Summer Reading: AG Summer Reading Project

Greetings, students!

When you arrive back at Hanes for your seventh grade year, you will immediately begin discussing the novel you read this summer! You will break into groups and complete activities related to MAIN IDEA and THEME. Remember to bring your novel on the first day of class.

You will complete a journal project for your summer reading assessment. You will complete one assignment in each column to form a TIC-TAC-TOE. In addition, you will create a theme-related cover for your journal (that matches your novel’s theme). Your journal should have a cover page, separate pages for each journal prompt, and a back page (no design required for your back page). Each question is worth 30 points, and the cover of your journal is worth 10 points:

Complete after you read 1/3 of novel: / Complete after you read 2/3 of novel: / Complete when you finish your novel:
Predict:
From reading this section, what can you expect the rest of the book to be like? Thoroughly explain your prediction, and give at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your answer. / Create:
Reflect upon the past two thirds of the novel and create an artistic piece that reflects the MOOD of the novel. Write a 10-sentence description of your artistic piece, using at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your reasoning. / Compose:
Compare and contrast a character to yourself. How are you alike? How are you different? Use two pieces of textual evidence to support your reasoning.
Create:
Create a visual representation of the setting and events from this section of the novel. You may create a drawing or a digital representation – but it must fit in your journal. Write a paragraph describing your visual representation, and use at least two pieces of textual evidence as you explain your creation. / Connect:
Write a journal article that explains how you can connect the novel to your life. Consider your family, school, country, and world as you brainstorm connections. Base your connections from two pieces of textual evidence. / Develop:
Develop a timeline of major events in this novel, from beginning to end. Then, write a paragraph that describes how at least THREE events impacted a character in the novel. Use textual evidence to support your reasoning.
Compose:
Write a story that tells what a day at school would be like from the main character’s point of view. Tell the story in first person narrative form. Your story must be at least two typed pages, double spaced. / Character Development:
Explain how this author develops the main character within this novel (dialogue, action, interactions with other characters, etc.). Use at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your answer. / Reflect:
What sections of the novel impacted you the most? State at least two specific lines from the novel (textual evidence) as you write your reflection. Your reflection must be at least one typed page, double spaced