Carver center
6th Grade Summer Reading
Summer reading this summer is going to be a bit different
than you have had in the past. You, the student, are going
to be responsible for attaining one of the books on the
list below and completing the assignments that are
available.
The assignment is to pick 3 activities using the “tic–tac-toe”
sheet provided. You may choose any activities, as long as
they make a tic-tac-toe. #(3 across, 3 diagonal or 3 down)
Make sure that you return your 3 assignments to me on
the first day of 6th grade!
Book list:
The diary of Anne frank (autobiography/memoir)
The Giver by Louis Lowery (dystopian/soft sci-fi)
Maze runner by James dashner (dystopian)
Percy Jackson and the lightning thief by rick riordan
(Fantasy Fiction)
Happy summer!!
Mrs. Garcia
Tic-tac-toe!!!!
Write a 20 line
poem or rap song
about this book.
Include the
characters,
setting, setting,
conflict, and the
resolution.
Make a small
poster or a model
of the climax, or
turning point in
the book. Then,
describe your
picture/model in
two paragraphs.
Summarize the
book until the
end. (bme) Then,
rewrite the
ending of the
book. Afterward,
explain why this
ending would be
better.
Evaluate: if you
were the
character in the
story, what
would you have
done differently?
Choose three
actions that you
would change
and explain what
would become the
new outcome.
Evaluate which
Compare the title
character could with the events of
be eliminated
the story. Is this
from the book.
an appropriate
Why could they be title? Explain. Then,
eliminated? How
rename the book,
would the book
and explain why
change if they
your title is also
were?
appropriate.
(Word to the wise. Don’t
pick a character that
doesn’t change
anything.)
Choose 3 key
events that took
place in this story.
Then, write about
how the story
would have
changed if these
three events
occurred in
different places
(setting).
Create a comic
strip depicting the
book. You can
draw the comic
strips or use
appropriate
comics from the
newspaper and
insert your own
dialogue.
Compare the main
character’s
personality in the
beginning and the
end of the book.
Use a Venndiagram. Then,
describe what
conflicts or
event caused this
person to change.
Tic-tac-toe rubric
Creativity
 Inventive
 Think outside
the box
 Original
 Imaginative
 Thorough
50
organization
 Neat
 Great Effort
 Well put
together
 complete
 spelling
 punctuation
 capitalization
 syntax
30
grammar
20
I do not accept poor quality work. Take your time and
remember first impressions go a long way. 