III. Type or write a paragraph about what you learned from your observations using some of the science vocabulary words below.

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1 2016 SCIENCE Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer Assignment Science Department Chair: Mary Francis (Please write your name in the upper left hand corner) I. Be an environmental scientist: Sit quietly for 5 10 minutes and observe nature: Be sure to describe the location first: The address, sitting on a log... List all the non living factors (such as temperature). Write down everything you observe (Plants, birds, butterflies, bees, noise). Take a picture of your location. If you do not have access to a camera, draw one of the objects or a scene from your location. III. Type or write a paragraph about what you learned from your observations using some of the science vocabulary words below. WORD BANK: LIFE SCIENCE VOCABULARY WORDS Ecosystem, biology, abiotic, biotic, factors, living, non living, temperature, organisms, interaction, food, shelter, energy, climate, weather, heat, cold, warm, hot, wind,

2 2016 ENGLISH Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer Reading Assignment English Department Chair: Joe Guinane ( guinanej@mhusd.o r g ) To ensure that the students continue to increase their reading ability and to prepare for the Common Core Curriculum that will be implemented in 7 th grade, all 7 th grade students are required to complete a Summer Reading Assignment. This assignment is due the first day of school. Directions: Please choose and read two (2) books. It is important that you read books that interest you. So, you may check at the library or at to find books that you would like to read and are appropriate for your reading ability. Also, there is a recommended list below from which you may choose a novel. Assignments: 1st Novel: Book Summary (50 points) For one of the books that you read, complete a book summary. Use the template below t o help complete this assignment. 2nd Novel: Creative Projects: (50 points) Choose one of the creative projects to complete for the second novel you read. Follow the directions carefully, and make sure that the project that you choose to complete contains all of the required elements. Choice #1: Book Jacket Create a colorful, engaging book jacket that includes the following: Cover: Create a new cover for the book with an illustration showing an important event from the story, the title of the book, the author, and your name. It MUST be an original cover not a copy of the cover that is on the book. Inner Flap (left side): Summary: A chronological summary of key story events from the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution of the novel. Inner Flap (right side): Text connections (text to text, text to self or text to world) Back Cover: Theme Description of the theme supported with examples from the story.

3 Rubric: The summary is detailed and well written; the jacket is colorful, neat, and eye catching; the text connection is meaningful and purposeful; careful proofreading is evident; and the theme is thoughtful and clearly explained (50 points). Story summary (25 points) Picture (5 points) Text connection (5 points) Theme (5 points) Grammar, spelling, mechanics (10 points) Choice #2: Bookmark Create an eye catching bookmark that complements your summer reading book by illustrating a key event that is pivotal to the climax. The bookmark should be no smaller than 8 ½ x 5 (50 points). Format: Front: Write the title of the book, the full name of the author, and the main setting of the story (Be sure to include time and place). Draw a detailed picture of a key event that is important to the climax of the story or to a change in one of the characters. Write a caption for the picture. Back: Find five (5) examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, etc.), and write them as quotations on the back of the bookmark. The exact sentence from the novel containing the example of figurative language must be included, along with the page number, labeled with the type of figurative language it reflects. Rubric: Title, author, setting (5 points) Illustration is detailed, colorful and clearly a key event (10 points) Five (5) examples of figurative language (labeled), with page numbers (25 points), Grammar, spelling, mechanics (10 points) Choice #3: Scrapbook The scrapbook will include pictures, artifacts, and a short description that demonstrates the your understanding of, and reflection upon the novel. In addition, you will design an attractive cover or title page including the title of the novel and the author (50 points). Format: Pages must include the following topics with a picture and a caption explaining the picture and why it was chosen. Please organize your book in this order: o Title page o Setting o Characters

4 o o o Major plot events exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution Themes / lessons learned Five significant quotes in quotation marks with the page number. Tell why these quotes are important. They should be different than the ones used on the other pages. Rubric: Cover with title and author noted (10 points) Each page topic includes pictures and a short description that explains its relevance to the novel (20 points) Correct spelling, grammar, and mechanics (10 points) Creativity, neatness (10 points) Recommended Reading List for Summer Reading 1. Absolutely Normal Chaos / Sharon Creech 2. Alice in Wonderland / by Lewis Carroll 3. Among the Hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix 4. Angels Watching Over Me / Lurlene McDaniel 5. Anne of Green Gables / L.M. Montgomery 6. Baseball in April and Other Stories / Gary Soto 7. Boy: Tales of Childhood / Roald Dahl. 8. The Call of the Wild / Jack London 9. Dear Mr. Henshaw / Beverly Cleary 10. A Dog's Life / by Peter Mayle 11. Dragondrums / Anne McCaffrey 12. The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder 13. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery / Russell Freedman 14. The Face on the Milk Carton / Caroline B. Cooney 15. Flush / Carl Hiaasen 16. Gathering Blue / Lois Lowry 17. Geronimo: Apache Freedom Fighter / Spring Hermann 18. A Girl Named Disaster / Nancy Farmer 19. Gregor the Overlander / Suzanne Collins 20. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen 21. Hope Was Here / Joan Bauer 22. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer 23. Hush / Jacqueline Woodson 24. A Journey to the Center of the Earth / Jules Verne 25. The Jungle Books / Rudyard Kipling 26. My Brother Sam Is Dead / James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier 27. Old Yeller / Fred Gipson

5 28. The Runner / Cynthia Voigt 29. Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon 30. Shiloh / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 31. The Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare 32. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares Carmen 33. Stowaway / Karen Hesse 34. Surviving the Applewhites / Stephanie S. Tolan 35. That Was Then, This Is Now / S.E. Hinton 36. Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson 37. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle / Avi 38. Tuck Everlasting / Natalie Babbit 39. The Westing Game / by Ellen Raskin 40. Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy / by Wilson Rawls 41. The Whipping Boy / Sid Fleischman 42. A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle 43. The Yearling / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Book Review Template for Middle School Summary of Setting (1st paragraph) Write a summary of the book 1st paragraph Write about the setting, (where the story takes place, usually time and place). Introduce the main character or characters in the story. Ex. What are character s qualities, name, etc. Discuss what conflict/problem the main character faces in the story. If you re still having trouble starting, you can answer the questions who, what, when, where, and how. Summary of Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution (2nd paragraph) Summarize what happens up until the high point of the story, (don t give away the ending, this should be just enough to tease the reading into wanting to get this book. Use some of these transition words to help you write your review: first also because another second between next as a result third finally then later last after that for example during Opinion (3rd paragraph) Write a paragraph giving your opinion on the book. Use these guidelines. Write about why you like or dislike the book. Give details, for example: Was the book confusing?

6 Was it too easy to read or too hard? Was it predictable/ believable? Did you like the ending? What was your favorite part? What connections did you make with your life or other books? Talk about the author s style of writing and give examples from the book. Examples should include a quote or quotes from the book or a summary of the part of the book that you liked or did not like. Rate the book from 1 star to 5 stars, and give examples why you gave it the rating you did. Min 5 sentences. Recommendation (4th paragraph) Explain whether you would recommend this book to student or not? What type of student would enjoy this book and why?

7 2016 HISTORY Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer ONLINE Assignment History Department Chair: Neil Schwartz Complete 1 of 2, not both HISTORY Summer Assignments Name Date WebQuest Roman Empire empire.net/children/index.html Directions: Explore the above website and answer the following questions. Click on Brief History 1. Name the four classes of people in Rome. a. b. c. d. 2. Which emperor came after Hadrian and what did he do? 3. Who invaded the Roman Empire and helped bring its downfall? Click on The Great Builders 1. Explain how roads helped the Roman Empire prosper. 2. How did Romans supply their cities with water?

8 Click on Roman Achievements 1. What language did the Romans speak? What languages developed from it? 2. List one achievement you think is the best. When you are finished, explore the website on your own. Pick at least 10 interesting facts about Rome. You can also watch a video here: empire.net/index.html

9 2016 HISTORY Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer Assignment History Department Chair: Neil Schwartz NO INTERNET NEEDED Complete 1 of 2, not both HISTORY Summer Assignments Cicero on the Death of Caesar CCSS RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. CCSS RH.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. Name Date Directions: 1. Read the text silently to yourself. Highlight any words you don t know. 2. The teacher reads the text to the class. Define words as you go. 3. Go back and answer the questions. Text Vocabulary Questions Cicero on the Death of Caesar : Cicero, On Duties 3.21 The tyrant deserved to die, for he thought he was justified in committing the worst of all crimes! Why do we bother to worry about petty offenses inheritances illegally claimed and fraud in the marketplace? Here we have a man who aspired to make himself king over the people of Rome and master of the entire world, and he succeeded! Who but someone who approves of the destruction of law and liberty and thinks that a detestable thing their suppression is really something glorious? And what about those who say, on the one hand, that 1. What is Cicero s purpose for writing this speech?

10 there is no place for a king in a state that was once free and should be free now, and yet argue, on the other, that kingship nevertheless offers great advantages to anyone who can claim it? How can I get such people to see the light? By the immortal gods, how can the filthiest and most grievous of crimes, the murder of one s own country, be advantageous to anyone? How can it benefit the murderer himself, even if his oppressed fellow citizens give him the title Father of His Country? 2. What evidence does Cicero provide to support Caesar s assassination? 2016 SPECIAL EDUCATION Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer Assignment Special Education Department Chair: Marilyn Chong (chongm@mhusd.org) English - Lexia for improving reading skills. Read books or magazines for pleasure to maintain reading skills and practice. Math - Khan Academy to practice math skills.

11 2016 MATH Summer Assignment Martin Murphy Incoming 7th Grade Summer Assignment Math Department Chair: Steve Fager