Summer
Reading Projects
The more that
you read 
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.
~ Dr. Seuss ~
ELARC1: The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.
Choose one project to complete using your summer reading novel.
- Book Summary: Write a summary of the novel from one character’s point-of-view. (300-500 words)
- CD/CD Cover: Design a CD cover that is 8”x 8”. Design the front and the back. Include ten songs that correlate with events that happened in the book. Write a short paragraph for each song explaining how the song relates to the event in the book.
- Storyboard: Create a storyboard that depicts important scenes from the book as they might be included in a film.
- Theme Poster: Create a theme poster. Include the following: Title, author, state the theme, two quotes related to the theme, picture, short summary.
- Timeline: Place events from the plot on a detailed timeline. All important events from the novel must be included.
- Diary: Write a diary that one of the story’s main characters might have kept before, during, or after the book’s events. Remember that the character’s thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary.
- Sculpture: Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or other objects. Write an explanation of how this character fits into the book.
- F.Y.I. Research a topic connected to your novel and create an informational brochure. Be sure to include a bibliography of where you get your information.
- Book Review: Check out a book review in a newspaper, magazine, or on-line. Then write a review of your book. (300-500 words)
- Letter: Write a letter to a character in the book. (300-500 words)
Due August 24th