MARY HOGE MIDDLE SCHOOL Gerardo Carranza, Facilitator (gercarran@wisd.us) Graciela Palacios, Facilitator (gpalacios@wisd.us) Dora Lisa Zavala, Facilitator (dorazavala@wisd.us) Annabel Mireles, STAAR Teacher (amireles@wisd.us) Pablo Vallejo IV Principal (pvallejo@wisd.us) May 24, 2016 Dear Future MHMS Jaguar, Let me be the first to welcome you to Mary Hoge Middle School Home of the Jaguars! We here at MHMS are excited about the next school year and all the positive things that you will bring to our campus. While I know that you are about to start your summer break, it is important that you are ready for the school year ahead. So, your future 6 th grade reading teachers have prepared a summer reading assignment to help you stay on top of your reading and start the year off on the right foot. This summer, you are expected to read a novel of your choice and complete the assignment attached to this letter. Your novel should be at your reading level, not below, and it should be something that you enjoy. Feel free to pick a book that you have been wanting to read something that will spark your imagination. Then, read the instructions attached to this letter on how to complete a dialectical journal and a visualizing activity. As you read your novel, complete the dialectical journal using the sentence starters provided. Once you have finished, complete the visualizing activity using the images that your mind conjured as you read your novel. I know that you will enjoy reading your book and put your best efforts into completing the assignment. Remember, you have all summer to finish this assignment, and if you do a little every day, it should be complete and ready to turn in for that first day of school. Have a great summer, and we will see you in August! Sincerely, Pablo Vallejo IV Principal (956) 969-6730 2302 North International Boulevard * Weslaco, TX * 78596 (956) 514-0903 Educating Tomorrow s Leaders
Dialectical Journal Directions: As you read, choose sections of your reading that stand out to you and record them in the left hand column of the chart (Always include page and paragraph number) In the right column, write your response to the text using the sentence starters below (ideas/insights, questions, reflections, and comments on each passage) You must label your responses using the following codes: (Q) Question ask about something in the passage that is unclear I wonder What if Why I don t understand It confused me that How could (C) Connect make a connection to your life, the world, or another text That reminds me of I have schema for I m remembering I can relate to I have a connection to I can recall (P) Predict anticipate what will occur based on what s in the passage My guess is I predict I think Perhaps (CL) Clarify answer earlier questions or confirm/disaffirm a prediction Now I understand I was right about I was wrong about It is now clear to me that (R) Reflect think deeply about what the passage means in a broad sense not just to the characters in the story/author of the article. What conclusions can you draw about the world, about human nature or just the way things work? It s interesting that I believe this means I m interpreting this as Another way of saying this (E) Evaluate make a judgment about what the author is trying to say I think the author is trying to One thing that we should say that notice I m changing my mind about What s important here
Dialectical Journal Title of Book:_ The Book Says (select a quote from your book) Example: My grandpa would almost always be outside the shop, and my grandma was usually baking a desert. pg. 2 3 I say (record your thoughts) (P) My guess is that the narrator lives with his/her grandparents. I loved to visit their house in Eureka pg. 5 2 (Q) I wonder where Eureka is located?
The Book Says (select a quote from your book) I say (record your thoughts)
The Book Says (select a quote from your book) I say (record your thoughts)
Visualizing Visualizing is using the words from your book to create mental images (a movie in your head). Directions: 1. Select a scene from your novel that creates a vivid image in your head. 2. Write a brief summary of what is happening in that scene and the page number. 3. In the box below illustrate your mental image.