Students entering 5 th grade will be required to complete the following reading assignments:
1) Choose any fiction Newbery Award book and complete the questions on the back. Be ready to take the A.R. test when we return. Here are some examples: • Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (1936) • Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (1941) • Sounder by William H. Armstrong (1970) • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brian (1972) • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson (1978) • The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1979) • Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Clearly (1984) • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1986) • The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (1987) • Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990) • Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1991) • Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (1995) • Holes by Louis Sachar (1999) • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000) • A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2001)
You may find a complete list online. Do not choose an honor book (it must be a Newbery winner) or any of the following 3 because these will be read in class: 1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L. ‘Engle 2. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 3. Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 2) Choose any informational writing. It may be a recipe, magazine article, newspaper article, instructions on how to build something, etc. This does not have to be a book. After reading the piece, be ready to make a 1 minute presentation to the class about what you learned on Friday, August 9 . Please do this as much from memory as possible. You must have a visual with your presentation. It can be a poster you have created, pictures of you putting something together, an item you created, or even a food you made. Be creative and read something that interests you! ______Name of the writing Where it was found-book, magazine, etc. Type of Writing
If you have any questions, please contact me this summer by email: [email protected] Name______Due Date: August 8, 2013
BOOK REPORT
Title of Book ______Author ______Year of Newbery Award______Type of Fiction______
Setting: ______
Main & Minor Characters
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Summarize the story: (Use complete sentences.) ______
Would you have given this book the Newbery Award? Why or why not? (Use complete sentences.) ______