Grade 6 TRAITOR - SUMMER WORKBOOK SURNAME, NAME: CLASS: Check I C
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Dear Grade 6 Student, We are ready to leave another fruitful year behind. We would like you do some work on your summer readers as you enjoy reading them. With this in mind, we have prepared a summer reading booklet to assist you in the understanding of the text. It also encourages you, as the reader, to think about what you are reading and reflect on how it affects you. Reading and completing the booklet will take you some time to complete, so it might be a good idea to create a reading schedule at the beginning of the summer and set aside time to complete the booklet thoroughly. Enjoy your summer break! Please bring you booklet and book with you to school on the first day back. Our objectives for you in this booklet are: Use correct punctuation (full stops, commas etc.) Use correct grammar, including word order and tenses Use complex (long) sentences when giving answers Show us that you understand the main ideas and themes of the story and support your arguments with quotes from the text 3
MAKE YOUR CHOICE For your free reading choice you need to choose a book that: You have not read before That is at your level (read one page of the book if there are more than 5 words you don t understand, you should choose another book) That interests you That you can finish in 1 month My book is called written by and I chose it because. ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Do some research about the author! List the addresses of two web sites that you visited to learn about the author. 1. 2. B. What did you learn? Put your author s name in the center. Write 5-6 interesting things that you learned about the author. 4
JOURNAL WRITING There are 15 journal reading entry spaces. Each time you read some of your book, fill in an entry. You do not need to fill them in when you read a couple pages. Use them when you read a couple of chapters. You may not use them all but you should complete at least 10 entries. 1) Date: Start reading your book. C. How do the images you create in your mind help you better understand the story as you read? 2) Date: 5
C. Summarize the introduction of the story in no more than three sentences. 3) Date: C. Tell us what you think will happen next in this story in 3 sentences. _ 4) Date: 6
B. : Here is what happened today (write at least 50 words): C. Who do you predict will be the hero in this story? Who will be the villain (bad guy)? 5) Date: 7
C. Think about the vocabulary words you read while reading the text today. Write one word that you had to look up in the dictionary. Explain the definition in your own words. 6) Date: B. Here is what happened today (Write at least 50 words): C. Which characters are friends? Which ones don't get along well? _ 7) Date: 8
C. Do you think the author is good at explaining things so you can easily understand the story? Why or why not? 8) Date: C. The events in this story remind me of... _ 9
D. Create a timeline for the story. Plot at least eight important events that took place in the story. 9) Date: 10) Date: 10
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YEAH!!! I FINISHED MY BOOK Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why or why not? Comprehension Imagine you could take a picture of one part of the book. Draw what happened in that part. 13
Characters Who are they? Choose 4 characters from your book and fill in the chart below. 1. WHO? Role in the book Importance in the story 2. 3. 4. If you were going to make a movie version of the book, who would play each part? 1. 2. 3. 4. 14
BOOK 2 MAKE YOUR CHOICE For your free reading choice, you need to choose a book that: You have not read before That is at your level (read one page of the book if there are more than 5 words you don t understand, you should choose another book) That interests you That you can finish in 1 month My book is called written by and I chose it because. ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Do some research about the author! List the addresses of two web sites that you visited to learn about the author. 1. 2. B. What did you learn? Put your author s name in the center. Write 5-6 interesting things that you learned about the author. 15
A BOOK REVIEW When you write book review, you should keep in mind that a timeline, focus statement, paragraph plan and topic sentences will definitely help you write your essay. INTRODUCTION Begin with a general introduction Provide some background about the main character and his problem End with a specific focus statement ***You can write your review in either the past tense or present tense; make sure you keep all verbs in the same tense. MIDDLE PARAGRAPHS That s exactly where you are talking about the book and its storyline. So keep it simple and stick to the main events. Here s where you add your summary. Use transition words to help you move from one event to another. Here are some transitions to help you: Transitions The transitions below show time. The words make the ideas in your essay easier to follow. about before later soon tomorrow after during meanwhile then until finally as soon as next second third when at first today yesterday CONCLUSION What did you think of this book? Is there anything outstanding? Would you recommend it? Why (not)? Give some more lessons or details you think are worth sharing with your readers. 16
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