“Summer Reading Fun!” Blue/Green Reading Challenge
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Research has proven time and time again that the more students read, the better they become at building language, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Reading also exposes students to new and different perspectives; whereupon they can reinforce their present knowledge of LPS’ core values: Courage, Responsibility, Honesty, Respect, and Compassion.
This summer, Learning Prep School is implementing a manditory “Summer Reading Fun!” iniative.
All high school students will be expected to read at least one book over the summer and then complete a “Summer Reading Fun!” project. The books being suggested by staff are meant to connect with student interests and abilities; however, any book read will be accepted. The project portion of “Summer Reading Fun!” has been designed to be accomplished without the need of fancy craft materials, so it can be done anywhere!
The “Summer Reading Fun!” project will need to be turned in by September 13, 2019. This project will count as the first quiz grade… AND… A point will be given to the students’ LPS Blue/Green Reading Challenge Team!!!
“SUMMER READING FUN!” PROJECT for 2019
Cover Page
Student Name:
Book Title:
Author:
DIRECTIONS: Work can be typed or neatly handwritten
1. Develop a Bubble Map describing the main character. Have 5 Descriptive Bubbles or more. (10 points)
2. Create a Circle Map describing the main setting. Include 5 or more details about the main setting. (10 points)
3. Compose a five sentence paragraph describing the story’s problem (conflict). (10 points)
4. Develop a Flow Map sequentially(first, second, third...) describing one event at the beginning of the story. Have 5 boxes or more on your Flow Map. (10 points)
5. Develop a Flow Map sequentially (first, second, third...) describing one event in the middle of the story. Have 5 boxes or more on your Flow Map. (10 points)
6. Develop a Flow Map sequentially (first, second, third...) describing one event toward the end of the story. Have 5 boxes or more on your Flow Map. (10 points)
7. Compose a five sentence paragraph describing the solution to the problem. (10 points)
8. Compose a five sentence paragraph describing how the story relates to ONE of the core values of LPS: Courage, Responsibility, Honesty, Respect, and/or Compassion. (10 pts)
9. Edit/Revise for spelling, sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation. (10 points)
10. Attach this page of directions as the Cover Page (first page). Place assignments 1-8 behind the cover page. (10 points)
Total number of points: ______Team Green or Blue (circle which one)
Staff Suggested Books Students may choose from any list!
Jodi’s Suggestions:
Alexander, Kwame. THE CROSSOVER. Twin brothers Josh and Jordan love basketball and their dad, a former professional player. Told in verse by Josh, the story’s play-by-play basketball action is interspersed with the details of how he and his brother are growing up in different ways and at different speeds.
Amato, Mary. GUITAR NOTES. Two very different high school students, Tripp and Lyla, begin an unexpected friendship after discovering a common love of writing songs for the guitar.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. FEVER 1793. Against the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia, teenager Matilda struggles to keep herself and those she loves alive.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. THE BOY WHO DARED. In jail awaiting his execution, a German teenager recalls Hitler’s rise to power and the courage he found to stand up against the Nazi regime.
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL. Jason, an autistic teenager with a talent for creative writing, struggles to find acceptance in his middle school community.
Black, Holly, and Cassandra Clare. THE IRON TRIAL. Callum Hunt has been warned his whole life to stay away from magic. When Call is called to attend the entrance exams for The Magisterium, a school of magic, he promises his father he will deliberately fail the test. Unfortunately, magic is in Call’s blood, and he is selected to study with the greatest magician of all time, Master Rufus. Call and his new friends discover that mysteries lie deep in the Magisterium caverns, and they learn that sometimes it is hard to tell the good from the bad.
Bruchac, Joseph. CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO. After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay is recruited by the Marines to become a code talker, sending urgent messages during World War II in his native tongue.
Erskine, Kathryn. MOCKINGBIRD. Imagine having to go to the dictionary to understand emotions and always struggling to make friends. Caitlin’s confusion and discomfort, results of her Asperger’s Syndrome, are made even worse when her brother is killed and her father is overwhelmed with grief.
Gaiman, Neil. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK. After losing his family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard, where he will be raised by the groundskeeper and the ghosts that dwell there. As he grows up, he learns that his family’s killer is still out there looking for him.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. FOUND. Thirteen years after a plane mysteriously lands in an airport with 36 baby passengers and no adults on board, the children from the flight begin to receive strange, unexplained letters. Jonah and Chip must work quickly uncover the secrets of their past. This is the first in The Missing Book series.
Nielsen, Jennifer A. THE FALSE PRINCE. In a kingdom ravaged by civil war, a nobleman of the court seeks an impersonator to play the role of the king’s long-lost son in order to unify the people. He enlists a group of four orphans, including Sage, who must compete for the part. Can Sage win the part and pull off the role as a prince?
Smith, Roland. PEAK. Trouble with the law forces Peak Marcello to join his estranged father on a climbing adventure to the top of Mount Everest. As the story unfolds, Peak discovers his father’s true intentions and begins to realize how much danger awaits him as he climbs to the top of the mountain.
Dana’s Suggestions:
Booked by Kwame Alexander Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Refugee by Alan Krantz Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world… Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety and freedom in America…
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
This stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.
Maybe a Fox by Katwi Appelt
A fantastical, heartbreaking, and gorgeous tale about two sisters, a fox cub, and what happens when one of the sisters disappears forever. Sylvie and Jules, Jules and Sylvie. Better than just sisters, better than best friends, they’d be identical twins if only they’d been born in the same year. And if only Sylvie wasn’t such a fast—faster than fast—runner. But Sylvie is too fast, and when she runs to the river they’re not supposed to go anywhere near …
Restart by Gordon Korman
Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name. He knows he's Chase. But who is Chase? When he gets back to school, he sees that different kids have very different reactions to his return.
Cynthia’s Suggestions:
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz. 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three young adventurers. Their travels take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king and save the land from a dragon.
Attack of the Turtle by Drew Carlson. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War, teenaged Nathan works with his older cousin David Bushnell to create the first submarine. However, if Nathan really wants to help his people win independence, he will need to overcome his fear of water and investigate his suspicions that his neighbors are Tory spies.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. Set in Texas in 1899, this is the story of spunky Calpurnia Tate. She is more interested in science and nature than in learning to be a lady. The story also shows her life with her family, which includes six brothers.
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding is a thrilling mystery set in 1790s London, England. Cat has lived in the Drury Lane Theater Royal ever since she was abandoned and taken in by Mr. Sheridan, the owner of the theater. After Cat sees Mr. Sheridan hiding a valuable diamond, she and her friends decide to help safeguard the treasure.
The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller. Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters living in a small English town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter who travels the world searching for rare plants for his customers. When he fails to locate a rare orchid in China, he is threatened with debtor’s prison.
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood. Penelope Lumley, a 15-year-old educated at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, has just accepted her first post as governess. The three children in her charge were found running wild in the woods and are now living in a barn on the estate of Lord Frederic Ashton. A cleverly funny book.
Play Ball Jackie! by Stephen Krensky, Joe Morse. It’s 1947, and Matty Romano is going to his first baseball game with his father to see the Brooklyn Dodgers, his favorite team. It’s also the first day for Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player in the major leagues. The crowd is divided between those who are outraged and those who just want to see good baseball players, no matter what their color. Matty’s conversations with his father provide an intimate look at this historic baseball game.
All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens by Gloria Whelan. It’s 1921, and Rosy has returned to her beloved India after an extended stay in the United States. Her maiden aunts Ethyl and Louise have joined the busy household, caught up in frantic preparations for a visit by the Prince of Wales. Rosy has promised to deliver a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi, an appeal to Britain to give India its freedom. Rosy’s proper British officer father can’t understand her sympathies for the native Indians, but Rosy can’t stop fighting for justice. Lisa’s Suggestions:
Frindle by Andrew Clements Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle?
Any book by Andrew Clements is recommended.
George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into it. Grandma's in for the surprise of her life—and so is George, when he sees the results of his mixture!
Any book by Roald Dahl which is not a movie is recommended.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle – that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again. Any book by Kate DiCamillo which is not a movie is recommended.
Martha’s Suggestions:
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.
Kaffir Boy: Mark Mathabane Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage. Like every other child born in the hopelessness of apartheid, he learned to measure his life in days, not years. Yet Mark Mathabane, armed only with the courage of his family and a hard-won education, raised himself up from the squalor and humiliation to win a scholarship to an American university.
Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.
Lyddie: Katherine Patterson When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true.
Anne of Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.