OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL
SUMMER READING LIST 2020-2021 ENTERING FOURTH GRADE
Your summer reading assignment is to read three books:
1. The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor • Be prepared to discuss the book and participate in class projects. • These projects will be your first grades for 4th grade reading.
2. One book from the fourth grade Battle of the Books List • Please complete a Battle of the Books log sheet • On the log sheet, please describe the setting, the main characters, the plot, and your recommendation of the book. Please be thorough with your descriptions. • The log sheet is due on the first day of school to your reading teacher for a grade.
3. Finally, read another book of your choice and complete the Book Review Assignment. It can certainly be another book from the Battle of the Books list, but you are doing a Book Review with this book so please make sure that it is a book that is appealing to you.
Book Review Assignment
Directions: Prepare a short oral presentation (less than 5 minutes) that reviews the book for your classmates. You may choose to video record your book review instead of giving an oral presentation in class. Video files should be brought to the first day of school on a flash drive.
• The book should be a book that you enjoyed and would recommend. Do not review a book you would not recommend to classmates!
• Your presentation must include:
o The title and author of the book.
o Why you chose to pick it up and read the book.
o A description of the main character.
o The problem the main character struggles within the book.
o What you think the author is trying to teach you, the reader, about life?
o What did you love about the book? o Who should read this book? What other books are similar to it?
• Do Not give away the ending in your presentation. Hopefully other readers will want to read the book based on your review!
Name: ______
Battle of the Books Log Sheet
Title of the Book: ______Author of the Book: ______
Main Setting of the Story (where the story takes place): ______
Main Characters (please describe the main characters (at least THREE) and write at least one sentences about each one. Describe what the character looks like and how the character acts.)
______
Plot (What is the story about? Pick at least three of the most important parts of the story to discuss. Your last sentence should tell how the story ends.)
______
Recommendation (Would you recommend this story to a friend? Why or why not? Be specific in your reasoning)
______
Battle of the Books 2019-2020 4th Grade (rev’d 8/26/2019) 24 Books Title Author The 100-year-old Secret Tracy Barrett The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson The BFG Roald Dahl The Boys Start the War Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Brambleheart: a story about finding Henry Cole treasure and the unexpected magic of friendship Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke Drita, my Homegirl Jenny Lombard Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Chris Grabenstein Library Half a World Away Cynthia Kadohata The Homework Machine Dan Gutman Honus and Me Dan Gutman The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick The one and only Ivan Katherine Applegate The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Jeanne Birdsall Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Creatures Pearce Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Sideways Stories from Wayside Louis Sachar School Skinnybones Barbara Park The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume The Thing About Georgie: a novel Lisa Graff Time for Andrew: a ghost story Mary Downing Hahn Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm The Wild Robot Peter Brown