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Required Middle School Summer Reading Assignment

Mint Hill Middle School: 6th Grade


Dear Rising 6th Grader,

Congratulations on completing your Fifth Grade year! We hope your summer is filled with excitement and the
long needed break you deserve. While you are vacationing, or enjoying the comfort of sleeping an extra hour or
two, we do not want you to forget the ability to appreciate a wonderful book. Mint Hill Middle School has high
expectations for students literacy development. Parents and teachers would agree that inactive reading leads to
losing the cognitive skills you have gained throughout the school year. In order to bridge this gap, Mint Hill
Middle has prepared the summer reading assignment below for all students. Reading really isnt homework, it is
a life skill that everyone needs to live a successful life. All students must complete summer reading activities
before their Sixth Grade year begins. This assignment is due September 30th AND will count as a grade for
Language Arts.

Assignment
Step 1: Choose a fiction/nonfiction book pair for your summer reading project from the choices listed below.
(All these books are available at Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, or at most public libraries.)

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine AND Temple Grandin: How The Girl Who Loved
Cows Embraced Autism And Changed The
World by Sy Montgomery
OR
Autism by Ann Squire
Hiroshima by Laurence Yep AND Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by
Eleanor Coerr
OR
Hiroshima: The Story of the First Atom
Bomb by Clive Lawton
AND Birmingham 1963: How a Photograph Rallied
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Civil Rights Support by Shelley Marie
Christopher Paul Curtis Tougas
OR
Weve Got a Job: the 1963 Childrens March
by Cynthia Levinson
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo AND Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aaseng
Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac OR
Navajo Code Talkers by Andrew Santella
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis AND Fidel Castro, Leader of Communist Cuba by
Fran Rees
OR
Fidel Castro's Cuba by Rita J. Markel
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia AND 10,000 Days of Thunder by Phillip Caputo
Kadohata OR
Vietnam War by Stuart Murray
Step 2: Choose one activity from each of the menu items listed. You may use the fiction or nonfiction book for each
activity you choose.

Appetizers (Pick 1)

Write a poem or song lyrics that connect to your novel. Focus on the plot, characters, and/or personal connections
you have with the novel. (*30 lines or longer)

Write a letter to the author of your chosen novel. Explain what you liked and/or disliked, ask any questions you
have about the story/characters, explain what you would have changed if you were the author, and mention at
least one thing you will always remember about this novel and why. (*at least one full page and written in letter
format)

Write a diary entry about a main event in the novel from the main characters point of view. Include their
thoughts/feelings, and questions. (*at least one page)

Entrees (Pick 1)

Create a collage depicting a theme from the novel. Explain how it depicts the theme. Draw colorful pictures or use
pictures from magazines. (on printer paper)

Create an alternate timeline. Change one event/decision in the novel. Explain how this change would have
affected the characters and the plot. Explain why this would/would not have been a better direction for the novel
to take. Your explanation should be at least one full page. Also, include a full-page timeline that reflects the
change. Write a statement of the main theme with quotes from the novel for support.

Side-Dish (Required)

As you read, keep a Journal of your predictions, Connections, and reflections about the story and characters. Include
quotes as support for your entries. You should have at least 10 entries and each entry should be at least a half page in
length.

Desserts (Pick 1)

Create an illustrated book cover for your novel. Include a summary of the story that describes the main character
and the central conflict. (on printer paper)

Create a cartoon/storyboard (minimum of 8 panels) based on your novel. Focus on pivotal events and put them in
chronological order. (on printer paper)

The following rubric will be used to grade your Summer Reading assignment:

100% - Exemplary/Exceeds Standard: Student demonstrated that he/she read a book pair and completed ALL parts and
responses show evidence of a DEEP understanding of the novels.

85% - Proficient/Satisfactory: Student demonstrated that he/she read a book pair and completed ALL parts and responses
show evidence of a BASIC understanding of the novels.

70% - Developing/Needs Improvement: Student completed SOME parts and the responses show evidence of a basic
understanding of the novels.

55% - Insufficient/Unsatisfactory: Student completed FEW or NO parts with little to no understanding of the novels.

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