Summer Reading Program 2014

1. Pick up your Summer Reading Bookmark from your classroom

teacher

2. Go to your local public library

3. Using the list below, choose a book of interest and appropriate level

that you would like to read

4. Read your book

5. Complete the Book Report or Advertisement Poster for credit in

your next English class

6. Return your book to your local public library

7. While you are there, you should check out another book to read!

8. Submit your assignment to your teacher in September

Summer Reading Activity: Grades 4-6

Write a book report for a Fiction or Non-Fiction book you have read over the summer. This

report should include: Four paragraphs in which you discuss the theme (main Idea) of the book,

the setting and the main character and the changes or struggle he or she goes through and a brief

summary of the major events of the book. You may include and illustration of your favorite

part of the book with an explanation why that is your favorite part.

Name_____________________________________ Date

Your book report is due on the first day of school. For full credit, you will need to follow all directions.

Your report may be handwritten or typed.

FOR NARRATIVE NON FICTION AND FICTION BOOKS

(These are books that tell a story and involve a main character.)

MOST BOOKS WILL FALL IN TO THIS CATEGORY!!!

Paragraph 1 should introduce the book. It should tell the title, author, and the

setting (time and place).

Paragraph 2 should focus on the plot of the book, especially emphasizing the

major conflicts (issues). You should tell the major events of the text and describe

what the main character goes through, and/or what they are trying to achieve. This

paragraph will naturally be longer than your first paragraph, since you are writing a

summary of the main events of the book.

Paragraph 3 will focus on the characters of your book. You should describe the

main characters. . You should also describe one character (a character who learned

something or changed) and explain how and why that character changed.

Paragraph 4 is your conclusion, in which you should review the book that you

read. In this paragraph, you should tell your opinion of the book and why you

would or would not recommend it to your friends to read.

FOR NON FICTION BOOKS

(These are books that discuss a topic, usually historical or scientific)

Paragraph 1- should introduce the book. It should tell the title, author, the

genre, and the topic. You should also tell why you chose this topic to read

about.

Paragraph 2- should tell about what you have learned from the book.

You should tell the major facts (4-5) and why they are interesting or

important. This paragraph will naturally be longer than your first

paragraph, since you are writing a summary of the main facts of the book.

Paragraph 3- This will focus on the vocabulary in the text. Choose 3

words that you learned from the text or by researching the topic that you

thought were interesting. Write the words and the meaning that you

learned in your words.

Paragraph 4- Would you recommend this book to a friend or family

member? Why or why not?

2014 SUMMER SCHOLARS READING PROGRAM: FICTION BOOK REPORT

Name__________________________________________________ Date_______________________________

Book Title: _____________________________________________Author: ____________________________________

Theme: (What was the recurring idea or lesson in the text)

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Setting: (Where and when did the book take place and how does it help you understand the story)

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Point of View (Who is telling the Story): ______________________________________ _______________________

Describe the main character: __________________________________________________________________________

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Summary of the story (What was the book basically about)

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Describe your favorite part of the book

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Would you recommend this book to someone else in your class? Why would you tell them to read it?

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2014 SUMMER SCHOLARS READING PROGRAM: NON-FICTION BOOK

REPORT

Name__________________________________________________ Date_______________________________

Book Title: _____________________________________________Author: ____________________________________

Topic: (What was this book about?)

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Describe the text features you noticed in this book.

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How did those features help you understand the book?

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Summarize the book (What were the main points?)

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What was the most interesting thing you learned from this book?

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Would you recommend this book to someone else in your class? Why would you tell them to read it?

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4th

, 5th

, and 6th

Grade Summer Reading Options

Roy, Ron. The Absent Author

Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous

mystery author Wallis Wallace.

Kibuishi, Kazu. Amulet

After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by

a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into

the magical world below their home.

Applegate, Katherine. Animorphs : The Invasion

The Earth is being invaded, but no one knows about it. When Jake, Rachel,

Tobias, Cassie, and Marco stumble upon a downed alien spaceship and its dying

pilot, they're given an incredible power -- they can transform into any animal they

touch. With it, they become Animorphs, the unlikely champions in a secret war

for the planet.

Hudson-Goff, Elizabeth. Anne Frank

A brief biography of Anne Frank in graphic format descibing how she and her

Jewish family were forced into hiding and later taken to the death camps by Nazis

during World War II.

Blume, Judy. Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-

old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

Tan, Shaun. The Arrival

In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new

country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.

Holm, Jennifer L. Babymouse

An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an

invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party.

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi,

Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog

Winn-Dixie.

Smith, Jeff. Bone

Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of their home, Boneville,

and become separated in the wilds, but better fortune begins when Fone meets a

young girl named Thorn.

Norton, Mary. The Borrowers

Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the

humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.

Barnes, Derrick D. Brand-New School, Brave New Ruby

Eight-year-old Ruby Booker is headed to a new school where her older brothers

rule; however, Ruby has big plans to change that.

Preller, James. The Case of the Class Clown

Clever, funny detectives Jigsaw Jones and Mila Yeh solve mysteries in shool and

out.

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy

Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own

way.

Maddox, Jake. Cheer Challenge

Amanda is thrilled when she is selected to be the captain of the cheerleading

squad, but soon learns that the job is harder than she thought.

Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret,

eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her

father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

Simon, Seymour. Comets, meteors, and asteroids

Explains the wonders of space, comets, asteroids, extraterrestrial objects, and

meteors.

Osborne, Mary Pope. A Crazy Day with Cobras

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in

the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.

Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in

coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally

finding his own place in the world.

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Greg Heffley's Journal

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best

friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily,

hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take

drastic measures to save their friendship.

Odgers, Darrel. Dog Den Mystery

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn't care. Then someone steals his

squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red's ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is

the thief of Doggeroo?.

Bergen, Lara. Drama Queen

Charlie and her best friend Nicole find that participating in the school play is a lot

more challenging than they originally thought.

Buckley, Michael. The Fairy-Tale Detectives

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric

grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

Philip, Neil. Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Retells twenty of the Grimm Brother's fairy tales including "The Frog Prince,"

"Rumpelstiltskin," "The Fisherman and His Wife," and "The Golden Goose.".

Silverstein, Shel. Falling Up : Poems and Drawings

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

Heuvel, Eric. A Family Secret

While searching his Dutch grandmother's attic for yard sale items, Jeroen finds a

scrapbook which leads Gran to tell of her experiences as a girl living in

Amsterdam during the Holocaust, when her father was a Nazi sympathizer and

Esther, her Jewish best friend, disappeared.

Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Two suburban children run away from their Connecticut home and go to New

York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where their ingenuity enables them to live in

luxury.

Patrick, Jean L. S. The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth

A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional

baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees best hitters, Babe Ruth and

Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931.

Wesley, Valerie Wilson. How to Lose Your Class Pet

When third-grader Willimena loses the class pet, her teacher helps her to

understand that responsibility means doing one's best, and that animals can't

always be controlled.

Banks, Lynne Reid. The Indian in the Cupboard

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his

birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in

the cupboard and befriends him.

West, Tracey. Island of the Giant Pokémon.

Pikachu and Ash find themselves stranded on an island inhabited by giant

Pokémons when their cruise ship is wrecked.

Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook

Jazmin, an African-American teenager who lives with her older sister in a small

Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a

record of the events in her sometimes difficult life.

McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody

Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an

assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her

masterpiece, the Me collage.

Cameron, Ann. Julian, Secret Agent

When Julian, his little brother Huey, and their friend Gloria decide to be "crime

busters," they find themselves in one adventure after another.

Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle Book

Accounts of a courageous youngster and formidable creatures of the Indian jungle

abound in this series of 14 imaginative tales. Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack,

learns the lore of the jungle from its inhabitants; Rikki-tikki-tavi, a brave

mongoose, defeats a deadly cobra, and more.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Remember when it was scary to go to school? In the 1st Junie B. Jones book, it's

Junie B.'s first day and she doesn't know anything. She's so scared of the school

bus and the meanies on it that when it's time to go home, she doesn't.

Spinelli, Jerry. Knots in my Yo-Yo String : The Autobiography of a Kid.

This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his

childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Mazer, Anne. Knowledge is Power

Abby Hayes's expectations for sixth grade are shaken on the first day when she

makes a blunder that threatens to follow her throughout the year.

Himekawa, Akira. The Legend of Zelda

Link embarks on a quest to deliver the spiritual stone of the forest to Zelda,

princess of the land of Hyrule, while encountering many dangers and fighting

evil.

Davies, Jacqueline. The Lemonade War

Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will

be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they

battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100

dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful

lemonade stand.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London School, is left in poverty when her

father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Krosoczka, Jarrett. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians

The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians

bent on destroying a shipment of video game systems, while a group of students

known as the Breakfast Bunch provides backup.

Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee : A Novel

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he

accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Tripp, Valerie. Meet Molly : An American Girl

While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of

change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge

on her brother for ruining her Halloween.

MacHale, D. J. The Merchant of Death

Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, having learned he is a Traveler--someone

who can ride "flumes" through time and space, is soon off to the alternative

dimension of Denduron where he teams up with Loor, a girl his age from the

warrior-territory of Zadaa, in an attempt to save the gentle Milago people from

slavery.

DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson to the Rescue

After Mercy the pig spends the night in the Watson's bed, all three awaken with

the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor and it is up to Mercy to

save them.

Pyle, Howard. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood : Of Great Renown, in

Nottinghamshire The adventures of the outlaw Robin Hood and his merry men as they evade the

King and overcome many a foe in Sherwood Forest.

DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is

separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country,

acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.

Stine, R. L. Monster Blood III

Evan's plan to get back at his cousin Kermit for his practical jokes backfires and

he finds himself turning into a giant.

Kinney, Sarah. Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew

Eight-year-old Nancy Drew teams up with friends Bess and George to determine

who is responsible for the theft of the model volcanoes the students have built for

a school project and why they were taken.

Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on

her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the

Depression.

Craddock, Erik. Pirate Palooza

When Stone Rabbit and Andy Wolf try to use a pirate's peg leg to repair a table,

they awaken its former owner, Barnacle Bob, who makes them part of his ghost

pirate crew.

Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Presents the further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third

grade.

Wood, David. Roald Dahl's The Witches : A Set of Plays

Real witches -- The tree-house witch -- The grand high witch -- The witches'

annual meeting -- The boy-mouse -- The boy-mouse defeats the witches -- So

long as somebody loves you. Presents seven short plays based on Roald Dahl's

story about a little boy who stumbles upon a witches' convention, and includes

tips on staging, costumes, and props.

Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa

A brief illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in

Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black

community.

Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy

Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to

discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and

plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.

Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters

Seventh-grader Percy Jackson has recently discovered that he is the son of

Poseidon, making him half human and half god, and along with his a demigod and

a satyr friend, must save his beloved Camp Half-Blood from evil forces

determined to destroy it.

Telgemeier, Raina. Smile

The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front

teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all

while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.

McDonald, Megan. Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink

Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to

enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

Krulik, Nancy E. Super Burp!

When fourth-grader George starts at a new school, he vows to become a model

student instead of the class clown he has always been, but just as his plan is going

really well, he is overtaken by a magic burp that turns him back into a mischief-

maker.

Russell, Rachel Renée. Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker

Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her

school's "sweetheart dance.".

Sachar, Louis. There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself

when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

Sachar, Louis. Wayside School is Falling Down.

More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside

School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom

Surprise, and study a hobo during Show and Tell.

Dowell, Frances O'Roark. Where I'd Like To Be

A group of foster children build a home of their own.

Paulsen, Gary. The Winter Room

A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes

around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost

mythological logging past.

Yolen, Jane. Wizard's Hall

A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and

believing in himself.

Roberts, M. L. World's Weirdest Sea Creatures

Discusses the life and habits of strange and exotic sea creatures such as the eel, the

wolf fish, and others.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time

Meg and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for

Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the

government.