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2024 Summer Reading Book of Choice Written Project

Directions: All writing is due on Wednesday, August 14 except incoming seventh graders will write their projects in class the first days of school. All students need to make sure their book is read before school starts. Grades for the writing project will be included in the fall 2024 grades. The typed assessment should be written in essay form following the outline. Use the outline for specifics on what to discuss. Writing should expound on these points in paragraph format. Junior high needs to be one and a half pages minimum to two pages maximum which includes three components from Roman numeral two below. High school needs to be two pages minimum to three pages maximum which included four components from Roman numeral two below. Use different events to prove your answers. Line spacing is double but make sure there are no extra spaces between paragraphs. All books need to be read. Audio books are okay IF the students read with the audio book. All writing needs to be the student’s own work—not Spark notes, book covers, etc. Just changing a few words is still plagiarism.

I. Introduction Paragraph-Required

A. Introduce the title and author of the book with a few original(not from the book cover, etc.) summarizing sentences about the book. Hook the reader in introduction.

II. Body Paragraphs-Required to do the A component and F component then choose other components(at least one more for junior high and two more for high school) for the body of your essay.

Remember to indent paragraphs each time you start a new component (A, B, C, etc.)

A. Characterization

1. Who is the protagonist?

2. Why has the writer used this character as the hero/protagonist?

3. Discuss if the protagonist (main character) is a dynamic (changes throughout the course

of the book-Do not explain physical changes but internal) or static(does not

change) character. Expound on how the protagonist changes or doesn’t change by using

events which occur during the course of the novel and how these events affect the

protagonist. Explain what traits this character possesses from beginning to ending.

The same trait may be used throughout the whole book if applicable but use

different events to prove the protagonist’s trait(s).

B. Theme(moral to the story statement)

1. What is the lesson learned from the novel? State this as a complete sentence.

2. Discuss at least two different events from the beginning and ending of the book which

give supporting evidence for the theme. Choose the best events to prove the theme.

C. Conflict

1. What is the conflict which drives the entire plot of the novel?

2. Expound on this conflict and how it leads to other events throughout the novel.

D. Point of View

1. What point of view was the novel narrated in?

2. What is the writer’s purpose for writing in this point of view?

3. Share two events showing why this point of view was best in these events.

E. Climax

1. What was the most emotional turning point of the novel? Expound on it.

2. Discuss what led up to it being the most emotional part.

F. Resolution

1. How did the book end?

2. Discuss if you liked or did not like the ending and why or why not.

3. How did the climax resolve the conflict?

G. Facts vs. Opinions

1. List three facts found in this book. To be a fact, one must be able to prove it.

2. Expound on at least one of the facts and why it is important and/or startling.

3. List three opinions about those facts.

4. Expound on at least one of your opinions.

H. Title Interpretation

1. Why was the book given the title it was?

2. Was it an effective or ineffective title?

3. If you were to give it a new title, what would it be and why? Even if you like the title, think of a

different one.

I. Relationships in the book

1. Discuss at least one relationship in the book.

2. How did the relationship change or stay the same throughout the novel? Show this through events.

III. Concluding Paragraph-Required

A. Evaluate and summarize the storyline

B. Reflect upon your own reading of the book

Make sure you make your conclusion a strong paragraph and don’t announce that you are concluding. Just do it. Proofread and fix your own errors. Your grammar and mechanics matter in your grade.

Students:

These are possible choices for your summer reading books. Students, make sure you discuss with your parents(s)/guardian(s) what you choose to read remembering these are choices and some may have delicate material. Please do not read something you have already read and remember to choose at your reading level. Junior high students may read up into the high school level if desired. Don’t read something too easy for you. Challenge yourself as well as choose a book you will love. Some of these you may check out from the school, but you must return in the fall or you will be charged for it.

If there is a listed book which is in a series, please remember you may read any book in that series that you have not already read.

The following are NOT choices because they are used in classes:

Les Miserables, Count of Monte Cristo, Frankenstein, Hound of the Baskervilles, Black Like Me, Tale of Two Cities, Macbeth, A Separate Peace, The Scarlet Letter, Ethan Frome, My Antonia, Huckleberry Finn¸ The Crucible, Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Night, Julius Caesar , Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anne Frank, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Guts, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Rent Collector, Death on the Nile, Boys in the Boat, The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit, Of Mice and Men, Outsiders

Grade Level Recommendation	Book	Author	Genre	School has this book for checkout if you desire
Junior High	Touching Spirit Bear	Ben Mikaelsen	fiction	X (SR)
	Every Soul a Star	Wendy Mass	fiction
	Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	fiction	X (SR)
	Summer of My German Soldier	Bette Greene	fiction	X (SR)
	The Call of the Wild	Jack London	Adventure fiction
	A Day No Pigs Would Die	Robert Newton Peck	Fiction	Library
	The Sign of the Beaver	Elizabeth George Spear	Historical fiction	Library
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	Satire, Folklore, Adventure Fiction	X (BR)
	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson	Realistic fiction	Library
	Park’s Quest	Katherine Paterson	fiction	Library
	The Pinballs	Betsy Byars	Fiction
	The Crossing	Gary Paulsen	Fiction	Library
	Sarny: A Life Remembered	Gary Paulsen	Historical fiction
	Fablehaven Series	Brandon Mull	Fantasy
	From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	E.L. Konigsburg	Fiction
	Devil’s Arithmetic	Jane Yolen	Historical fiction
	A Family Apart	Joan Lowery Nixon	Fiction	Library
	Number the Stars	Lois Lowry	Historical Fiction	Library
	Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	Fiction	Library
	Harriet Tubman Conductor on Underground Railroad	Ann Petry	Biography
	Finest Hours by Tougias and Sherman	Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias	Nonfiction-true story of coast guard’s daring rescue
	Anne of Green Gables Books	L.M. Montgomery	Realistic fiction
	Chronicles of Narnia Books	C.S. Lewis	Fantasy
	The Hiding Place	Corrie Ten Boom	nonfiction
Junior high(continued) Junior high continued	Beneath A Scarlet Sky(series)	Mark Sullivan	Epic tale(based on true story)
	Dragon’s Keep	Janet Lee Carey	Adventure/Fantasy
	Candy Shop War	Brandon Mull	Fantasy Fiction	Library
	The Brotherband Chronicles	John Flanagan	Fantasy Fiction
	Wild Life	Richard Ford	nonfiction
	The False Prince and The Ascendance Series	Jennifer A. Nielsen	Fantasy fiction
	Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief as well as others from this series	Rick Riordan	Fantasy, young adult, Greek mythology
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy fiction
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy fiction
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy fiction
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy fiction
	The Ghost of Graylock	Dan Poblocki	Ghost story, paranormal fiction
	The Quick and the Dead	Louis L’Amour	Western/fiction
	Sounder	James Barkley/William Armstrong	fiction
	Indian in the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks	fantasy
	Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	Adventure tale
	Peak	Roland Smith	Fiction
	The Hiding Place	Corrie Tenboom	Nonfiction-Autobiography
	A Night Divided	Jennifer A. Nielson	Historical fiction
	Land of Stories	Chris Colfer series	Adventure and fantasy
	Princess Academy	Shannon Hale	Fantasy
	Beauty	Robin McKinley	Fantasy
	Summer of the Monkeys	Wilson Rawls	Drama
	Amari and the Night Brothers	B.B. Alston	Fantasy
	The Cay	Theodore Taylor	Fiction
High school	Where I Belong	Marcia Argueta Mickelson	Fiction
	Shane	Jack Schaefer	Western
	A Lesson Before Dying	Ernest Gaines	Fiction but based on true story
	The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	Adventure, Fantasy
	Lightning Thief and others by this author	Rick Riordian Series	Fantasy, Greek Mythology	X
	Education of Little Tree	Forrest Carter	Historical Fiction	X(a few)
	The Book Thief	MarKus Zusak	Realistic/historical fiction	Library
	Finest Hours by Tougias and Sherman	Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias	nonfiction
	The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Realistic fiction	X
	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet	Jamie Ford	Japanese American Experience WWII	X
	Orphan Keeper	Camron Wright	Suspense, Historical Fiction	X
	And Then There Were none	Agatha Christie	Mystery	Library
	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Mark Haddon	Mystery
	The Maltese Falcon	Dashielle Hammott	Mystery
	Rebecca	Daphne du Maurier	Mystery
	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Mystery
	Murder on the Orient Express	Agatha Christie	Mystery	Library
	The Turn of the Screw	Henry James	Mystery	Library
	Michael Vey Series	Richard Paul Evans	Fantasy	X
	The Hunger Games Series	Suzanne Collins	Fantasy/Science Fiction	X
	The Lord of the Rings Series	J.R.R. Tolkien	Fantasy/Science Fiction	Library
	Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	Fantasy/Dystopian-Science Fiction	Library
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	J.K.Rowling	Fantasy/Science Fiction	Library
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy/Science Fiction	Library
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy/Science Fiction	Library
	Unwind(Series)	Neal Shusterman	Fantasy/Science Fiction
	Enders Game	Orson Scott Card	Fantasy/Science Fiction	X (SR)
	The Things They Carried	Tim O’Brien	Historical Fiction-	Library
	All Quiet on the Western Front	Erich Maria Remarque	Historical Fiction
	Red Badge of Courage	Stephen Crane	Historical Fiction	X (SR)
	Uncle Tom’s Cabin	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Anti-slavery novel	X (SR)
	The Poisonwood Bible(longer book-slow read but good)	Barbara Kingsolver	Historical Fiction
	The Secret Life of Bees	Sue Monk Kidd	Historical fiction
	The Odyssey	Homer	epic
	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Baroness Orczy	Historical fiction
	The Boy on the Wooden Box	Leon Layson	Nonfiction	Library
	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba	Nonfiction
	Life of Pi	Yann Martel	Adventure Fiction
	The Chosen	Chaim Potok	Student recommended
	The Glass Castle	Jeannette Walls	Biography	Library
	Tuesdays With Morrie	Mitch Albom	Biography	Library
	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya Angelou	Biography
	The Other Wes Moore	Wes Moore	Biography
	Angela’s Ashes	Frank McCourt	Biography
	A Long Way Gone	Ishmael Beah	Biography	Library
	Mountains Beyond Mountains	Tracy Kidder	Biography
	Stiff	Mary Roach	Science	Library
	Jurassic Park	Michael Crichton	Science	Library
	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Rebecca Skloot	Science
	Silent Spring	Rachel Carson	Science	Library
	The Hot Zone	Richard Preston	Science	Library
	Einstein’s Dreams	Alan Lightman	Science
	Chesapeake	James A Michener	History
	Long Walk to Freedom	Nelson Mandela	History	X(BR)
	Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand	History/Biography	X (SR)
	Light in the Forest	Conrad Richter	Coming of Age	X (SR)
	A Farewell to Arms	Ernest Hemingway	Fiction	Library
	Animal Farm	George Orwell	Satire	X(BR) pretty rough shape)
	Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck	Historical Fiction	X
	The Good Earth	Pearl S. Buck	Historical Fiction	Library
	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Betty Smith	Fiction
	1984	George Orwell	Dystopian Fiction	X
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	John Irving	Fiction
	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Tragedy	Library
East of Eden	John Steinbeck	Allegory/drama	Library
Hiroshima	John Hersey	War Account	Library
Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen	Fiction	Library
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte	Romance, Classic Regency	Library
Wuthering Heights	Emile Bronte	Tragedy, Gothic Fiction	X (BR)
The Canterbury Tales	Geoffrey	Fiction	Library
The House on Mango Street	Sandra Cisneros	Fiction
Roots	Alex Haley	Fiction	Library
The House of Seven Gables	Nathaniel Hawthorne	Gothic Fiction	Library
A Midsummer Night’s Dream	William Shakespeare	Fantasy Fiction	X (BR)
The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan	Fiction	X (BR)
Three Cups of Tea	Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	Memoir	X (BR)
Anthem	Ayn Rand	Science Fiction	X (BR)
The Long Walk	Slavomir Rawicz	Fiction	X (BR)
Laughing Boy	Oliver La Farge	Historical Fiction	X (BR)
Fellowship of the Ring	J.R.R. Tolkien	Fantasy	X(BR)
The Jungle	Upton Sinclair	Fiction	X (BR)
The Pigman	Paul Zindel	Fiction	X (BR)
April Morning	Howard Fast	Historical Fiction	X(BR)
The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini	Fiction	X
The Pearl	John Steinbeck	Parable, Fiction	X (BR)
High School(continued)	The Fifth Wave(series)	Rick Yancy	Science fiction
	Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son	Lois Lowry	Dystopian fiction
	Sense and Sensibility	Jane Austen	romance
	The Landry News	Andrew Clements	Nonfiction(history, journalism, government)
	Steve Jobs Biography	Walter Isaacson	nonfiction
	Heroes of Olympus Series-junior high and high school level	Rick Riordan series	Fantasy/fiction
	The Silent Storm	Sherry Garland	Adventure
	Insignia	S.J. Kincaid	Nonfiction
	The Selection(series)	Kiera Cass	Dystopian, young adult, romance
	Doomed Queen Anne	Carolyn Meyer	Historical fiction, young adult fiction
	Lunar Chronicles(series)	Marissa Meyer	Fantasy, fiction, dystopian
	Bamboo People	Mitali Perkins	fiction
	The Running Dream	Wendelin Van Draanen	fiction
	Sammy’s Song	Alma Yates	fiction
	If I Stay	Gayle Forman	fiction
	The Captive Maiden	Melanie Dickerson	fiction
	Escape from Camp 14	Blain Harden	biography
	Where the Crawdads Sing	Delia Owens	fiction
	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	Aron Rolsten	nonfiction
	The Shallows	Nicholas Carr	nonfiction
	Between Shades of Gray	Ruta Sepetys	Historical
	All the Light We Cannot See	Anthony Doerr	Historical Fiction
	Little Women	Louisa May Alcott	Family saga/realist
	Heartless	Marissa Meyer	Fantasy
	Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes	Suzanne Collins	Dystopian action/adventure
	Eragon Series	Christopher Paolini	Fantasy
	Fairy Tale	Stephen King	Fantasy
	Fable	Adrienne Young	Young adult fantasy
	Strange the Dreamer	Laini Taylor	Fantasy
	Dane of Thieves	Mary E. Pearson	Fantasy romance
	Legendborne	Tracy Deonn	Fantasy
	The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	fiction
	Scythe trilogy	Neal Shusterman	Science fantasy
	Six of Crows	Leigh Bardugo	Fantasy
	Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians Series	Brandon Sanderson	Fantasy
	Shadow and Bone trilogy	Leigh Bardugo	Fantasy
	The Inheritance Games Trilogy	Jennifer Lynn Barnes	Young adult
	Red Queen Series	Victoria Aveyard	Fantasy
	A Monster Calls	Patrick Ness	Fantasy/fiction

Name: __________________

English: _________________

Summer Reading Rubric and Reflection

Date: ___________________

Summer Reading Book of Choice Written Project

Please review the following rubric and give yourself an honest appraisal. Then answer the following questions.

Category	3 Proficient	2 Developing	1-Inadequate
Length -1 ½ to 2 pages(junior high) 2-3 pages(high school) Essay Format—beginning, middle, ending paragraphs
Introduction-introduce title and author of the book with a few engaging sentences about the book. Hook the reader.
Body- Required components--Characterization: Who is the protagonist? Why has the writer used this character as the protagonist? Expound on how the protagonist changes or doesn’t change by using events. Explain protagonist’s traits. Resolution: How does the book end? Discuss if you liked or did not like the ending and why or why not. How did the climax resolve the conflict?
Body- Own choice component—two more for high school and one more for junior high(Follow guidelines-Expound)
Conclusion-Evaluate the storyline and reflect upon own reading of the book
BEST EFFORT was shown in written report.

Did you complete your book by Wednesday, August 16 _____________________________________

If no, FINISH and let the teacher know when you are done because points are being given for completion as well as above categories on written essay. (Over)

Reflect on your overall experience with reading your book. Consider strengths and weaknesses. What was the best part of the experience? What were some of your struggles? If you did struggle, what are some goals you can make to make the next reading assignment more successful? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2024 Summer Reading Book of Choice Written Project

Directions: All writing is due on Wednesday, August 14 except incoming seventh graders will write their projects in class the first two days of school. All students need to make sure their book is read before school starts. Grades for the writing project will be included in the fall 2024 grades. The typed assessment should be written in essay form following the outline. Use the outline for specifics

on what to discuss. Writing should expound on these points in paragraph format. Junior high needs to be one and a half pages minimum to two pages maximum which includes three components from Roman numeral two below. High school needs to be two pages minimum to three pages maximum which included four components from Roman numeral two below. Use different events to prove your answers. Line spacing is double but make sure there are no extra spaces between paragraphs. All books need to be read. Audio books are okay IF the students read with the audio book.