Grand Bay Middle School

 

Summer Reading List

 

2009-2010

 

Sixth Grade:

 

Bud, Not Buddy~Christopher Paul Curtis

 

Just Juice~Karen Hess

 

Maniac Magee~Jerry Spinelli

 

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry~Mildred Taylor

 

Sign of the Beaver ~Elizabeth George Speare

 

Taking Sides~Gary Soto

 

The Cay~Theodore Taylor

 

Assignment:

 

Choose one book from the list and read.  Create a tri-fold brochure on one, white sheet of computer paper.

 

Components of the brochure:

 

•·   Front left panel:  Label it SUMMARY and write a 20 word summary of book.

 

•·   Front center panel: 

 

   Label it MY OPINION and write a 5-sentence opinion that starts with the words "I know the feeling . . ."

 

  After writing your opinion, write your NAME (first and last).

 

•·   Front right panel:  Write the title and author of book.  Decorate this panel as if you were the illustrator designing the cover for the book.

 

•·   Back left panel:  Label it SETTING and write the setting of the book, then draw an illustration to match.

 

•·   Back center panel: 

 

   Label the top half CONFLICT and write the conflict of the book beginning with the words

 

    "The problem the main character faces is  . . . "

 

   Label the bottom half RESOLUTION and write the solution to the problem beginning with the words

 

    "The problem was solved when . . . "

 

•·   Back right panel:  Label it CHARACTERS, then list and describe the major characters. (Include a physical description as well as the role each plays in the book).

 

•·   Due the first week of school.

 

        

 

Seventh Grade:

 

Slam~Walter Dean Myers

 

The Witch of Blackbird Pond~Elizabeth George Speare

 

Walk Two Moons~Sharon Creech

 

Where the Red Fern Grows~Wilson Rawls

 

Westing Game~Ellen Raskin

 

Assignment:

 

Choose one book from the list and read, then create a tri-fold brochure on one sheet of colored construction paper.

 

Components of the brochure: Front outside panel - title, author and publisher. Inside left panel - review based on evidence from the story. Center outside panel - Name, date, and period of student.  The brochure will be due the first week of school.

 

Eighth Grade:                                                                                               

 

Anne Frank Remembered~Miep Gies

 

Anne of Avonlea~L.M. Montgomery

 

Dicey's Song~Cynthia Voight

 

Scorpions~Walter Dean Myers

 

The Homecoming~Cynthia Voight

 

Treasure Island~Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Assignment:

 

Choose one of the books from the list and read to create a "Book in a Bag." Each student has a brown paper bag. The Title of the book, author's name and the five literary elements from the story, (plot, setting, theme, characters, and conflict) will be listed on the outside of the bag.  Each literary element will be illustrated and explained by drawings or objects in the bag.  The student will provide an explanation of the objects in a presentation during the first week of school. Due the first week of school

 

Definitions of Literary Elements:

 

Plot: The sequence of events in the story.

 

Setting: The time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which the story takes place.

 

Theme: The main idea or underlying meaning of the story.

 

Conflict: The struggle found in fiction.

 

Character: Person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story.