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Summer Reading Project: 2017 Incoming Sophomores
Dear Incoming Sophomores,
In this packet you will find the instructions for your Summer 2017 Reading Project. As a team,
your English teachers believe that summer reading is a valuable way for you to carry on learning
independently and to prepare you for the content and expectations you will have during the new school
year.
As sophomores, you are continuing to develop and understand both yourselves and the world in
which you live. With this in mind, we will be focusing all year on answering the question:
How do you fit into the world?
In order to best answer this, we will spend the upcoming year understanding the world in which
we currently live, and looking at how characters fit into their worlds and societies.
This all begins this summer for you! YOU WILL READ 2 BOOKS. First, we have chosen a
nonfiction book, Discovering Wes Moore or The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes
Moore, in which he tells his own story and the story of another young man with the same name who
lived nearby, but led a very different life. As you read his story, think about how he and the other Wes
Moore both fit into their societies, or not.
For the first book, please make sure that you:
Carefully read the directions for the Wes Moore Book Project on page 2.
Complete the reading journal found on pages 4-7.
Come prepared to take a quiz and discuss this novel on the first day of school in August.
You may use your double entry reading journal while taking the quiz. Your English
teachers will be ready for you!
In addition, you will select a second book based on the following criteria:
The book must be 150 pages or more.
It must be written at an appropriate reading level for high school students.
Other than that, what you choose to read for the second book is up to you! Ask your current
English teacher or your classmates for recommendations. Speaking of recommendations, we surveyed
students for their favorite summertime “good reads.” They came up with a list of over 100 titles. Check
pages 15 -16 to see what your classmates suggested.
When you have finished the second book, complete either Project A or Project B listed on pages 8-14.
Have questions? Need help? Email [email protected] for more information!
Happy reading!
Your Grade 10 English teacher team
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Discovering Wes Moore
DIRECTIONS: Please read the following directions to complete the Wes Moore Book Project.
1) Purchase one of the two following books: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates or
Discovering Wes Moore. Both books are written by Wes Moore.
NOTE: Some resources for purchasing your book include: your local library (free!),
local bookstores, Amazon.com, thriftbooks.com and Goodwill/Salvation Army stores.
2) Read the book!
3) Complete the required assignment: a double entry reading journal. You may use the journal
that is provided in this packet or you can make your own using lined paper.
4) As you read, pay attention to passages that focus on these four areas:
Character development: What do we learn about the characters? How do they
change throughout the story?
Plot: What major events happen in the story?
Theme: What passages help the reader understand what the author is trying to
teach the reader about life, society, or growing up?
Vocabulary words: Find new words that you don’t know, but seem important to
the story.
5) When you find a passage that seems to fit one of these areas, do the following:
Step Action
1. On the left side of the reading journal, copy the passage
down along with the page number.
NOTE: Each quoted passage should be between 20-50
words in length.
2. On the right side of the reading journal, explain what the
passage means and why it is important.
3. Continue to jot down passages until you have written
20 total passages.
Need a visual? Check out the sample on page 3!
Have questions? Need help? Email [email protected] for more information!
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT SAMPLE
PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) EXPLANATION
“I struggled to explain the purpose of my letter
and posed a series of naive questions that had
been running through my mind: Who are
you?” (xii)
Vocabulary Naive: adjective, showing a lack of
experience or wisdom
Wes (author) is explaining how he felt that his
questions for the other Wes were silly because
he didn’t know how to connect to someone
whose life is so different from his own.
“‘Listen,’ he went on. ‘Your father wasn’t
there because he couldn’t be, my father wasn’t
there because he chose not to be. We’re going
to mourn their absence in different ways.’” (3).
Character Development Both Wes Moores have grown up in a single
parent home, but for different reasons. Wes
Moore, the author, lost his father because he
died, but Wes Moore, the prisoner, had no
father because his father abandoned him.
These different circumstances change how
each man deals with the childhood they had
and how they understand how to be a father
and adult man themselves.
“The idea of becoming a father depressed Wes,
but he wasn’t sure why. He didn’t have to
worry about feeling alone or like a pariah. Wes
and Alicia’s situation was anything but
exceptional.” (100)
Plot Wes (prisoner) has just found out that his
girlfriend, Alicia, is pregnant. They are both
just teenagers at this point, and this is a huge
change for him, but he isn’t really sure why
because he hasn’t ever seen what fatherhood
really entails.
“As I started to think seriously about how I
could become the person I wanted to be, I
looked around at some of the people who'd had
the biggest impact on my life. Aside from
family and friends, the men I most trusted all
had something in common: they all wore the
uniform of the United States of America.”
(132)
Theme In this section, Wes is identifying one of the
major themes that discipline allows people to
rise above their circumstances. Instead of
being drawn to violence and money, Wes
(author) is looking up to men who have
discipline and structure.
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT JOURNAL
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) EXPLANATION
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT JOURNAL
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) EXPLANATION
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT JOURNAL
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) EXPLANATION
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WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT JOURNAL
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) EXPLANATION
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BOOK #2 PROJECT A
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
Title and Author________________________________ Page Count _____
DIRECTIONS:
In the left column, write down five interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking passages.
Make sure you choose passages that are spread evenly throughout the beginning, middle and
end of your book. Include page numbers for each passage.
(Five passages of no less than 20 words – two points each) ____/10
In the right column, provide your own explanation about how the passages in the left-hand
column captured your interest. In what way are these passages interesting, exciting, or
thought-provoking? Be specific.
(Five explanations of no less than 20 words – two points each) _____/10
GREAT QUOTES FROM YOUR SUMMER
READING BOOK. PROVIDE 5 PASSAGES
OF AT LEAST 20 WORDS EACH.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS
PASSAGE? WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
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GREAT QUOTES FROM YOUR SUMMER
READING BOOK. PROVIDE 5 PASSAGES
OF AT LEAST 20 WORDS EACH.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS
PASSAGE? WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
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BOOK #2 PROJECT A: SAMPLE
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
Title and Author________________________________ Page Count _____
DIRECTIONS:
In the left column, write down five interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking passages.
Make sure you choose passages that are spread evenly throughout the beginning, middle and
end of your book. Include page numbers for each passage.
(Five passages of no less than 20 words – two points each) ____/10
In the right column, provide your own explanation about how the passages in the left-hand
column captured your interest. In what way are these passages interesting, exciting, or
thought-provoking? Be specific.
(Five explanations of no less than 20 words – two points each) _____/1
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BOOK #2 PROJECT B
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
Title and Author________________________________ Page Count _____
DIRECTIONS:
For each box:
Choose a quotation (sentence from the story)
Explain, in two or more sentences, how your quote represents this part of the story.
Draw a picture to represent your explanation and label the parts of your picture.
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BOOK #2 PROJECT B
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
Title and Author________________________________ Page Count _____
Name: Title: Author:
Exposition (Introduction & Setting) Quote & Page #:
Explanation:
Climax (Turning Point) Quote & Page #:
Explanation:
Complication (Problem) Quote & Page #:
Explanation:
Resolution (Solution) Quote & Page #:
Explanation:
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BOOK #2 PROJECT B SAMPLE
Name:__________________ Teacher_______________ Week___ Period__
Title and Author________________________________ Page Count _____
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In 2017, we surveyed students for recommendations.
Here’s what you picked as “good summer reads.”
A Child Called It by
David Pelzer
Heaven is for Real by
Todd Burpo and Lynn
Vincent
Necronomicon by H.P.
Lovecraft
The Adoration of Jenna
Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Almost Home by Joan
Bauer
Hidden Figures by
Margot Lee Shetterly
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan The Book Thief by Mark
Zusak
Alone by Scott Sigler Hitchhikers Guide to the
Galaxy by Douglas
Adams
No One Else Can Have
You by Kathleen Hale
The Burn Journals by
Brent Runyon
An Abundance of
Katherines by John
Green
How to Hang a Witch by
Adriana Mather
On the Fence by Kasie
West
The Cabin by Natasha
Preston
Animal Farm by George
Orwell
I Was Here by Gayle
Forman
Orr: My Story by Bobby
Orr
The Chocolate War by
Robert Cormier
Artemis Fowl by Eoin
Colfer
I Will Always Write Back
by Martin Ganda and
Caitlin Alifirenka
Paper Towns by John
Green
The Choice by Nicholas
Sparks
Before I Fall by Lauren
Oliver
If I Stay by Gayle Forman Peak by Roland Smith The Collector by Victoria
Scott
Behind Enemy Lines by
Marte Cohn
Iggie's House by Judy
Blume
Perks of Being a
Wallflower by Stephen
Chbosky
The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
Between Shades of Grey
by Ruta Sepetys
Island of Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Rainbow Six by Tom
Clancy
The Fifth Wave by Rick
Yancey
Brian's Winter by Gary
Paulsen
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
Ready Player One by
Ernest Cline
The Finest Hours by
Michael J. Tougias and
Casey Sherman
Cain's Blood by
Geoffrey Girard
Jurassic Park by Michael
Crichton
Roses are Red by James
Paterson
The Forgotten Soldier by
Guy Sajer
Children of Eden by
Joey Graceffa
Just Friends by Billy
Taylor
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan
Maberry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Clockwork Orange by
Anthony Burgess
Kick by Walter Dean
Myers and Ross
Workman
Rules by Cynthia Lord The Great Gatsby by F.
Scott Fitzgerald
Code Talker by Joseph
Bruchac
Kingdom Keepers by
Ridley Pearson
Sara, Book 1 by Esther
Hicks and Jerry Hicks
The Honest Truth by Dan
Gemeinhart
Divergent by Veronica
Roth
Life of Pi by Yann Martel Say it Ain't So by Josh
Berk
The Hunger Games by
Suzanne Collins
Eleanor and Park by
Rainbow Rowell
Lone Survivor by Marcus
Luttrell and Patrick
Robinson
Silence by Natasha
Preston
The Longest Ride by
Nicholas Sparks
Every Day by David
Levithan
Looking for Alaska by
John Green
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Fault in our Stars by
John Green
Lord of the Rings by
Tolkein
Soul Surfer by Bethany
Hamilton and Rick
Bundschuh
The Martian by Andy
Weir
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Flawed by Cecilia Ahern The Ever After (May
Bird) by Jodi Lynn
Anderson
Speak by Laurie Halse
Anderson
The Maze Runner by
James Dasner
Forget Me by K.A.
Harrington
Message In a Bottle by
Nicholas Sparks
Struck by Lightning by
Chris Colfer
The Miseducation of
Cameron Post by Emily
M. Danforth
Glass Sword by Victoria
Aveyard
Midnight For Charlie
Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Suicide Notes from Pretty
Girls by Lynn Weingarten
The Mortal Instruments
Series by Cassandra Clare
Goodbye Rebel Blue by
Shelly Coriel
Miss Peregrine's Home
For Peculiar Children by
Ransom Riggs
Things Not Seen by
Andrew Clements
The Red Queen by
Victoria Aveyard
Handbook for Boys: A
Novel by Walter Dean
Myers
Monster by Walter Dean
Myers
Thirteen Days: A Memoir
of the Cuban Missile
Crisis by Robert F.
Kennedy and Arthur
Meier Schlesinger
The Song of Achilles by
Madeline Miller
Harry Potter Series by
J.K. Rowling
Time Between Us by
Tamara Ireland Stone
Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Summer I Turned
Pretty by Jenny Han
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen To Kill a Mockingbird by
Harper Lee
Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee The Tenth Circle by Jodi
Picoult
Watchmen by Alan
Moore
Townie by Andre Dubus Twilight by Stephanie
Meyer
The Time Keeper by
Mitch Albom
Welcome to Night Vale
by Joseph Fink and
Jeffrey Cranor
Travel Team by Mike
Lupica