Ms. Quinson’s

Summer Reading Assignment

 

 

You will be expected to turn in a finished, written response to each of the books you read this summer from the 8^th grade reading list.  You must answer one question below for each book you read.  You may not repeat assignments.  In other words, if you choose Question #1 for one book you may not complete Question #1 for any other book you read.

 

In order to complete this assignment successfully, you will need to write at least one fully developed complete paragraph for each question.  A well-developed paragraph usually contains 150 to 200 words.  Be sure your paragraph contains a topic sentence, many text-based details supporting your topic sentence and a concluding sentence. Don't forget to include the title, author, and genre of the appropriate book in your topic sentence!

 

Please type your assignment if at all possible.  I ask that all finished assignments in my class be turned in typed, double-spaced in 12 point type, with one-inch margins.

 

We will be going to the computer lab soon to learn how to post each of your written responses to your summer reading soon.  After the posting of the assignments, you will also be required to comment on each other’s postings.  You may comment on books that you have already read, or on books that you may want to read in the future.

 

Question #1:  Choose one character from one of the books you read this summer.  How are you similar to this character?  Be as specific as possible both about the character from the book and about yourself.  Support your statement with as much proof from the book and from your life as you can.  This will not only allow me to see how well you read the book, but it will also help me to get to know you better!

 

Question #2:  Explain what you think is the most important theme or underlying message of one of the books you read this summer.  Why do you think this is the theme?  Give as much detail from the novel as you can to support your choice of the major theme.  Explain why you think the author chose this theme.  Does it appeal to you?  Why or why not?

                                                                                               

 

Question #3:  Describe a critical event in one of your reading-list books.  Explain why that event was important to the development of the plot of the book in question.  Were there any events that led up to this critical event?  What effect did that event have on the characters in the novel?  What effect did this event have on you?

 

Question #4:  What do you think is the most important conflict in one of the books you read?  Explain why you have chosen this conflict and give as much supporting detail from the novel as you can.  Have you ever experienced a conflict in any way similar?  Explain.

 

Question #5:  Choose a passage or quotation from one of the books (copy it out and give the appropriate page number) that you think is particularly important to the book.  Explain why you think the passage is so important.  The importance might have to do with characterization, setting, plot development, other literary elements, or personal impact.