7-12_summer_reading_assignments_2016-2017.pdf |
Summer Reading Project -- Please select books that interest you at your reading level or above and complete the assignment for your grade level found in the attachment below. If you have questions, please email me. Have a fantastic summer!
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1. The Mug 2. Self-Practice: Objects 3. Class Share
1. Read aloud of "All the Places to Love" by Patricia MacLachlan and "When I Was Young in the Mountains" by Cynthia Rylant 2. Complete discussion questions 3. Self-Practice: Favorite Places
1. "Make Me Worry You're Not O.K." by Susan Shapiro
2. Memoir/Personal Essay Advice Share 3. "The Things I've Lost" by Brian Arundel Homework: 1. Finish "The Things I've Lost" and apply Shapiro's advice to piece 1. Six Word Memoir -- Universal Truths
2. Original Six Word Memoirs -- Write three 3. Memoir Share 4. "How to Write a Memoir" Finish - add to advice chart 1. Review "Oranges" questions
2. "How to Write a Memoir" paragraphs 38-41 3. Apply advice to "Oranges" 4. "Six Word Memoirs" - Read all, choose three to summarize and connect to advice. Determine author's purpose for each. 5. Write your own Six Word Memoir 1. "How to Write a Memoir" Paragraphs 9-13 advice - Update chart 2. "Oranges" by Gary Soto (see file below)
1. Review text-dependent questions for "Eleven"
2. Read and annotate paragraphs 9-13 of "How to Write a Memoir" 3. Update Memoir Advice chart 1. Research Paper Presentations
2. Text-dependent questions for "Eleven" Homework: 1. Finish answering text-dependent questions for "Eleven" 1. Text-dependent questions for "Eleven"
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