Summer Reading Assignment for Incoming 6 Graders

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Summer Reading Assignment for

Incoming 6th Graders

Incoming 6th Graders Summer Reading Assignment 2018 Choose ONE Book. Due date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018

This assignment will be graded. No late assignments will be accepted.

Book

Author

Tuck Everlasting (Tuck Everlasting is a fantasy children's novel by Natalie Babbitt. It was published in 1975. It explores the concept of immortality and the reasons why it might not be as desirable as it appears to be.)

Natalie Babbitt

Synopsis

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing than it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.

Hatchet (Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honorwinning young-adult wilderness survival novel. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series.)

Gary Paulsen

The Dollhouse Murders (The book's supernatural events and Aunt Clare's denial of her grandparents' death will move readers and send chills up their spines!)

Betty Ren Wright

Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy traveling in a small airplane to Canada to spend the summer with his father, is involved in a plane crash in an uninhabited part of the Canadian woods after the pilot dies. Brian then must find a way to survive and in the process, discovers much about himself and becomes a man.5, 2018 This novel is a suspenseful horror tale of murder and family secrets aimed at readers ages 10 to 12. On a visit to her Aunt Clare's home, which was originally owned by her greatgrandparents, Amy discovers a dollhouse that is designed exactly like her greatgrandparents' home. The noises she hears and the moving dolls haunt Amy. But one night she learns an important clue in the mystery. What will become of Amy, her family secret, and the magical dollhouse?

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Summer Writing Assignment

Respond to the following questions in complete sentences. Each response should be a 5-8 sentence paragraph. Cite textual evidence to support each response.

1. Write a brief paragraph that describes the setting of the book. Explain when and where the story takes place.

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2. Who were the TWO most important characters in the book?

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3. From whose point of view is the story being told? How were you able to identify the point of view? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

4. What was the main conflict (problem) in this book? How did the character solve the problem?

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5. Do you think the author chose a good title for this book? If you could rename this book, what would you call it and why?

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6. Authors write to entertain, persuade, inform and express their opinions. What was the author's purpose for writing this book?

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