After Reading One of Your Books from the 6Th Grade Summer Reading List, Complete the Following Boxes
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Name: _______________________________ Book Title and Author: __________________________________________ Directions: After reading one of your books from the 6th Grade Summer Reading List, complete the following boxes. Write in complete sentences, using proper grammar (1-6). After completing 1-6, create an advertisement for your book. (see choices in #7) 1. Why did you choose 2. Was it as good as you 3. If you could tell the this book? thought it would be? author something about Explain. the text, what would it be? 4. What is your favorite 5. What words seemed new 6. How do you relate to part of the book? to you or words that you the book? (text to self) Why? had never seen written down? 7. If you were asked to advertise this book for others to read, what would your ad look like? Write a script, design an advertisement, make a commercial, draw a cartoon strip, or create your own design as an advertisement for the book you read. List of suggested books: FICTION: Crash- Jerry Spinelli Locomotion- Jacqueline Woodson Where the Red Fern Grows- Wilson Rawls Hoot- Carl Haissen The Crossover and/or Booked- Kwame Alexander The Lions of Little Rock- Kristin Levine One For the Murphys - Lynda Mullaly Hunt The Summer of the Swans- Betsy Byars Misty of Chincoteague- Marguerite Henry Al Capone Does My Shirts- Gennifer Choldenko Elijah of Buxton - Christopher Paul Curtis One Crazy Summer- Rita Williams- Garcia The Wanderer- Sharon Creech A Corner of the Universe- Ann M. Martin Dicey's Song- Cynthia Voight A Year Down Yonder- Richard Peck Dragonwings- Laurence Yep The Fourteenth Goldfish- Jennifer Holm The Black Cauldron- Lloyd Alexander A Wrinkle in Time- Madeline L’Engle Jump Into the Sky- Shelley Pearsall Because of Winn Dixie- Kate DiCamillo Island of the Blue Dolphins-Scott O’Dell My Side of the Mountain- Jean Craighead George NON-FICTION: Chicken Soup for the Pre-teen Soul- Jack Canfield Woodsong- Gary Paulsen I Am Malala- Malala Yousafzai The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens- Sean Covey Chasing Lincoln’s Killer – James Swanson Soul Surfer- Bethany Hamilton The Dreamer- Pam Munoz Ryan The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club- Phillipo Hoose Red Scarf Girl- Ji-li Jiang Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon- Steve Sheinkin Summer Reading for Mandarin Middle School- 6th grade The language arts and reading teachers from MMS are excited about next year and look forward to meeting you soon! As you enjoy your summer, we want to encourage everyone to spend some time reading, so we have put together a list from which you may choose at least one book. When you have read your book, you should fill in the reading response form and bring it with you on the first day of school. We would also like to challenge you to read as many of the books on the list as you can. The students who read the most books from the list will be given a prize the first week of school. In order to be eligible for a prize, list all the books you have read and have your parent/guardian sign it. This will count the first 2 days of school. Have a fun summer and get lost in a good book along the way! .