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Name: 2019 Summer Reading – Rising 8th GradersDUE DATE: AUGUST 5, 2019A. REQUIREMENT 1: Select a fiction novel to read (minimum 150 pages; Lexile: 700 or higher). All answers may either be typed/saved in Office 365 or legibly written on this form. Responses for #4 – 10 must be in complete sentences. Number 11 should be a minimum of three (3) paragraphs. The last page shows what your three-paragraph essay (answering question #11) should look like.THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE INCLUDE IN YOUR QUARTER 1 GRADES & you will receive extra credit on a Q1 assignment (if all requirements are met).B. Requirement 2: Read 1500 minutes over the summer. Log your reading time into Biblionasium. (This includes, but is not limited to, books, magazines, audiobooks, etc…)To find Lexile – do a Quick Book Search to determine the Lexile of a book at . Title:2. Lexile:3. Author:4a. What is a theme that exists in the novel? 4b. What evidence from the novel could you use to show the theme?5a. From which point of view is the novel written? 5b. What evidence from the novel could you use to show the point of view?6a. What is the setting of the novel? 6b. What evidence from the novel could you use to show the setting?7a. How does the author develop the characters? 7b. What evidence from the novel could you use to show the development of the characters?8a. Explain how the conflict is developed is the novel. 8b. What evidence from the novel could you use to show the development of the conflict?9a. Write down a line of dialogue from the novel that you feel is significant to the story.9b. What does that line of dialogue reveal about the character who said it?10a. Pick a place in the novel where the author’s word choice impactedthe meaning of the story. Write down that word or phrase.10b. Discuss the meaning of it to the story.11. Synthesize information from the novel by revealing how you have changed and/or added to your background knowledge on a specific topic based on information from this text.The following books may not be read for this assignment:1. Dork Diaries series2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series3. the House of Robots series4. the Middle School series by James Patterson (that includes "I Funny")5. the Goosebumps series6. book with multiple stories/poems (Refugee, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Crossover, Brown Girl Dreaming, etc...)8. all graphic novels10. all books by Stephen KingTHIS PAPER SHOULD BE PORTRAIT ORIENTED NOT LANDSCAPEEXAMPLE for Question #11[Your Name] Language Arts 8August 1, 2019[Your first paragraph] [Your second paragraph] [Your third paragraph](SAVE in Office 365 as “Summer Reading 2019” --- THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE GRADED) ................
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