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| Date: Thu 06/26/08 11:35AM
From: Courtni
Message: Middle School Summer Reading!
New England Academy
Summer Reading
2008
Middle School (6/7/8)
In addition to the project below, middle school students should also pass in the following;
•10 new vocabulary words and definitions taken from the book
Ex) bliss- extreme happiness pg. 12 p. 2 line 4
•A list of 10 quotes/passages from the book which were important and one sentence for each, describing why it was important
Ex) “To begin with Marley was dead.” Pg.1 p.1 line 1
This quote is important because it is foreshadowing what is to come in the rest of the story.
*These should be typed and will be included in the first quarter grade
(be sure to include the page and paragraph and line you found the word on)
Middle School – Choose One Book
1.Call of the Wild (Jack London) Stolen from his family, a dog named Buck must quickly learn the harsh law of survival among the men and dogs of the gold-crazed North. (fiction)
2.The Hobbit (JRR Tolkein) Bilbo Baggins is an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. (fantasy)
3.The Time Machine (HG Wells) When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realizes that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture—now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity—the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist’s time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era. (science fiction)
4.Monster (Walter Dean Myers) Steve Harmon, 16, is accused of serving as a lookout for a robbery of a Harlem drugstore. The owner was shot and killed, and now Steve is in prison awaiting trial for murder. From there, he tells about his case and his incarceration. Many elements of this story are familiar, but Myers keeps it fresh and alive by telling it from an unusual perspective. Steve, an amateur filmmaker, recounts his experiences in the form of a movie screenplay. His striking scene-by-scene narrative of how his life has dramatically changed is riveting. (fiction)
5.American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang) In this comic book style novel, Jin Wang is fairly run-of-the-mill alienated kid: he eats lunch by himself in a corner of the schoolyard, gets picked on by bullies and jocks and develops a sweat-inducing crush on a pretty classmate. And, oh, yes, his parents are from Taiwan. This much-anticipated, affecting story about growing up different is more than just the story of a Chinese-American childhood; it's a fable for every kid born into a body and a life they wished they could escape. (comic/fiction)
6.The Lightening Thief (or any from the series) (Rick Riordan) An adventure-quest with a hip edge. At first glance, Perseus Jackson seems like a loser (readers meet him at a boarding school for troubled youth), but he's really the son of Poseidon and a mortal woman. As he discovers his heritage, he also loses that mother and falls into mortal danger. The gods (still very active in the 21st-century world) are about to go to war over a lost thunderbolt, so Percy and sidekicks Grover (a young satyr) and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) set out to retrieve it. (fiction)
7.The Silent Boy (Lois Lowry) The Silent recounts the early 20th century childhood of Katy Thatcher and her special relationship with an autistic boy. Lowry subtly recreates the lifestyle, customs, and attitudes of the time period, weaving well-researched details seamlessly into the narrative. It is told as a flashback by an elderly Katy. (fiction)
8.The Contender (Robert Lipsyte) Alfred's life is going nowhere fast. He's a high-school dropout working at a grocery store. His best friend is drifting behind a haze of drugs and violence, and now some street punks are harassing him for something he didn't do. Feeling powerless and afraid, Alfred gathers up the courage to visit Donatelli's Gym, the neighborhood's boxing club. He wants to be a champion--on the streets and in his own life. (fiction)
9.Shoeless Joe (WP Kinsella) An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it. (fiction)
10.Summer Ball (Mike Lupica) When you’re the smallest kid playing a big man’s game, the challenges never stop—especially when your name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. (fiction)
11.Bridging Beyond (Kathleen Duble) Guilt ridden by the automobile accident that causes the death of her best friend, and lonely since the death of her great-grandmother, 15-year-old Anna is thrown into further torment when she begins to experience awareness of and even participation in activities that occurred at the time of her great-grandmother's own wild youth. A psychologist to whom Anna has been referred to help her cope with her grief and guilt discerns in Anna's fugues the opportunity for the contemporary girl to learn self-forgiveness from the past. This is a complex plot with a keen sense of both psychology and the variety of human social stigmata. (fiction)
12.The Star of Kazan (Eva Ibbotson) Abandoned as a baby, Annika is found and adopted by Ellie and Sigrid, cook and housemaid for three professors. Growing up in early-20th-century Vienna, she learns to cook and clean and is perfectly happy until a beautiful aristocrat appears and claims to be her mother, sweeping her off to a new life in a crumbling castle in northern Germany. Annika is determined to make the best of things, and it takes a while for her to realize that her new "family" has many secrets, most of them nasty. (fiction)
13. HEART OF A DOG (BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL) This early surreal novella from Mikhail Bulgakov is a kind of Frankenstein story. A stray dog gains a human intelligence after a prominent Moscow professor transplants human glands into the unfortunate canine's body. A witty and satirical examination of human nature gone bad.
14. APRIL MORNING (FAST, HOWARD) An hour-by-hour account of the Battle of Lexington, this account of historical fiction is compelling to the end.
15. NIGHTJOHN (PAULSEN, GARY) Imagine being beaten for learning to read, shackled and whipped for learning a few letters of the alphabet. Now, imagine a man brave enough to risk torture in order to teach others how to read; his name is Nightjohn. This is his story.
16.THE LAST UNICORN (BEAGLE, PETER) A funny/sad story in which an enchanting unicorn -- joined on her journey by a bungling magician, a pure-at-heart wench, and a butterfly -- leaves her idyllic forest in search of others of her kind.
17. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (series) (HERRIOT, JAMES) The humorous, serious and heartwarming adventures of an English veterinarian are fun to read.
Summer Reading Projects
These are due the first week of school and will be part of your 1st quarter grade! You must do a project for each book you read.
Main Idea Collage: Use standard poster board for your background. Be sure to use images or objects large enough to be easily seen. Use a minimum of 10 images or objects to represent all or several elements of the book.
Poem: Write a poem about the book or a character. Your poem should be at least 100 words long.
Pack a Project: Find a container that represents something unique about the book (don’t pick just a regular Tupperware container – unless there’s Tupperware in the book, of course). Fill the container with at least 10 objects that represent something about the character or story. You may not use pictures, drawings, or words (objects only).
Book Jacket: Fold good quality paper to create a book jacket that has a front, spine, back, and flaps. The front cover should contain artwork that represents the book, the title, and author. Place the title, author, and publishing company on the spine. On the back cover, write a summary of the book (using your own words). On the inside front flap, write something about the author. You may look at professionally designed book jackets, but do not copy.
Face Mask: Start with a simple oval shape with eye holes. Use color to say something about the character. Add textures and objects to illustrate the way the character acts and thinks.
Interview: Imagine that you are interviewing one of the characters in the novel. Create a transcript of at least 10 questions and answers.
Diorama: Use a small box (shoebox size) to create a 3-dimensional miniature scene in which characters, animals, and objects are arranged in a setting pertaining to the book.
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| Date: Mon 06/16/08 1:57PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Monday 6/16/08
Groups 2&3- Work on Author Study if needed.
(Due Friday)
Study for Writing Final
(Wed. and Thurs.)
Group 1- Study for Writing Final
(Wed. and Thurs.) |
| Date: Thu 06/12/08 2:39PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Thursday June 12, 2008
All: Vocabulary Test Tomorrow
Study Guide Due Monday |
| Date: Wed 06/11/08 3:26PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Tonight's Homework: Write a brief (1-2 paragraphs) story using your ten vocabulary words for week 16. (Do not use your study guide words!!!) Due Tomorrow
Challenge Vocab-Finish HW #1 and #2 Sheet if not done already Due Tomorrow
Writing Final Study Guide Due Monday (worth two homework grades, no hw pass)
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| Date: Mon 06/9/08 6:07PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Monday June 9th
Vocabulary Definitions Sheet
Gr. 3 Challenge Vocabulary- Find the origin of each word |
| Date: Wed 06/4/08 5:05PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Wednesday 6/4/08
Group 3- Crossword
Group 2- Finish Puzzle
Group 1- Sentences Due Friday |
| Date: Wed 05/28/08 12:43PM
From: Courtni
Message: Groups 1-3 Storyboard Project is due Friday!!!!  If you have not had a confrence with me, make sure you are prepared for one tomorrow!
Groups 2-3 Bring in resources to show me for the upcoming author study project by Thursday! (3 books, short stories, or poems (10 if short) by the same'published' author)
Clay Marble Readers- Vocabulary Puzzles are due by Thursday |
| Date: Thu 05/8/08 6:26PM
From: STAFF
Message: Bring a change of clothes in case you get wet at PA. Bring rain jacket and appropriate clothing. |
| Date: Wed 04/9/08 6:13PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Wednesday 4/9/08
Vocabulary Worksheet
Challenge Word Students- Study |
| Date: Mon 04/7/08 4:31PM
From: Courtni
Message:
Monday 4/7/08
Vocabulary Worksheet |
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