Northwest High School
2014Incoming 9th Grade Students
Summer Reading Assignment
(Instructions & Reading Response Chart are posted on the NWHS website for downloading)
ON-LEVEL: Incoming 9thgrade students: Choose 2 current event articles. These could be from the newspaper or on-line. Each article must be at least 500 words and should be about a topic of your choice (no sports, fashion, or entertainment). For each article, complete the Interrogating an Article capture sheet. Additionally, there is a list of suggested reading in the packet and on the website. Please select one of the novels to read at your leisure. The entire summer reading assignment is due by the second day of school and will be submitted to your English teacher. The summer reading assignment will not be accepted after the 2nd day of class (Tuesday, August 26, 2014).
HONORS: Incoming 9thgrade students:Choose 2 current event articles. These could be from the newspaper or on-line. Each article must be at least 500 words and should be about a topic of your choice (no sports, fashion, or entertainment). For each article, complete the Interrogating an Article capture sheet. Additionally, you must select one of the novels from the list of suggested reading available in the packet and on the website. For that novel, you must complete the Summer Reading Response Chart. The entire summer reading assignment is due by the second day of school and will be submitted to your English teacher. The summer reading assignment will not be accepted after the 2nd day of class(Tuesday, August 26, 2014).
Northwest High School
Suggested 9th Grade Summer Reading List
April Morning by Howard FastCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Hiroshima by John Hershey
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
My Antoníaby Willa Cather
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
The Honorable Prison by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers / Betsey Brown by NtozakeShange
Cut by Patricia McCormick
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Black and White by Paul Volponi
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Silas Marner by George Eliot
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland
Buried Onions by Gary Soto
Emma by Jane Austen
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Working by Studs Terkel
The Chosen by ChaimPotok
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Yoruba Girl Dancing by Simi Bedford /
Graphic Novels:
Friends with Boysby Faith Erin Hicks
47 Ronin by Sean Michael Wilson
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children : The Graphic Novel by Ransom RiggsEye of the World: Graphic Novel Volume One by Robert Jordan
Good Neighbors. Book One by Holly Black
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
NAME:______9th Grade Summer Reading Interrogating an Article Capture Sheet
Complete two charts, one for each article. (Honors and On-Level)
Author’s Perspective / Your PerspectiveWhat is the subject?
/ What do you know about subject?What is
theauthor’s opinion (claim)
about the subject?
/ What is your opinion about the subject?Who is the intended audience? / Why are you reading this?
Why is this important to the author? / How is this important to you?
What are three pieces of evidence that support the author’s opinion
(claim)? / Quote
1.
2.
3. / Paraphrase
Source Information for Article Capture Sheet
Gather necessary information for bibliographical fields:
Author: Last name:______First Name:______
Article title:______
Title of Source (magazine, newspaper, journal, etc…):______
Title of Database/Website:______
Publisher of Website/Database: ______
Date published:______page #: ______issue or section?______
Most recent date of access:______Website address:______
Now, put the above information into MLA format:
Last name, First. “Title of article.” Title of Newspaper or Website or Journal (original source). Original date published: section or issue. page number.Title of Database. Publisher. Web/Print. Date of access. (example: 20 Sept. 2011= format).
______
______
Parenthetical Citation: ______
Example: ( Last Name Page #)
Adapted by Catherine Elliott, Instructional Technology Specialist, OCTO, MCPS
Adapted from Brazilian Rain Forest. Permission granted from The Critical Thinking Consortium for use by Alberta teachers.(REVISED On Level Team 3.25.2014)
2014 Summer Reading Response Chart / 9 Honors
Name______Grade______Date Completed ______
Title of Chosen Book______Author______
Directions: After reading the book, fill in each box with the appropriate responses.
Selection of textDiscuss why you selected this particular text.
Favorite and Least Favorite Characters
Identify your favorite and least favorite character.
Include a one-word description of each that reveals his/her characterization.
Choose a word that describes their character/personality, such as ambitious, fearless, depressed, etc. (Do not use physical descriptions.)
Explain what you like/dislike
abouteach character. / Favorite Character : / Least Favorite Character:
One Word Description: / One Word Description:
What do you like? / What do you dislike?
Quotes
Provide two of your favorite lines from the book.
Explain why they are your favorites. / Quote #1
Explanation:
Quote #2
Explanation:
If you could change the title of this book, what would it be?
Why?
What is the author’s message to the
reader?
(Think about theme when answering
this question)
Do you appreciate the way the story ends?
Yes/No? Explain.
Would you recommend this book to others to read?
Yes/No? Why/why not?