For each book you read, turn in the following project, along with the book. Incomplete projects will be returned as �not yet ready�.
For Fiction/Drama:
1. As you read, select passages that you encounter which seem important, provocative, dramatic, surprising, even disturbing. Mark these with a sticky note or write down the page number.
2. When you finish reading the book, copy these passages down, along with the page number.
{1 quote for every 50 pages, but can come from throughout the book)
a. Under each passage write why you picked that passage. What appealed or repulsed you?
b. Then write how that passage fit into the chapter/book as a whole.
3. Write a reflective letter to me or a friend in which you include the following tasks:
a. How did you like the book? Why or why not?
b. Would you recommend it?
c. What was the best part? The worst?
d. Who were your favorite/least favorite characters?
e. What connections did you make while reading this book to the outside world?
f. Include one of your quotes as the �Quote of the Book� to back up one of your points.
g. Be sure to include the book title, author, and total page numbers.
For NonFiction:
1. As you read, select passages that you encounter which seem to be the Thesis/splinter sentences or key ideas.
*Look for the primary thesis in the beginning of the book; it should be revisited
in the novel�s concluding chapter.
*Splinter sentences would be those that basically set up the focus and structure
for each chapter.
2. When you finish reading the book, copy these passages down, along with the page number. {something for each chapter/section)
*Under each passage write why you picked that passage. Write how that passage fit
into the chapter/book as a whole
*For AP research, consider how it may relate to the fiction you have been reading.
3. Write a reflective letter to me or a friend in which you include the following tasks:
a. Was this book informative, persuasive, philosophical, encyclopedic?
b. Did the book provide you with useful or interesting information?
c. Did the author provide enough information to establish his/her point?
d. How did you feel about the author�s style?
e. What connections did you make while reading the book?
f. Would you recommend it to someone interested in the same topic?
g. Include one of your key passages to back up one of your points.
h. Be sure to include the book title, author, and total page numbers.
SSR Reading Requirements
Reading Requirements will change with each six weeks. Please pay attention.
1st � Student Choice
2nd � Author Project Readings
3rd � Author Project Readings
4th � Life of Pi, plus self-chosen
5th � Catch-22 and Non Fiction choice (pt. 1)
6th � Non Fiction choice (pt. 2), plus self-chosen
Grading Scale
100 = 600 pages 80 = 300 pgs
95 = 500 pgs 75 = 200 pgs
90 = 400 pgs 70 = 150 pgs
85 = 350 pgs 60 = 100 pgs