Summer Reading and Grammar for students entering English 7 Mrs. Deborah D. Bassoff, M.Ed. dbassoff@harrisburgchristian.com This packet, worksheets and a hard copy of the book report are due on the second day of school, Wednesday, August 24, 2016. These will be graded! Have fun reading and have a wonderful summer!
2016 Summer Reading Program This summer, all middle and high school students at Harrisburg Christian School will be required to do some summer reading. Here are the requirements for students who have just completed 6 th or 7 th grade: 1. Pick a book from the Middle School Book Report List below. All books must be from this list no exceptions! You may not pick a book that you have already done for a report (I have a list of all the reports each student has already done!). 2. As you have done in past Literature classes, fill out a book report outline for this book. An outline is attached to this assignment. Use a Bible concordance to find Bible verses that either support your book s themes or show why the themes are not biblical. 3. Write you book report on the computer using the following formatting guidelines: 12 point Times New Roman Double spaced Align left Black ink 1 margins Proper heading in top left-hand corner: Name English 7 Date Indent first line of every paragraph ½ inch (five spaces) Italicize your book s title Always spell out numbers under 100 4. Turn in both your outline and your typed book report by the second day of school, Wednesday, August 24, 2016. This assignment will count as the first grade of your new school year. Word to the wise: do not wait until the first day of school to do this assignment!
Harrisburg Christian Middle School Book Report List Authors Titles Adams Watership Down Alcott Little Women Anderson Fever 1793 Asimov Fantastic Voyage Auch Ashes of Roses Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Babbitt The Search for Delicious Balliett Chasing Vermeer Barre Peter Pan Bibee The Spirit Flyer Series (any of the eight books) Blos A Gathering of Days Brink Caddie Woodlawn Burnett The Secret Garden Burnford The Incredible Journey Carlson The Allison Chronicles (any book in the series) Carman Land of Elyon (any book in the series) Cleaver Where the Lilies Bloom Clements Things Not Seen, Things Hoped For, Things That Are, Lost and Found Colfer Artemis Fowl (any in the series) Collier My Brother Sam is Dead Collins The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay Coombs Sarah On Her Own Creech Walk Two Moons, Replay Curtis Bud, Not Buddy Cushman Catherine, Called Birdy, The Midwife's Apprentice Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach Defoe Robinson Crusoe DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux Dixon The Hardy Boys (any book in the series) Dodge Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Donahue The Crooked Gate Douglas Alligator Crossing Doyle Sherlock Holmes DuBois 21 Balloons DuPrau The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, The Diamond of Darkhold Elliott Through Gates of Splendor Fitzhugh Harriet the Spy Flanagan Ranger s Apprentice (any book of the series) Fox One-Eyed Cat, The Slave Dancer Forbes Johnny Tremain Fritz The Cabin Faced West Funke Inkheart, Inkspell, Thief Lord, Dragon Rider Gantos Dead End In Norvelt Gates Blue Willow George Julie of the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain, Water Sky Giff Lily's Crossing, Nory Ryan s Song Gray Adam of the Road Haddix Among the Hidden (any book in the series) Hamilton M.C. Higgins the Great
Hesse Out of the Dust Hiaasen Hoot, Flush Hunt Across Five Aprils, Up a Road Slowly, No Promises in the Wind Jackson Trailblazer Books (any book in the series) Jacques Redwall (any book in the series) Johnston Joel, A Boy of Galilee Juster The Phantom Tollbooth Keith Rifles for Waite Kipling Jungle Book Konigsburg From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The View from Saturday L Engle Wrinkle in Time (any book in the series) Lenski Indian Captive Leppard Mandie Books (any book in the series) Levine Ella Enchanted Lewis Chronicles of Narnia (series), The Screwtape Letters Llewellyn The Tilting House London The Call of the Wild, White Fang Lowry The Giver Markell Gone the Golden Dream McGraw Moccasin Trail Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (any book in the series), The Story Girl Morris The Seven Sleepers (any book in the series) Morris The House of Winslow (any book in the series) Nimmo Orchard of the Crescent Moon North Rascal Norton Bed-knob and Broomstick, The Borrowers O Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins, Zia, Sing Down the Moon Ormondroyd Time at the Top Paolini Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger Paterson Bridge to Terebithia. Lyddie, Preacher s Boy Paulson Hatchet, Dogsong, The Winter Room Perkins Criss Cross Porter A Girl of the Limberlost Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows Reiss The Upstairs Room Riordan Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) Sachar Holes, Small Steps Sewell Black Beauty Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events (any book in the series) Speare Calico Captive, The Sign of the Beaver, The Witch of Blackbird Pond Spinelli Maniac Magee, Wringer Stead When You Reach Me Stevermer Magic Below Stairs Taylor The Land, Let the Circle Be Unbroken Tolkien Lord of the Rings (any book in the series) Twain The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn Verne Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Vanderpool Moon Over Manifest Voigt Dicey s Song Wiggin Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Wyss Swiss Family Robinson
Name Date due: Book Report Outline Worksheet Paragraph 1 Introduction State the book s facts. Title Author Publisher, Date of Publication Setting Point of View Main Problem/Goal of the Story Paragraph 2 Characters- Tell who they are and how they relate to one another. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Paragraph 3 Plot Retell the major events of the story. (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution) 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 Paragraph 4 Theme State two major themes and give a story explanation for each. Theme 1 Story Explanation for Theme 1 Theme 2 Story Explanation for Theme 2 Paragraph 5 Biblical Evaluation of Themes Determine whether Theme 1 and 2 from Paragraph 4 are biblical. Quote verses and references from the Bible to back up your opinion. Theme 1 Evaluation Biblical Reference for Theme 1 Theme 2 Evaluation Biblical Reference for Theme 2 Paragraph 6 - Your Overall Opinion What did you think of the book? To whom would you recommend it?
Name English 7 Summer Grammar Review (155 pts. total) A. Determining the Subject and Predicate of a Sentence A sentence s subject does the action in the sentence or is described in the sentence. The simple subject is the main word that serves as the subject. The complete subject includes the simple subject plus all the words that describe it. A sentence s predicate is the action part of the sentence or the part that describes the subject. The simple predicate is the verb of the sentence including all helping verbs. The complete predicate includes the simple predicate plus all words that describe or go along with it. Directions: For each sentence, circle the simple subject, and underline the complete subject once. Draw a box around the simple predicate, and underline the complete predicate twice. (4 pts. each, 16 pts. total) Ex. A brilliant sunrise lit the sky this morning. 1. The playful brown dog was running around the yard. 2. We went to the park last night after dinner. 3. Yesterday my three cousins came for a visit. 4. During the band concert, a small child was crying for twenty minutes! B. Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be proper (specific names that are capitalized) or common (general). Directions: Circle all the nouns (both proper and common) in the following sentences. (24 pts.) 1. Will Hobbs has written many great books for young readers. 2. What excitement the children in the stories experience! 3. In The Ghost Canoe, Nathan MacAllister investigates a shipwreck. 4. Nathan and his mother live with the Makah Indians near the Pacific Ocean. 5. After a ship crashes on the rocks near the shore, strange events occur.
6. Who is the wild, hairy man that is hiding in the caves? 7. Captain Bim, a neighbor, buries treasures during the night. 8. Who will figure out this mystery? C. Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Pronouns can be classified in seven ways: Personal refers to the one speaking, spoken to, or spoken about. Ex. I, me, my, we, us, our, you, your, he, him, his, she, her, hers, they, them, their, it Reflexive self pronoun (Ex. myself) refers to the subject. Ex. I made myself laugh. Intensive self pronoun that emphasizes a word. Ex. He himself wrote that poem. Interrogative introduces a question - what, who, whose, whom, which. Ex. Who is there? Demonstrative points out a specific thing - this, that, these, those. Ex. That is my car. Relative starts a subordinate clause - who, whose, whom, that, which. Ex. The boy who sits behind me is always late to class. Indefinite refers to a non-specific thing. Ex. some, many, none, all, one, several, any, something, someone, somebody, etc. Ex. Can anyone show me the way? Directions: Circle and label all the pronouns in the following sentences. (2 pts. each, 20 pts. total) PER personal REF Reflexive ITN Intensive ITR Interrogative DEM Demonstrative REL Relative IND Indefinite PER PER REL INF PER Ex. When we saw the mess, we knew that somebody had been in our tent. 1. Yesterday Lisa invited me to go swimming in her backyard pool. 2. I taught myself how to swim. 3. Which stroke is the best? 4. Everyone who goes to my pool can do the butterfly stroke. 5. I have not learned how to do that.
D. Adjectives An adjective is a word that is used to describe (or modify) a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives answer the questions: which one? how many? what kind? Directions: Circle all the adjectives in the following sentences (Do not circle a, an, or the). (25 pts.) 1. Many people have a coat or a dog as a pet. 2. Cody, however, has a white rabbit as a pet. 3. The small rabbit lives in a large pen on the breezeway. 4. A tiny doghouse serves as a cozy burrow for the rabbit. 5. Cody gives Thumper clean water every day. 6. Thumper eats fresh vegetables and special food for rabbits. 7. On quiet, summer afternoons, Cody lets Thumper out of the pen. 8. Cody likes to pet the silky, soft fur that Thumper has. 9. During the short playtimes, Cody keeps Thumper away from dangerous places. 10. Thumper seems to enjoy the extra attention. 11. The hikers, hungry and tired, stopped in the meadow. 12. They looked at the ancient bridge and deep water. 13. The path through the woods wasn t clear. 14. One hiker, smart and practical, built a fire.
E. Verbs A verb is a word that shows action or state of being in a sentence. Action verbs show action, while linking verbs show state of being (they describe the subject). Helping verbs can go with either action or linking verbs. Directions: Circle all the verbs in the following sentences. Then label each verb AV if it is an action verb, or LV if it is a linking verb. Remember to include helping verbs with their main verbs. (20 pts.) Ex. The runners were jogging around the track. 1. Thorns grow on the stem of a rose. 2. Two summers ago, my family and I visited the beautiful state of Colorado. 3. Mrs. Thompson is quite a gardener. 4. The flowers and herbs in her garden smell wonderful. 5. We have formed a plan for the autumn carnival. 6. My sister volunteers at the local food bank. 7. The new restaurant became an instant success. 8. We named our new puppy Lester. 9. The farmer is feeding hay to his cows. 10. The sky looks dark and cloudy.
F. Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Adverbs answer the questions: how? when? where? how often? or to what extent? Directions: Circle all the adverbs in the following sentences. (15 pts.) 1. My family recently moved to a new neighborhood. 2. I have been carefully exploring the area. 3. Sometimes I go to the local library. 4. The librarian is really helpful. 5. She has directed me to some great new books there. 6. I will probably join a reading club for teens. 7. I frequently read a chapter of a book at bedtime. 8. I like to read at night since I rarely feel sleepy. 9. Then in the morning realize that I have been dreaming about the story. 10. I have a very active imagination! 11. I hardly recognized my cousin at my family reunion. 12. Will your sister attend college nearby? 13. My mom said that we will be leaving soon. 14. I am not going to the baseball game with my brother. 15. He is excited to watch the new television show that airs tonight.
G. Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and the rest of the sentence. Prepositions must be memorized! Directions: List 25 prepositions! (You will have to look them up if you cannot remember the song we learned in sixth grade!). (25 pts.) H. Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. One way to remember the common conjunctions is with the acronym FANBOYS. Directions: Fill in the FANBOY acronym with the seven common conjunctions. (7 pts.) F - A - N - B - O - Y - S - I. Interjections An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. It is set apart from the rest of the sentence with either an exclamation point or a comma Directions Write three interjections.(3 pts.)