Hendricks Reading Award Criteria 5th Grade Mrs. Ramirez & Ms. Kone [email protected] [email protected]
This project is optional and must be completed outside of school; however you may use independent reading time in the classroom to read your chosen book. All final projects are due on Friday, April 25, 2014.
Step 1: Choose two of the following books from the Newberry Award list. These books can be found in the school library, classroom library, or your closest public library.
Newberry Award Book List
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Holes by Louis Sachar Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Giver by Lois Lowry Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor The Grey King by Susan Cooper M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars Sounder by William H. Armstrong The High King by Lloyd Alexander From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Onion John by Joseph Krumgold The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry Daniel Boone by James Daugherty Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright The White Stag by Kate Seredy Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Dobry by Monica Shannon Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Step 2: Begin reading the book(s) and decided on two of the following projects. Complete one project for each of your books.
Project 1: Sculpture Create a sculpture of a character in the story. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object you chose. An explanation of how this character fits into the book should accompany the sculpture. This project must include following: Sculpture of one of the characters in the story Explanation of how this character fits into the story. (at least one paragraph) Presentation must include the title of the story, the author, characters setting, and explanation of sculpture.
Project 2: Character Description Type a description of three of the characters in the book. Each description should be three paragraphs long and contain information on both the physical appearances of the character and an emotional description. Include a digital of each character to accompany each description. This project must include following: Typed description of characters in three complete paragraphs each. A digital image of each of the characters. Presentation must include the title of the story, the author, the setting, and description of the three characters.
Project 3: Newspaper Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a featured story on one of the more important characters in another. Include an editorial, at least four ads that would be pertinent to the story, and one picture about the story. This project must include the following: Typed article summarizing the plot of the story using correct paragraph form. Typed article covering what the weather is like in the setting of the story using correct paragraph form. Typed featured story on one of the important characters in correct paragraph form. Typed editorial giving your opinion of the story in correct paragraph form. Type 4 ads that would be pertinent to the story. Include a digital about the story. Create in digital format using a word processing program. Presentation must include the title of the story, the author, characters setting, and explanation of newspaper.
Project 4: Mobile Create a mobile about the story. The mobile must include the title of the story, the name of the author, setting, and characters of the story. The mobile must have at least 5 moving parts and each part must have a typed paragraph explanation of each part in correct form. This project must include the following: Mobile with at least 5 moving parts. Must include the author, title, setting, and characters of the story. Explanation of each part in complete paragraph form (typed). Presentation must include the title of the story, the author, characters setting, and explanation of mobile.
Project 6: Song Write and perform an original song that tells the story of this book. The song must include the title of the story, the name of the author, setting, and characters of the story. This project must also include the following: Writing of the song must include the title of the story, the author, the setting, and characters. Performance of the song must include the title of the story, the author, the setting, and characters.
Remember, all final projects are due to your homeroom teacher no later than April 25th.
Award recognition will be given at the Gathering on May 16, 2014