Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School
Throughout your summer vacation, you will need to read the following books and complete the attached assignments. This summer work will be due in your language arts class on the first day of class. The Giver By Lois Lowery Jonas' world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. Summary from www.goodread.com Notable Book. Newbery Honor Book.
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Throughout your summer, it is important to fuel your mind with good literature. Summer reading will help increase your reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension and will give a jump start on 8th grade.
Tasks to Complete 1. Read The Giver • The Concept of Heroism Defining Heroism • Challenges and Character Traits Maintaining a Dialectical Journal • Be ready to AR test the first week of school. • Hero paragraph
2. Read Johnny Tremain. • Be ready to take an AR Test on this book during the first days of school. 3. Read a traditional classic or a book • Be ready to take an AR test on this book from a college-bound reading list. during the first days of school. You may refer to the list of AP classics on the following website http://www.lakeholcombe.k12.wi.us/upload s/1/0/4/0/10408064/college_boustnd_reco mmended_reading.pdf 4. Greek & Latin Roots • Memorize the definitions of all 160 Greek and Latin Roots and be ready to test.
5. Grammar • Memorize the definitions of the parts of speech. • Memorize the linking and helping verbs. • Memorize the list of prepositions
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School
Activity 1: The Giver - The Concept of Heroism Defining Heroism
Student Target: To reflect on statements about heroes and create a definition of heroism
Instructions: At the beginning of the school year, you will explore the concept of heroism. Read the following statements. Mark down whether you agree or not with the statement. Go with your first thought. Agree/Disagree? 1. All heroes are brave. 2. Heroes are created by the events around them. 3. You cannot fail and still be considered a hero. 4. You must decide to be a hero. 5. If you perform a heroic deed, then you are a hero. 6. A hero overcomes physical challenges. 7. To be a true hero, a person would have to risk his or her life. 8. Heroes deserve fame and fortune.
1. How do you define a hero? When you hear the word “heroes,” what images and thoughts come to your mind?
2. Name at least three of your heroes. They can be fictional or nonfictional. They can be someone from real life such as a well‐known historical figure, or a character from a book, movie or TV show. Write down at least three reasons why you consider these people heroes.
Hero #1 ‐
Hero #2 –
Hero #3 ‐
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School
Activity 2: The Giver - Challenges and Character Traits- Maintaining a Dialectical Journal
Student Target: To critically read a text for the specific purpose and to respond to a specific passage with comments, questions, or insights to foster active involvement with a text.
Instructions: Review the following working definitions of challenges and character traits. Maintain a Dialectical Journal while you read your selected novel. Have a minimum of 20 journal entries.
Sample Character Traits: able cooperative funny lucky secretive active courageous gentle mature selfish adventurous cowardly giving mean serious affectionate cross glamorous messy sharp afraid cruel gloomy miserable short alert curious good mysterious shy ambitious dangerous graceful naughty silly angry daring grateful nervous skillful annoyed dark decisive greedy nice sly anxious demanding grouchy noisy smart apologetic dependable grumpy obedient sneaky arrogant depressed guilty obnoxious sorry attentive determined happy old spoiled average discouraged harsh peaceful stingy bad dishonest hateful picky strange blue disrespectful healthy pleasant strict bold doubtful helpful polite stubborn bored dull honest poor sweet bossy dutiful hopeful popular talented brainy eager hopeless positive tall brave easygoing humorous precise thankful bright efficient ignorant proper thoughtful brilliant embarrassed imaginative proud thoughtless busy encouraging impatient quick tired calm energetic impolite quiet tolerant careful evil inconsiderate rational touchy careless excited independent reliable trusting cautious expert industrious religious trustworthy charming fair innocent responsible unfriendly cheerful faithful intelligent restless unhappy childish fearless jealous rich upset clever fierce kindly rough useful clumsy foolish lazy rowdy warm coarse fortunate leader rude weak concerned foul lively sad wicked confident fresh lonely safe wise confused friendly loving satisfied worried considerate frustrated loyal scared wrong
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School Dialectical Journal Book Title: Character: Text Page # Character Trait Insight/Reaction/Question/Interpretation Cite specific examples of Explain how the quote demonstrates challenges faced the character traits. What does it by a variety of characters. establish about the character? Include page numbers. “I wanted to follow her Dependable Percy is clearly being tempted by the down into the darkness. I possibly once in a lifetime chance to wanted to see the court of see Poseidon’s kingdom. Most kids Poseidon. But I looked up would go a take a quick peek. Unlike at the sunset darkening most kids, Percy’s friend can count on on the surface. My friends him to remember that they had things were waiting. We had so to do and they needed him to return. little time…I kicked upward toward the shore.” (273).
Turn in your completed dialectical journal on the first day of school.
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School Activity 3: Read Johnny Tremain Read the background provided below for Johnny Tremain prior to reading the book.
Chapters 1-5 Time and Place In the 1770s, the city of Boston was almost an island. It projected out into Boston Harbor, con- nected to the mainland by a thin strip of land called “the Neck.” This was both good and bad for Bostonians. It was good because it provided easy access to Boston Harbor, while the Neck’s guarded gates helped protect the city from attack. It was bad because it meant that the city could be easily isolated from communities on the mainland. The city itself was a fairly typical eighteenth- century British-style town. A main feature was the Common, which still exists today. This land was shared by all and was used for pastureland, military training, horse-riding, and general recreation. People gathered at the Common to exchange news, as they did at the many water pumps scattered throughout the city.
Did You Know? Johnny Tremain, like many poor boys of his time, was apprenticed to a master craftsman to learn his trade: silversmithing. Apprentices worked and usually lived with their masters for a period of about seven years. In exchange for the boy’s efforts, the master would train, house, and feed him. Paul Revere, whom Johnny consults for advice on a difficult smithing task, was a very tal- ented and well-regarded silversmith in Boston. He learned the trade during an apprenticeship with his own father. Revere was particularly famous for his ability to keep the basic beauty of a design, while adding many decorative frills that were popular at the time
Chapters 6-8 Time and Place As early as 1767, the British were taxing the tea that was shipped to the American colonies. Some colonists began boycotting British tea; as a result, tea exporters such as The East India Company lost a great deal of money. To help this important business, the British government gave it exclusive rights to sell tea in the American Colonies, under The Tea Act of 1773. In September of that year, the East India Company filled seven ships with tea bound for the colonies. These ships, carrying hundreds of thousands of pounds of tea, were headed for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. Protests broke out in all these cities, and several of the ships turned back to England. The ships bound for Boston reached their destination in November 1773. The Patriots responded with a dramatic protest called the Boston Tea Party.
Did You Know? In the 1770s, Boston was a key American shipping port, both because of the fine ships built there and the many different products traded on the Boston wharves. Most Bostonians were somehow connected to the shipping trade or to the fishing industry: a variety of craftspeople built ships; unskilled workers loaded and unloaded merchandise from ships and warehouses; other Bostonians 2020/2021 SAC 5
Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School made a living catching and selling fish and oysters. Many of Boston’s wealthy families had made their money through shipping and trade.
Chapters 9-12 Time and Place Bostonians responded with outrage to the closing of their port and the arrival of British soldiers and warships. The Committees of Correspondence that Sam Adams began in the early 1770s evolved to play an even more active role. In September 1774, all the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The Congress decided on a boycott of British goods and promised to stand together in defense of Boston. One result of this promise was the forming, arming, and training of colonial militias. The Congress also prepared a summary of its complaints for King George. The king, however, was not interested in reviewing these complaints and sent more soldiers and ships to Boston.
Did You Know? Like many soldiers in America's early conflicts, the common Continental was, on average, quite young. One historian found that in nine New Jersey towns nearly 75 percent of boys who were fifteen and sixteen at the onset of hostilities served in the army or the militia. Thousands more were under twenty. Many may have been drawn, at least initially, by the adventure of it all. Many were poor and had little or no property or marketable skill. Pay was poor and often delayed or deferred, discipline was harsh, food meager and sometimes rotten, and clothing and shelter often insufficient. But for some men the army was a better and more dependable way of life than the lives they were used to. Activity 4: Is the Protagonist a Hero? Hero Paragraph Reflecting on the definition of a hero
Please type this assignment using Ariel 12 pt. font, double spaced. Turn this document in on the first day of school.
Student Target: In a paragraph reflect on your definition of a hero. Choose a character from one your three summer books and decide if the protagonist fits your definition of a hero.
Instructions: Write a paragraph that explains how the protagonist has the qualities of a hero. Explain the challenges your character faced and how these challenges defined or changed the character. Begin your response with a strong topic sentence that states your answer to the prompt. Then, support your topic sentence with evidence from the text and thoughtful commentary. Planning Your Time Good time management and the ability to plan your time is an essential skill to have that will serve you well into adulthood. Students who excel do this on a daily basis and achieve their goals! You CAN NOT leave this assignment till the last minute – there is too much to do.
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School
8th Grade Greek and Latin Roots ROOT DEFINITION ROOT DEFINITION
1. BIBLIO book 25. CYCLO circle
2. DICT word 26. GRAPH/GRAM write/draw
3. SCRIPT write/draw 27. -ENCE Makes a noun
4. JUV youth 28. DEMOS people
5. -OUS Makes an adj. 29. PRO before
6. CONTRA against 30. CERT true
7. FIDE faith/trust 31. AUDIO sound
8. -FUL Makes an adj. 32. ANTHROP mankind
9. BIO life 33. -ARY Makes an adj.
10. PHIL love 34. -OLOGY the study of
11. –ABLE, Makes an adj. 35. MISO hate -IBLE
12. CEDE move/ withdraw 36. -ISH Makes an adj.
13. SCOP look/see/examine 37. -ATE Makes a verb
14. CHRON time 38. ALT high/height
15. METER measure 39. DECI ten
16. CENTI one hundred 40. GEO earth
17. MIL one thousand 41. PERI through, around
18. KILO one thousand 42. -AL Makes an adj.
19. -MENT Makes a noun 43. THEO god
20. PHYS nature/growth 44. PSYCH mind
21. PYR fire 45.-er Makes a noun
22. GRAT please 46. INTRA/INTRO within
23. -ITY Makes a noun 47. -IST Makes a person
24. -IZE makes a verb 48. –IVE Makes an adj.
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School ROOT DEFINITION ROOT DEFINITION
49. ANTE before 77. AQUA water
50. ANTI against 78. AUDI hear
51. BI two 79. BELL war
52. CIRCUM around 80. CAP take
53. COM together 81. CISE cut
54. CON together 82. BIO life
55. DE down 83. AUTO self
56. DIS away 84. PORT carry
57. EQUI equal 85. SCRIB write
58. EXTRA beyond 86. LOGY science
59. INTER between 87. CRED believe
60. INTRA within 88. NEO new
61. INTRO into 89. AD to
62. MAL bad 90. MISS send
63. MIS bad 91. CENTRI center
64. NON not 92. HOMO same
65. POST after 93. SPECT look
66. PRE before 94. DUCT lead
67. SEMI half 95. FER carry
68. SUB under 96. PEND hang, weigh, pay
69. SUPER above 97. MICRO small
70. SYN together 98. HYDRO water
71. TRI three 99. PHOTO light
72. UN not 100. PAN all
73. ARCHY government 101. PENTA five
74. ARD always 102. TELE far; distant
75. CIDE kill 103. VID look
76. ICIAN specialist 104. OMNI All
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Accelerated English 8 Summer Assignment Sacajawea Middle School ROOT DEFINITION ROOT DEFINITION
105. EX out 133. PHOBIA fear
106. POLY many 134. ORTHO straight
107. RE again 135. PUT think
108. HYPO under 136. VER truth
109. PSEUDO false 137. MATRI mother
110. NEURO nerve 138. MEGA large
111. -TOMY cut 139. POP people
112. HEMA blood 140. SANGUI blood
113. PROTO first 141. PATER father
114. PHON sound 142. VITA life
115. MONO one 143. DEMO people
116. VIV life 144. STEREO solid
117. MORPH shape 145. ISM doctrine
118. VEST clothes 146. COGN know
119. BENE good; well 147. SUR over
120. POND weight 148. ALTER other
121. CORP body 149. ASTR star
122. DORM sleep 150. DYNA power
123. NOV new 151. HYPER over
124. PUNCT point 152. LUNA moon
125. JECT throw 153. OCTA eight
126. -TION act or state 154.GYRO turn
127. LOCO place 155. AMAT love
128. DOX opinion 156. HELIO sun
129. AMPHI both 157. TETRA four
130. MAGNA great 158. SON sound
131. EU good 159. DEC ten
132. ENDO within 160. STELL star
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Parts of Speech 1. Noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or ideas 2. Pronoun is a word used in place of one or more than one noun. It may stand for a person, place, thing or idea. 3. Adjective is a word that modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun. 4. Preposition is a word that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. 5. Verb is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make statement. 6. Adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb, adjective or another adverb. 7. Conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. 8. Interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses strong emotion and has no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence. 9. Subject is the part of the sentence about which something is being said and must contain a noun or pronoun. 10. Predicate is the part of the sentence that says something about the subject must contain a verb a word that names a person, place, thing or idea.
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Action Verbs Helping Verbs were will Linking Verbs
(@25,000 do be can be mental and physical does being is actions) did been am
has may are
have must was
had might were
is could being
am should been
are would
was shall
Prepositions aboard behind during about below except above beneath for across beside from after besides in against between inside along beyond into among like around by near at
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concerning of before down off on throughout until out till up over to upon past toward with since under within through underneath without
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