Summer Homework English Language Learners (ELL) June 2013 Students It is important during the summer to keep up your reading volume and stamina, which you have worked on so hard during the school year. This summer make sure to: ● Read 3 books. Two from one category (fiction or nonfiction) and one from the other ● Write 3 responses for each book. ● Write your responses on loose-leaf and place in a folder for September ● Bring in your completed summer homework on your first day of school.
Below are a list of possible responses you might consider and a list of books to choose from. Have a wonderful summer! Responses to Summer Reading June 2013 Each of the 3 books requires 3 responses. Choose 3 different responses for each book, for a total of 9 responses. Each response must be at least 2 paragraphs. 1. Describe the kind of person the main character is (character traits) and provide evidence from his/her actions or dialogue to support your description. 2. Describe some the actions of the main character. Why do you think he or she acted the way he or she did? 3. In what ways does the character in the story relate to your own life? 4. Has the main character been treated unfairly? Please explain. How did the character deal with this unfairness? 5. Describe the relationships the main character has with others in the story. 6. Choose a character that inspires you and explain why. 7. Describe the minor characters in the story. Why do you think the author put these characters into the story? 8. Choose 2 characters from the 5 books and compare the problems they faced and how they solved them. 9. Choose another title for 2 of your books and explain your choice. 10. What is the main problem or struggle in the story? How is it solved? 11. Why do you think the author chose the particular setting in your story? 12. Write about your favorite part of two of your books. 13. Write a different ending to one of your stories and explain your choice. 14. What is your book really about? Explain your answer. 15. Write a letter to the author explaining your reactions, thoughts, and/or feelings. Please choose 3 books to read during the summer vacation. You may choose one from one category (fiction or non-fiction) and two from the other. Please write three responses for each book. A list of possible responses has been provided. You must write your responses on loose-leaf and place in a folder to bring into school on the first day of school.
Recommended Reading for summer Grade 6 (Levels N-V) Grade 7 (Levels P-W) Grade 8 (Levels V-Z) Level N Fiction Amber Brown series –Danziger, Paula Invisible Stanley series – Brown, Jeff Julian’s Stories series – Cameron, Ann The Zack Files series - Greenburg, Dan Nonfiction Helen Keller - Davidson, Margaret Louis Braille – “ All Pigs Are Beautiful – King-Smith, David The Digestive System – Stille, Darlene Shark Attack – Dukbowski, Cathy East
Level O Fiction The Boxcar Children series – Warner, Gertrude C Ramona series – Beverly Cleary Series by Geronimo Stilton Pippi Longstocking – Lindgren, Astrid Chocolate Fever – Smith, Robert K Nonfiction Ant Cities – Dorros, Arthur Baseball’s Best: Five True Stories – Gutelle, Andrew Dolphins – Holmes, Kevin J. Who Was King Tut? – Edwards, Roberta I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skin and Other Questions About Reptiles – O’Neill, Amanda
Level P Fiction Felita –Mohr, Nicholasa Stone Fox – Gardiner, John Reynolds Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Sachar, Louis Dragon Slayers Academy series – McMullan, Kate Encyclopedia Brown series – Sobol, Daniel Nonfiction Bats – Rodriguez, Cindy Snow Dogs – Whitelaw, Ian Henry Ford – Venezia, Mike Wild and Wooly Mammoths – Aliki The Automobile – Sinclair, Julie
Level Q Fiction Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary, Beverly James and the Giant Peach – Dahl, Roald Anastasia Krupnik series – Lowry, Lois Bunnicula series – Howe, James Last Summer with Maizon – Woodson, Jacqueline Nonfiction If You Lived 100 Years Ago – McGovern, Ann Nature’s Green Umbrella – Gibbons, Gail The Biography of Bananas – Eagen, Rachel Black Holes and Other Bizarre Space Objects – Jefferis, David Ivan the Terrible: Tsar of Death – Price, Sean
Level R Fiction Because of Winn-Dixie – DiCamillo, Kate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Dahl, Roald Every Living Thing – Rylant, Cynthia Hatchet – Paulsen, Gary Sarah, Plain and Tall – MacLachlan, Patricia Nonfiction Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator – Gormley, Beatrice Everything Reptile: What Kids Really Want to Know About Reptiles – Winner, Cherie Spectacular Sharks – Kalman, Bobbie Mummies Made in Egypt – Aliki Inventing the Television – Richter, Joanne
Level S Fiction The Cricket in Times Square – Selden, George From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller – Konigsburg, E.L. The Great Gilly Hopkins – Paterson, Katherine The Pinballs – Byars, Betsy Choose Your Own Adventure series – Montgomery, R.A. Nonfiction A Boy Called Slow – Bruchac, Joseph The Tarantula in My Purse – George, Jean C. How Dogs Came from Wolves – Myers, Jack Children’s Clothing of t he 1800s – Kalman, Ellis Island – Jango-Cohen, Judith
Level T Fiction Bridge to Terabithia – Pat erson, Katherine The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – Lewis, C. S. Love That Dog – Creech, Sharon The Tiger Rising – DiCamillo, Kate The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe – Lewis, C.S. Nonfiction Sharks – Simon, Seymour Woodsong – Paulsen, Gary Lightning – Simon, Seymour Lost Star – Lauber, Patricia Tools and Gadgets – Kalman, Bobbie
Level U Fiction Baseball in April and Other Stories – Soto, Gary The BFG – Dahl, Roald Loser – Spinelli, Jerry No More Dead Dogs – Korman, Gordon Wringer – Spinelli, Jerry NonFiction Insects – Bird, Bettina The Salem Witch Trials – Martin, Michael Boys Who Rocked the World: From King Tut to Tiger Woods – Carlsmith, Laura Breakfast in the Rainforest – Sobol, Richard T he Tarantula Scientist – Montgomery, Sy
Level V Fiction Becoming Naomi Leon – Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising – Ryan, P am Munoz Locomotion – Woodson, Jacqueline A Long Way from Chicago – Peck, Richard Yolanda’s Genius – Fenner, Carol Nonfiction Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Germs – Romanek, Trudee Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader’s Edition) – Mortenson, Greg Princess Diana – Mattern, Joanne The Snake Scientist – Montgomery, Sy Pirates! Raiders of the High Seas – Maynard, Christopher
Level W Fiction Freak the Mighty – Philbrick, Rodman Maniac Magee – Spinelli, Jerry The Skin I’m In – Flake, Sharon G Coraline – Gaiman, Neil Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Rowling, J.K. Nonfiction Anne Frank: Life in Hiding – Hurwitz, Johanna I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust – Auerbacher, Inge Tornadoes – Woods, Michael and Mary The Hive Detectives – Burns, Loree Griffin Mummies! Secrets of the Dead – Griffey, Harriet
Level X Fiction Al Capone Does My Shirts – Choldenko, Gennifer Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie – Sonnenblick, Jordan Somewhere in the Darkness – Myers, Walter Dean Out of the Dust – Hesse, Karen The Glory Field – Myers, Walter Dean Nonfiction Burp! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Eating – Swanson, Diane Through My Eyes – Bridges, Ruby Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir – Greenfield, Eloise Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship of Essex – Philbrick, Nathaniel Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science – Fleischman, John
Level Y Fiction Double Dutch – Draper, Sharon M After Tupac & D Foster – Woodson, Jacqueline The Devil’s Arithmetic – Yolen, Jane Cirque du Freak series – Shan, Darren Just Ella – Haddix, Margaret P Nonfiction The Story of Disney – Bodden, Valeria Hana’s Suitcase – Levine, Karen Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 – Bartoletti, Susan C New Kids in Town: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens – Bode, Janet Mountains Around the World – Green, Jen
Level Z Fiction Forged by Fire – Draper, Sharon M. 1984 - Orwell, George Lord of the Flies – Golding, William Monster – Myers, Walter Dean Tears of a Tiger – Draper, Sharon M Nonfiction Chew on This (Young Reader’s Edition) – Schlosser, Eric Night – Wiesel, Elie When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS – Giblin, James Cross My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir – Abeel, Samantha The Miracle Worker – Gibson, WilliamoHH
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