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Congratulations recent graduate and welcome to sixth grade! My name is Mrs. Francis and I will be your sixth grade English Language Arts teacher Reading during the summer is so important!

1 Congratulations recent graduate and welcome to sixth grade! My name is Mrs. Francis and I will be your sixth grade English Language Arts teacher Reading during the summer is so important! I have selected four excellent books! Your required assignment is to read one of the following books and complete the attached packet. This assignment is due by Friday, August 17th. The books that you may choose from represent varying reading levels and genres: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, illustrated by Anna Hymas. This is the exciting story of William Kamkwamba, a young boy from Malawi, and how he used scrap metal to invent a windmill and bring electricity to his tiny village. His journey is inspiring and gives kids a broader, more global perspective. (Non-fiction) Lexile 960L Ghost, by Jason Reynolds Lexile 703L (Fiction ) National Book Awards Finalist, prior winner of the John Newberry Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Summary: Eighth grader Castle Ghost Cranshaw, the title character of Jason Reynolds new middle grade novel GHOST, is fast. As an African-American teenager growing up in the projects with a single mother who works around the clock, his ability to run has come in handy in getting him out of some bad situations --- especially the time he had to run. He never thought his natural speed would be of any other use to him until he saw a track and field team practicing on a local track and couldn t help but think he could outrun everybody he saw out there. Ghost crashes their practice and proves he can run neck and neck with their fastest guys, and their coach does everything he can to recruit Ghost to the team. The Girl Who Could Not Dream (a Sunshine State Reader for 2018) Lexile 681L (Fantasy) Summary: Sophie loves the hidden shop below her parents' bookstore, where dreams are secretly bought and sold. When the dream shop is robbed and her parents go missing, Sophie must unravel the truth to save them. Together with her best friend a wisecracking and fanatically loyal monster named Monster she must decide whom to trust with her family s carefully guarded secrets. Who will help them, and who will betray them? Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Lexile 1020L (Fiction/Adventure) - Classic - John Newberry Medal. Thirteen year old Brian is flying on a bush plane when the pilot suddenly has a heart attack and dies. Brian manages to keep the plane level until it crashes into a lake. Brian survives the crash, but that is just the beginning. Enjoy your summer and I look forward to seeing you on August 13th for a fantastic year! Sincerely, Mrs. Francis, M.Ed.

2 Name Event Sequencing Directions: Draw and/or write about three main events of your book. Summary and Picture Directions: Write a summary and draw a picture that tells about what you read.

3 Name People of Nonfiction Directions: Choose a person mentioned in your nonfiction book. Use details from the book, or do more research, to answer the questions and draw a picture of them. Name: When did they live?: Why is this person important?: If you could ask this person one question, what would it be?: Story Elements Directions: Think about the main problem in the story, and complete the graphic organizer below using information from the book. Main events that led up to the problem The story s main problem is How the problem was solved or how I think the problem will be solved

4 Name Timeline of Event(s) Directions: Use your book to make a timeline of an event, or a person s life within the story. Character Analysis Directions: Choose a character from your book. Draw a picture and answer the questions. Character Name: A word that describe them: Text evidence that supports this description: If you could ask this character one question, what would it be?:

5 Name Making Predictions Directions: As we read, we can make predictions of what we think will happen next. Use the graphic organizer below to write down text evidence, and a prediction of what you think will happen next in your book. Because of this (text evidence) I think this will happen next (prediction) Compare and Contrast Directions: Fiction text--choose two characters, settings, or events. Nonfiction text Choose two events, people, or places.

6 Name Character Analysis Directions: Choose another character from your book. Draw a picture and answer the questions. Character Name: A word that describe them: Text evidence that supports this description: If you could ask this character one question, what would it be?: Making Connections Directions: Fiction choose a character s experience, setting, or event and connect it to your life by completing the graphic organizer. Nonfiction choose an event or topic from your book and connect it to your life by completing the graphic organizer. This reminds me of As I read, I thought or felt Topic

7 Name Doodle Word Web Directions: Choose one main topic from your book, and write it in the center of the web. In the outer bubbles, write details from your book, or draw pictures, that give more information about the main topic. Figurative Language Directions: Choose two examples of figurative language from your book and write about them below. Figurative Language Example (write the sentence) Page Type of Figurative Language (circle one) Simile Metaphor Personification Idiom Pun Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia Simile Metaphor Personification Idiom Pun Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia What does it mean?

8 Name Cause and Effect Directions: Choose one event from your book, and write it in the effect section. Then write the cause of that event in the arrow. Cause Effect Vocabulary Directions: Think of a new word that you found while reading, and complete the graphic organizer below with information from the book. Use a dictionary if necessary. Vocabulary word and the sentence its used in from the text: What it means: My own sentence using the new word:

9 Name Vocabulary Directions: Think of a new word that you found while reading, and complete the graphic organizer below with information from the book. Use a dictionary if necessary. Vocabulary word and the sentence its used in from the text: What it means: My own sentence using the new word: Name: My Review Title of my summer reading book: _ Would you recommend this book to other readers? Why, or why not? Out of four stars, I would give this book:

September Neil Gaiman. Stages Procedure Time

September Neil Gaiman. Stages Procedure Time September 2018 BOOKS AND READING Vol. 15 Issue 6 Stages Procedure Time 1. To practice Objectives a. identifying word meaning in context b. scanning and skimming for details c. writing a fantasy short story