. Title and author of the book: ____________________________________________________ Character’s Name: _______________________________________________________
Topic
Responses
Quote/Evidence from the Book
Page Numbers
Main Conflict (What’s the main problem for the character you chose?)
Main Motivation (WHY does the character do what he/she does in the novel?)
Personality of your character (Words you’d use to describe him
or her and why)
What does your character say in the novel that affects the plot?
How does your character change by the end of the book? (How does his or her thinking or behavior change and why?)
What are your reactions to the character? (WHY do you like or dislike him or her?)
SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT FOR
FICTION BOOK VOCABULARY PORTION
Create your own personal vocabulary log for the FICTION book that you read. Follow the directions below:
1. Choose FOUR unfamiliar words from your novel. 2. Write each word’s part of speech and definition. Be sure to use the definition and part
of speech that represents how the word is being used in the story. 3. Write one synonym and one antonym for each word. 4. Write out the sentence in which each word appears in the novel. 5. Write your own, original sentence for each word.
Example: Malady: noun Definition: any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic Synonym: illness Antonym: healthy Story Sentence: He entered, at some length, into what he conceived to be the nature of his malady. (page 140) Original Sentence: When we took my sister to the hospital because she had a malady that affected her breathing, the doctor told us that she had asthma.
Word 1: ____________________________ Part of speech ______________
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Synonym: _________________________ Antonym: __________________________
Sentence from the novel (and page number): ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Original Sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word 2: ____________________________ Part of speech ______________
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Synonym: _________________________ Antonym: __________________________ Sentence from the novel (and page number): ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Original Sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________
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Word 3: ____________________________ Part of speech ______________
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Synonym: _________________________ Antonym: __________________________ Sentence from the novel (and page number): ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Original Sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________
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Word 4: ____________________________ Part of speech ______________
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Synonym: _________________________ Antonym: __________________________ Sentence from the novel (and page number): ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Original Sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________
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SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT FOR FICTION BOOK BOOK REVIEW
Background: Book reviews typically evaluate recently-written works. They offer a brief description of the text’s key points and often provide a short appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the work. Task: Choose one book from your summer reading and write a book review. In your book review, you should capture theme (central idea), the conflict the characters face, and how that conflict was resolved. To further enhance your review of the book, you will evaluate the characters. You may discuss their strengths and weaknesses or flaws as well as make judgements on the effectiveness of the book as a whole. Any text evidence you use in this review can be paraphrased. Book Review Criteria:
❏ Identifies the following about the book: ❏ Author ❏ Title ❏ Genre ❏ Theme (Central Idea)
❏ Provides a brief plot summary of the text (GIST) ❏ Characters ❏ Conflict ❏ Resolution
❏ Evaluation of the character strengths and weaknesses/flaws ❏ Comments on the effectiveness of the work as a whole. Why does the book resonate
with you? ❏ Use writing conventions properly (spelling, grammar, mechanics, etc.) ❏ At least 3 well developed paragraphs
❏ Hooks the audience and maintains engagement and focus ❏ Original title for your book review ❏ Typed and printed or neatly handwritten on looseleaf
SUMMER READING PROJECT GRADING CHECKLIST AND RUBRIC
❏ Read at least 4 books ❏ Title 1: _______________________________________________ ❏ Title 2: _______________________________________________ ❏ Title 3: _______________________________________________ ❏ Title 4: _______________________________________________
❏ Novel Log ❏ Vocabulary Log (4 entries) ❏ Book Review
Content Organization Writing Mechanics
4 – Followed all directions, completed all tasks, and included strong, specific examples from the book to support all required book elements. Explanations are thorough and well-expressed. Includes creative interpretation of task and more elements than required for a score of 3.
4 – Ideas are strongly developed and organized in a logical, creative and effective structure throughout the project. Effective and specific style enhances project’s effect on audience.
4 – Demonstrates and maintains a highly developed command of standard English conventions with very few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Often conventions add to meaning and creativity of project.
3 – Followed all directions and included specific examples from the book to support all required book elements. Explanations are thorough and well-expressed.
3 – Ideas are developed and organized in a logical structure throughout the project. Effective, grade appropriate style is maintained.
3 – Demonstrates and maintains a developed command of standard English conventions with few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
2 – Followed directions and included some examples from the book to support required book elements. Some of the tasks may be incomplete. Explanations are expressed, but are lacking details.
2 – Ideas are developed and organized in a logical structure, but it is not maintained throughout the project. Effective style is not maintained throughout project.
2 – Demonstrates some control of developed command of standard English conventions with some errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
1 – Followed directions but included few examples from the book to support book elements. Attempts at explanations are expressed, but are lacking details and support from the text. Many of the tasks are incomplete or not attempted.
1 – Ideas are not developed or organized in a logical structure. Little to no thought is put into the structure of the project. Style is not developed.
1 – Demonstrates little or no control of developed command of standard English conventions with many errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
