WMS Reading Challenge Welcome to our reading challenge! Our challenge officially begins June 5 and ends on Wednesday, September 30. You will receive a grade for each category below. Good luck! White Orange Blue Pages Read Reads within the range of 500-1,000 pages Reads within the range of 1,001-1,500 pages Reads 2,000+ pages Reading Literature Grade Reading Responses 21st Century Communication Grade Responds to posted questions at least 3 times. Responds to posted questions at least 5 times Or Attend one book club meeting Responds to posted questions at least 7 times Or Attend two book club meetings Creative 21st Century Creativity Grade Student completes 1 of the projects listed below. Battle of the Books Quote Art Book Trailer Student completes 2 (total) of the projects listed below. May do the same project type. Battle of the Books Quote Art Book Trailer Student completes 3 (total) of the projects listed below. May do the same project type more than once. Battle of the Books Quote Art Book Trailer Citizenship 21st Century Communication Grade All projects and requirements submitted four or more days after the due date. All projects and requirements submitted one to three days after the due date. All projects and requirements submitted by due date. **Bonus points for submitting on first day of school** **Visit your ELA teacher s classroom website for response questions throughout the summer.** 6th Grade 2017-2018 Shirley Serwan serwan.s@woodstown.org 7th Grade 2017-2018 Joseph Hogan hogan.j@woodstown.org 8th Grade 2017-2018 Jennifer Kelly kelly.jd@woodstown.org
Reading Challenge Project Options Book Trailer A book trailer is a video advertisement for a book which uses techniques similar to those of movie trailers to promote books and hook readers into wanting to read the book. You can use videos or pictures/images to create a trailer. Add music or narrate. Be sure to match the mood of the genre to the book. For example, if it is a mystery, the music should be haunting. If the book is funny, the music should be more whimsical. Should be 45-60 seconds in length. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4cxmgsppew&index=30&list=plfwtpsmbwgyvrdn5ewdftgxcxkvnqrecn Quote Art Quote Art uses symbols and quotes from a novel to create a poster. Select symbols to place and draw on 8.X11 construction paper. Then select memorable quotes to weave around the symbols. Be sure to include the book title on your poster. Be neat and colorful! Mandatory: You must use the quote and symbol log attached to the menu. This must be turned in with your quote art project. Example: Battle of the Books Select two books you read this summer to go head-to-head in battle! Create an 11x14 poster depicting the match-up between the two books. Poster should include a drawing or picture of the book covers, a brief student-written summary, and at least 5 categories to demonstrate comparison (ie Characters, Theme, etc).
Name Teacher: Summer Reading Challenge - Quote Art Quote Log Directions: Use this quote log to help you organize your quotes and symbols for the quote art. You must have at least 10 quotes AND at least 5 symbols (you may have more if you like). **This log is MANDATORY and will be graded if you choose to do a quote art for your creative project.** Book Title: Author: Theme Chosen: Quote or Symbol Explanation - How does this quote/symbol relate to the chosen theme? Page #
Name Teacher: Summer Reading Challenge - Reading Log Directions: Use this reading log to help you keep track of your summer reading books, and your page numbers. ***This log is MANDATORY and needs to be submitted when the menu is collected.*** Date Book Title Author Pages Read
Name Teacher: Summer Reading Challenge - Response Log Directions: Use this response log to help you keep track of your responses throughout the summer. ***This log is MANDATORY and needs to be submitted by the due date for the summer challenge.*** Date Response Number Book Title Author June 21, 2017 July 6, 2017 July 19, 2017 July 26, 2017 August 9, 2017 August 23, 2017 August 30, 2017
Grade 7 Summer Reads for Double Pages Classroom Authors: In our classroom we will often be working with various authors. For most of them, it is not necessary to have read one of their books, but it makes the conversation more helpful and genuine to you. If you read any of the works below (OR a book club read), they will count as double pages on your summer reading count. Jason Reynolds ( Ghost, When I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, All-American Boys, As Brave As You ) Susan Dennard ( Something Strange and Deadly, Darkness Strange and Lovely, Strange and Ever After, Truthwitch, Windwitch ) Sarah J. Maas ( Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Assassin s Blade, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows ) Erin Bowman ( Taken, Frozen, Forged, Vengeance Road ) Alex London ( Proxy, Guardian, Wild Ones ) Sara B. Larson ( Defy, Ignite, Endure, Dark Breaks the Dawn ) Lori M. Lee ( Gates of Threads and Stones, The Infinite ) Roshani Chokshi ( Star-Touched Queen, A Crown of Wishes ) Lindsay Cummings ( Murder Complex, Death Code ) Marissa Meyer ( Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, Fairest) Mike Mullin ( Ashfall, Sunrise, Ashen Winter ) Greg Van Eekhout ( Dragon Coast, Pacific Fire, California Bones, Norse Code ) Other Important Reads/Classics: The list of authors below can also be read this summer for double points. Maya Angelou Mark Twain Michael Crichton Anne Frank Harper Lee Lois Lowry George Orwell Gary Paulsen John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway S.E. Hinton (DO NOT read The Outsiders ) J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter Series)
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