Rising 6th Grade Summer Homework
This summer I hope you have so much FUN! Ride your bike, go for a swim, and read a book…or 3! J Your summer homework is to read books from the following lists and complete the writing assignments that follow. Choose at least 1 book from each list. (3 total) Enjoy!!
LIST 1: Choose a Rick Riordan novel that you have not read:
*Percy Jackson and the Olympians #s 1-5 about 300 pages *Heroes of Olympus #1-5 about 600+ pages *Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series about 500 pages *Kane Chronicles #1-3 about 400+ Pages *Greek Gods 400 pages *39 Clues (These are by various authors. Check out the Rick Riordan version.) **I notice the local bookstores have some variations of the books such as large hardcover with pictures, etc. You may choose any Rick Riordan book. LIST 2: Choose a Newbery Award Winner or Newbery Honor Book. More titles can be found at http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwin ners
2016: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña 2015: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 2014: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo 2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins 2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar 1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong 1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
LIST 3: Read for pleasure…choose a book someone else thinks you will LOVE! If you have read the listed book, choose another from the same author. Here are the favorite books of students in our class:
Isabella: The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Walker: Escape from the Overworld by Ryder Windham
Clarisse: The Sixty-eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
Jacques: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Simone: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Cooper: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Aracely: Class Dismissed by Allan Woodrow
Mareme: Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Benaiah: Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Alexandra: Demon Dentist by D. Williams, I Survived by L. Tarshis, Stick Dog by T. Watson
Remy: Out of My Mind, Secret Garden, Serendipity Me
Gigi: Sit, Stay, Love by JJ Howard
Fleming: Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Cannon: Treasure Hunters by James Patterson
Vivi K.: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Lenore: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Gabrielle L.: Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
Donovan: Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Sophie: The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett, Sunset in Camelot by Mary Osborne
Connor: Booked by Kwame Alexander
Gabrielle Q.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Antoine: Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Sydney: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Vivienne S.: Cleo by Helen Brown, Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan
Evie: Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Bea: Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones
Cecilia: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Peyton: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Where the Red Fern Grows by W. Rawls
WRITING: Use looseleaf paper (or type) the following assignments:
*Create a magazine page with various articles about events, places to go, and outings happening in New Orleans over the summer. Include both actual factual and opinion information. You may include pictures with captions. (Consider festivals, parks, museums, streetcar trips, double decker buses, tours, etc.)
*Write a 1 page comparison of the Rick Riordan book you read in class and the Rick Riordan book you read for summer. How are they alike and different? (Consider the characters, settings, problems, points of view, events, etc.)
*Write a 1 page letter to the person that recommended the book you chose from list 3. Use proper letter format with a greeting, date, body, and closing. Place commas in appropriate places. Include a summary about the book and which parts you enjoyed the most.