Akins Hssummer Reading Project (Summer 2015)

Akins HSSummer Reading Project (Summer 2015)

All students will be responsible for reading during the summer. You do not have to consider the lexile of the book(s), however, it must be appropriate for high school readers. The topic, the title, the author, the lexile – whatever you read is up to YOU.

You will #1: READ, #2: Complete 12 entries on a reading log, & #3: QUIZ over a book in the first few weeks of school. The points due are based on your grade level, as shown below:

Students going into 10th grade – You must quiz*** on your book(s) and earn at least 20 points.

Students going into 11th grade– You must quiz*** on your book(s) and earn at least 25 points.

Students going into 12th grade – You must quiz*** on your book(s) and earn at least 30 points.

***If there is no quiz for the book, you must write a 30 question quiz to turn in, with the answer key. (Read more below.)

#1 – READ 1-3 books, depending on the amount of points you need. You can choose ANY book(s) you would like to read (including electronic books)! But, first, check to see if it already has points.

Here’s how to look up books to find out how many points it is worth:

Google “Scholastic Reading Counts” and click on the link that says “Book Expert” (Or if you opened this from the website, hold down CTRL + click here.)
Type in the name of the title in the blue area that says “Find Books Supported By SRC! Quizzes” search bar to the top left of the webpage. Be exact when you type it in. (If you are having trouble, try searching by author by opening the pull down menu.)
If the book does not come up, it does not have points. All you have to do is make a quiz by coming up with thirty questions as you read. Make sure you also underline the correct answer. Try not to make them too obvious but you also don’t want to pick details that are really hard to remember.

For example, this is a good example of a Reading Counts question:

Why does Susan spit at Cathy?

a)Cathy kissed her boyfriend.

b)Cathy made her laugh so hard she spit.

c)Susan was dared to do it by John.

d)Cathy spit at her first and she was only retaliating.

#2 - AFTER you read, you need to complete 12 entries on the Summer Reading Log (also on the website).

#3 – When you get back to school, you will QUIZ over your book and turn in your Reading Log. The points you earn are going towards a MAJOR Grade: The Summer Reading Projectgrade. You will STILL HAVE POINTS DUE for the 1st six weeks that are SEPERATE from this grade.

The MOST CHECKED OUT books from the Akins library this year:

Fault in Our Stars by John Green (17 pts)

Divergent by Veronica Roth (25 pts)

Wise Young Fool by Sean Beaudoin (***)

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen (18 pts)

Loud Awake and Lost by Adele Griffin (***)

Road Rash by Mark Huntley Parsons (***)

Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (11 pts)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (18 pts)

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (24 pts)

(*** There’s no quiz yet, but if you create 30 questions with answers, you can get points for it!)

Akins Teachers / Recommended Book(s)
Mrs. Bagnall / To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee(19pts)
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (16 pts)
Mr. Bromberg / The Color Purple By Alice Walker (16 pts)
A Room Of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (11 pts)
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (9 pts)
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (100 pts)
Room by Emma Donoghue (22 pts)
Ms. Derrig / Dubliners by James Joyce (***)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing & Life by Lamott (***)
Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman (***)
Ms. Garcia-Meitin / Punkzilla by Adam Rap (14 pts)
Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey To Cuba by Engle (6 pts)
Down Sand Mountain by Steve Watkins (20 pts)
Mr. Grajczyk / The Rock and the River by Kelka Magoon (15 pts)
The Warrior Heir (first book of 3) by Cinda W. Chima (25 pts)
Ms. Harris / The Rock & The River by Kekla Magoon (15 pts)
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia (11 pts)
The Circle by Dave Eggers (***)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (***)
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (9 pts)
Ms. Holmes / The Giver by Lois Lowry (9 pts)
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (29 pts)
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (***)
Mrs. Keating / Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (12 pts)
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer (***)
Ms. McIntyre / Between shades of gray by Ruta Sepetys (16 pts)
A World Awayby Nancy Grossman (23 pts)
I will plant you a lilac tree by Laura Hillman (11 pts)
Ms. Nickel / Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (42 pts)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (13 pts)
Mrs. Redland-Sturzl / All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (51 pts)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (28 pts)
Mrs. San Miguel / Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (33 pts)
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera series) by Jim Butcher (33 pts)
Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (10 pts)
World War Z by Max Brooks (27 pts)
Extremely Loud& Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer (19 pts)
Bait by Alex Sanchez (14 pts)
Ms. Singer / Looking for Alaska by John Green (16 pts)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (16 pts)
Mr. Smith / Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury) (13 pts)
1984 (Orwell) (25 pts)
Ms. Unger / Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (9 pts)
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (9 pts)
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin (26 pts)
The Gods Themselvesby Isaac Asimov (16 pts)
Ms. Valenzuela / Lord of the Flies by William Golding (11 pts)
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (16 pts)
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (8 pts)
Ms. Vallejo / Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (16 pts)
The Road - Cormac McCarthy (15 pts)
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (11 pts)
Mrs. Ward / Wonderby R.J. Palacio (18 pts)
Ms. Willey / A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness(***)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (12 pts)
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch (18 pts)

(*** There’s no quiz yet, but if you create 30 questions with answers, you can get points for it!)

Name:______Grade Level: ______Required Points: ______

Summer Reading Project Response Log

You only need to complete 12 entries for any book(s) that you read, but make sure you read enough to earn all the points you need. You may also choose to hand-write or type directly into this form.

Possible Questions/Statements you can use are below. Do not use the same reader response question/stem more than once.

Questions/Stems for Fiction

A physical characteristic of the main character is… I know this because the text/a character says…
An emotional trait the character possesses is… I know this because the text/a character says…
Other characters might (think/say) … about the main character. I know this because the text/a character says…
The part I read today was about… (summarize using BME) and the controlling idea is….
The setting of the story is… I know this because the text/a character says…
The main character’s conflict is… I know this because the text/a character says…
I recognized the literary element of… (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, etc). The author probably used it to show…
I predict… at the end of the chapter/the book because it hints/says in the book…
A great piece of imagery in the story is… (quote from the book) because…
The tone of the section I read about is… I know this because the text/a character says…

/ Questions/Stems for Non-Fiction

The part I read today was about… (summarize using BME) and the controlling idea is…
I believe…made the right/wrong decision because…
If I were in the same situation, I would…
I recognized the literary element of… (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, etc). The author probably used it to show…
The author’s purpose was probably… I know this because the text states …
Today’s reading personally made me think… by appealing to… (use appeal type, insert quote)
If I had to critique today’s reading, I would say… because…
The author can be described as… because… (quote)
The tone of the section I read about is… I know this because the text states …
I decided to research something from the book I didn’t understand fully. I researched… and found that… from (cite source).

Example Reading Response:

Reading Response #1 Date: 6/10/15 Pages: 1-45

Reading Response Question/Statement:“The main character’s conflict is... and I know this because the text/character says…”

______

Response:The main character’s conflict is that he doesn’t know how to tell his best friend that he’s in love with her. This is man vs. self because he’s struggling with what to do, what to think, and what to say, which is an internal struggle. I know this because he says, “It’s like I’ve loved her my whole life and never knew it. But what if she’s never known it? What if she never will?”

Remember: You can use multiple books to complete the 12 entries but you may NOT repeat a question stem.