8th Grade ELA
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Name: _____________________________________ We hope that you are having an enjoyable and safe summer vacation! We are excited to get to know you and start learning and growing in September! Check out the summer reading list below to get you started on your reading goal of 100 texts this school year! Read (at least) two books from the list below (one from each category) and come prepared for the first day of school with your summer reading assignment completed! The completed assignment will count as your first official quiz grade. (Attached) As you are reading, remember to annotate for information and write any notes, connections, or questions you have about the text. This can be done on a Post-It note or a separate piece of loose-leaf paper and submitted for extra credit. Literature The Skin I’m In – Sharon Flake The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card Informational Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter – Adeline Yen Mah Discovering Wes Moore – Wes Moore Harlem Summer – Walter Dean Myers Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin The Things They Carried - Tim O’Brien A Child Called It – Dave Pelzer The Giver – Lois Lowry Chew on This – Eric Schlosser The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien Bad Boy – Walter Dean Myers A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime – Mark Haddon Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood – Marjane Satrapi The Maze Runner – James Dashner Warriors Don’t Cry – Melba Beals Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll Soul Surfer – Bethany Hamilton Looking for Alaska – John Green I am Nujood, Age 10, and Divorced – Nujood Ali Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky I Know Why the Caged-Bird Sings – Maya Angelou Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank Additional Recommended Literature Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Ned Vizzini Eleanor & Park – Rainbow Rowell Divergent – Veronica Roth The Fault in Our Stars – John Green The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglass Adams Speak – Laurie Anderson Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz Found – Margaret Peterson Haddix Local Libraries West New Brighton Library 976 Castleton Ave Staten Island, NY 10310 (718) 442 – 1416 Port Richmond Library 75 Bennett Street Staten Island, NY 10302 (718) 442 - 0158 Hours Mon., Tues., & Thurs. Wed. Fri. & Sat Sun. Hours Mon., Tues., & Wed. Wed. Fri. & Sat Sun. 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. 8 p.m. – 5 p.m. Closed 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. 8 p.m. – 5 p.m. Closed Complete the attached Book Report MPO and write an essay for each book you read! You are required to complete two reports, all other reports will be extra credit. Most importantly: enjoy reading these interesting books! Completed Book One Assignment Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Book Title: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________________________ Genre: ________________________________________# of pages in book _______________ Reminder: Always write in complete sentences!! If you need more writing space, please attach loose leaf paper 1) What was the setting of your book? (Time period, geographic location, etc.) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Using the Provided Conjunctions (Because, But, and So) complete the sentence. The setting was important to the story because ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The setting was important to the story But _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The setting was important to the story So ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Who were the main characters? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One character, _______________________, Was important to the story because __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Was important to the story but __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Was important to the story so __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Fill in the following information about your book. Who? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Write your summary using the information you provided above ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What was the main conflict (problem)? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How was that problem resolved? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What was the most interesting part of this book? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This was the most interesting part of the book because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rate the book: (circle one) 1 2 3 4 5 9) Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Book Report: MPO Complete the following MPO for your book report essay. The categories are provided for you! Be sure to include specific details (cite evidence) from the text when discussing the problem/solution. Be descriptive when talking about your favorite character and your favorite part. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Topic (Title of Book): _____________________________________________________________________________ Thesis Statement: _________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Main Idea Introduction ¶1 Details G.S.……………………………………………………………………………………….…… Sp. St.…………………………………………………………………………………………. Th. St.………………………………………………………………………………………… ¶ 2 Topic: Background on Book Setting ………………………………………………………………………………………. Characters ……………………………………………………………………................... TS:__________________________________ ______________________________________ Problem/Solution ……………………………………………………………………… ______________________________________ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ¶ 3 Topic: Your Opinion Favorite character ……………………………………………………………………... Favorite part ……………………………………………………………………………... TS:__________________________________ ______________________________________ Recommend to a friend?....................................................................................... ______________________________________ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Conclusion ¶ 3 Rephrase Th. S. ………………………………………………………………………….. New Sp. St………………………………………………………………………………….. New G. 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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Completed Book One Assignment - Revise and Edit Checklist Does your draft follow your outline? 1. Is your topic sentence (or thesis statement) clearly stated? __________ 2. Is your topic sentence interesting? __________ 3. Are the supporting details in the best sequence? ____________ 4. Do the supporting details support your topic sentence? ____________ 5. Do your paragraphs support your thesis statement? _____________ 6. Is your conclusion clearly stated? ____________ Can you improve your sentences? 1. Did you use different types of sentences? ___________ 2. Are your sentences varied in length? ___________ 3. Are there sentences that should be combined? _____________ 4. Are there sentences that should be expanded? ___________ 5. Did you use transition words? ____________ Can you improve your style? 1. Are your words, phrases, and ideas repetitive? ___________ 2. Are your word choices vivid? ___________ 3. Are your word choices accurate? ____________ Does your draft contain proofreading errors? 1. Are there any run-on sentences? ______________ 2. Are there any sentence fragments? ____________ 3. Are there any spelling errors? _____________ 4. Is your punctuation correct? _____________ 5. Is your capitalization correct? ____________ 6. Do pronouns refer to the proper antecedents? ____________ 7. Have you checked tense agreement? ____________ 8. Have you checked number agreement? ___________ Completed Book Two Assignment Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Book Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________________________ Genre: ________________________________________# of pages in book _______________ Reminder: Always write in complete sentences!! If you need more writing space, please attach loose leaf paper 1) What was the setting of your book? (Time period, geographic location, etc.) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Using the Provided Conjunctions (Because, But, and So) complete the sentence. The setting was important to the story because ______________________________________________________________________________________________ The setting was important to the story But ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The setting was important to the story So ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Who were the main characters? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One character, _______________________, Was important to the story because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Was important to the story but ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Was important to the story so ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Fill in the following information about your book. Who? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Write your summary using the information you provided above ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What was the main conflict (problem)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How was that problem resolved? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What was the most interesting part of this book? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This was the most interesting part of the book because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rate the book: (circle one) 1 2 3 4 5 9) Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Book Report: MPO Complete the following MPO for your book report essay. The categories are provided for you! Be sure to include specific details (cite evidence) from the text when discussing the problem/solution. Be descriptive when talking about your favorite character and your favorite part. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Topic (Title of Book): _____________________________________________________________________________ Thesis Statement: _________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Main Idea Introduction ¶1 Details G.S.……………………………………………………………………………………….…… Sp. St.…………………………………………………………………………………………. Th. St.………………………………………………………………………………………… ¶ 2 Topic: Background on Book Setting ………………………………………………………………………………………. Characters ……………………………………………………………………................... TS:__________________________________ ______________________________________ Problem/Solution ……………………………………………………………………… ______________________________________ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ¶ 3 Topic: Your Opinion Favorite character ……………………………………………………………………... Favorite part ……………………………………………………………………………... TS:__________________________________ ______________________________________ Recommend to a friend?....................................................................................... ______________________________________ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Conclusion ¶ 3 Rephrase Th. S. ………………………………………………………………………….. New Sp. St………………………………………………………………………………….. New G. 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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Completed Book Two Assignment - Revise and Edit Checklist Does your draft follow your outline? 7. Is your topic sentence (or thesis statement) clearly stated? __________ 8. Is your topic sentence interesting? __________ 9. Are the supporting details in the best sequence? ____________ 10. Do the supporting details support your topic sentence? ____________ 11. Do your paragraphs support your thesis statement? _____________ 12. Is your conclusion clearly stated? ____________ Can you improve your sentences? 6. Did you use different types of sentences? ___________ 7. Are your sentences varied in length? ___________ 8. Are there sentences that should be combined? _____________ 9. Are there sentences that should be expanded? ___________ 10. Did you use transition words? ____________ Can you improve your style? 4. Are your words, phrases, and ideas repetitive? ___________ 5. Are your word choices vivid? ___________ 6. Are your word choices accurate? ____________ Does your draft contain proofreading errors? 9. Are there any run-on sentences? ______________ 10. Are there any sentence fragments? ____________ 11. Are there any spelling errors? _____________ 12. Is your punctuation correct? _____________ 13. Is your capitalization correct? ____________ 14. Do pronouns refer to the proper antecedents? ____________ 15. Have you checked tense agreement? ____________ 16. Have you checked number agreement? ___________
