2021 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Summer Reading Project
Read at least one new book over the summer (more than one is encouraged!) and complete one of the options below for that book to be turned in after the first week of school in the fall. You will have a chance to share your project with your peers.
All final products will be evaluated not only for content, but also for grammatical, word usage, and mechanical correctness. Be sure to make meaningful connections and realizations within your projects.
Have fun, and get creative! Enjoy your summer :)
- Scrapbook: Create a unique scrapbook that represents events or characters that are in your book. Use pictures that would represent ten occurrences in your book. For each occurrence, be sure to add a brief description, but do not give the story away. Your scrapbook must be a minimum of 10 pages--one event/ description on each page.. You may use magazine pictures, original drawings, or clip art for paper submission, or you may use a digital format such as Google Slides or Docs.
- Read All About It: Create a one page, 4-5 story newspaper. All the stories in your newspaper will be directly related to your book. Decide what articles to include in the newspaper. Ideas for articles include: Crime (Write about a plot complication as if it were a crime or news event. Include interviews with eyewitnesses, police reports, and so on), Personal Interest (Interview a character in the story about his or her life, hopes, dreams, concerns, and so on), or Sports/Weather/International Events (Write about other newsworthy people and/or events in the story). The title of the newspaper should be something appropriate to the book. Feel free to add in related images or advertisements as they might be connected to your book. Paper or digital format is acceptable.
- First Person Narrative: Become a character in your book and produce a diary/journal that focuses on events in “your” life. The journal must have 8 entries of at least 50 words each. The entries must focus on actual events that take place in your life as this character. The entries should include vivid details about how you, as the character, feel about what is happening to you and/or around you. You must go beyond the jacket cover of the book to truly become the character. Paper or digital format is acceptable.
- Breaking News: Compose an interview between you, a big news reporter, and one of the main characters of the book. The interview must include a background on what character you are interviewing and why they are “important/famous” enough to be on your news station. The interview should also include at least 10 questions for the character, with well thought out, and reasonably long responses. Try to avoid boring questions such as “how are you?” and instead use more thought-provoking questions that prove you read and understood the story. Analyze how the character thinks, feels, and responds to various events in the story when coming up with your questions. Paper or digital format is acceptable.
All final products will be evaluated not only for content, but also for grammatical, word usage, and mechanical correctness. Be sure to make meaningful connections and realizations within your projects.
Have fun, and get creative! Enjoy your summer :)
