Entering 7th Grade Middle School Summer Reading Each student entering 7th is required to read a total of three novels over the summer. One of these novels is selected by CCA. In addition, each student is required to read two additional grade appropriate books of their choice: one from the list given and another one chosen completely by the student. The student choice books must be ones that have not been read before. Please see the following pages for reading lists. Book report forms are immediately following the reading list and may be cut directly from this book or photocopied. These reports are not optional. All three must be turned in. Please encourage your child to read as much as possible during the summer. Required Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson This young reader s edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and illustrations, as well as a special interview by Greg s twelve-year-old daughter, Amira, who has traveled with her father as an advocate for the Pennies for Peace program for children. Also Choose One Novel from the Following List Third Novel is Student Choice How to Catch a Bogle By Catherine Jinks How to Catch a Bogle is a thrilling fantasy that blends Dickensian charm and great suspense. This book is wonderful both as a thrilling fantasy and a charming period piece, and it's all the better because of the way these strong elements are combined. This is a novel that can make fantasy lovers out of historical fiction fans, and vice versa. (Review by Barbara Shultz for Common Sense Media) I Lived on Butterfly Hill By Marjorie Agosin An eleven-year-old s world is upended by political turmoil in this lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chile until one day when warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates start disappearing from class without a word. Celeste doesn t quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore.
Holes Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-greatgreat-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. (Review from Amazon)
Name: Date: Middle School Summer 2016 Due: August 2016 Answers may be typed on a separate page or neatly hand written. Book Rating: Rate this book from 1-10; 1 = awful & 10 = great Genre: General fiction, Historical fiction, Action/Adventure, Fantasy/Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Auto/Biography, etc. Title of Book: Author: # of Pages: Where did you get this book? HS library town library other: Synopsis: In approximately 2-4 sentences, provide a brief synopsis (a short summary) of the plot of the story without giving away the resolution or ending. Recommendation: Explain in 1 sentence why you DO or DO NOT recommend this book.
Literary Terms Application 1. Setting: Place Time 2. Point of View: 1 st person 3 rd person Omniscient How do you know this? 3. Protagonist: 4. Antagonist: 5. Confict: Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Explain: 6. Climax: 7. Theme: 8. Give an example of the author s use of one of these literary devices: symbolism, metaphor, irony, flashback, foreshadowing, hyperbole, euphemism, personification, imagery.
Name: Date: Middle School Summer 2016 Due: August 2016 Answers may be typed on a separate page or neatly hand written. Book Rating: Rate this book from 1-10; 1 = awful & 10 = great Genre: General fiction, Historical fiction, Action/Adventure, Fantasy/Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Auto/Biography, etc. Title of Book: Author: # of Pages: Where did you get this book? HS library town library other: Synopsis: In approximately 2-4 sentences, provide a brief synopsis (a short summary) of the plot of the story without giving away the resolution or ending. Recommendation: Explain in 1 sentence why you DO or DO NOT recommend this book.
Literary Terms Application 9. Setting: Place Time 10. Point of View: 1 st person 3 rd person Omniscient How do you know this? 11. Protagonist: 12. Antagonist: 13. Confict: Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Explain: 14. Climax: 15. Theme: 16. Give an example of the author s use of one of these literary devices: symbolism, metaphor, irony, flashback, foreshadowing, hyperbole, euphemism, personification, imagery.
Name: Date: Middle School Summer 2016 Due: August 2016 Answers may be typed on a separate page or neatly hand written. Book Rating: Rate this book from 1-10; 1 = awful & 10 = great Genre: General fiction, Historical fiction, Action/Adventure, Fantasy/Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Auto/Biography, etc. Title of Book: Author: # of Pages: Where did you get this book? HS library town library other: Synopsis: In approximately 2-4 sentences, provide a brief synopsis (a short summary) of the plot of the story without giving away the resolution or ending. Recommendation: Explain in 1 sentence why you DO or DO NOT recommend this book.
Literary Terms Application 17. Setting: Place Time 18. Point of View: 1 st person 3 rd person Omniscient How do you know this? 19. Protagonist: 20. Antagonist: 21. Confict: Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Explain: 22. Climax: 23. Theme: 24. Give an example of the author s use of one of these literary devices: symbolism, metaphor, irony, flashback, foreshadowing, hyperbole, euphemism, personification, imagery.