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The Springfield Renaissance School

Summer Reading 2018

Summer is an awesome time to curl up with a good book, and research shows that students who read independently do better in school! We feel it is important to encourage good reading habits this summer.

Each grade has assigned a specific book for summer reading this year. For 11th and 12th grade, there are different books for CP versus Honors or AP classes. Please read below for more information about which title has been assigned to your grade-level and what your summer assignment is.


6th Grade 2018


For 6th grade, students will read the novel Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman, and complete a tracker that asks students to analyze how the characters in the novel build a community over the course of the story.

Students are also asked to write a short one-page essay on the prompt:

In Paul Fleischman’s novel, Seedfolks, how and why does the community transform over time?

How can I get my hands on this book?The school has copies of this book. Come to the Main Office to sign out a copy of this book for the summer.

6th Grade Summer Reading JournalName: ___________________________________ ELA Teacher: Ms. Footit Due Date: First Day of School!

Chapter What do we learn about this character from this chapter?

Quotation and Page Number

How does this quotation show the obstacles facing this community? OR,

How does this quotation show them beginning to create a community?

Kim

Ana

Chapter What do we learn about this Quotation How does this quotation show

character from this chapter? and Page Number

the obstacles facing this community? OR,


Wendell

Gonzalo

Leona





Sam

Virgil

Sae Young





Curtis

Nora

Maricela





Amir

Florence

Once you finish the character tracker, write a one-page essay on the prompt: In Paul Fleischman’s novel, Seedfolks, how and why does the community transform over time?


7th Grade 2018


For 7th grade, students will read the novel The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (The Young Reader’s Edition).

Students will complete a tracker that asks students to analyze the development of the main character and write a one- to two-page essay on the prompt:

In The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, what obstacles did William face? How did William overcome those obstacles? How do William’s actions speak to his character?

How can I get my hands on this book?The book is available for 8.99 on Amazon.com, and is stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries as well.

7th Grade Summer Reading JournalName: ___________________________________ ELA Teacher: Ms. Lepine Due Date: First Day of School!


How does this quotation show the obstacles facing William or his family/community? OR,

How does this quotation show William figuring out how to change the lives of people around him?




Once you finish the tracker, write a one- to two-page essay on the prompt: In The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, what obstacles did William and members of his community face? How did William overcome those obstacles? How do William’s actions speak to his character?


8th Grade 2018


For 8th grade, students will read the novel Now Is the Time for Running, by Michael Williams.

Students will complete a tracker that asks students to analyze the development of the main character and write a short one-page essay on the prompt:

In Now Is the Time for Running, how are Deo and his brother Innocent affected by war? How do these two brothers respond to the challenges they face? What was the key to Deo’s survival?

How can I get my hands on this book?The book is also available for 8.79 on Amazon.com, and is stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries as well.

8th Grade Summer Reading JournalName: ___________________________________ Due Date: First Day of School! Turn in to your ELA Teacher.


How does this quotation show the obstacles facing Innocent and his brother Deo? OR,

How does this quotation show Innocent and Deo responding to these obstacles? What are the keys to their success?




Quotation How does this quotation show the obstacles facing

and Page Number

Innocent and his brother Deo? OR, How does this quotation show Innocent and Deo

responding to these obstacles? What are the keys to their success?






How does this quotation show Innocent and Deo

responding to these obstacles? What are the keys to their success?

2018 Springfield Renaissance School Summer Reading

9th Grade

Your Task: For 9th grade, students will read the novel Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson and create 20 impact cards. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target of a zero!

Impact Cards – What makes an impact on you as you read?

On the front of the card, you are to copy a passage (more than one sentence) from the book you are reading and the page number on which it is found. Impact cards can be: used to have “solitary” discussions with a text; a springboard for class discussion; textual evidence for essays.

On the back of the card, you should write down why you chose that quote to record and what it’s about.

What can you put on your impact cards?1. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way2. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.3. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.4. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.5. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual

connection.6. Things that make you angry.7. Descriptions of characters or setting.8. Intense moments.

The Importance of impact cards:1. Teaches you to be a closer, more conscious, more aware reader – your literary antennae are always

up!! Looking always for ideas, patterns, symbols, and inter-textual connections.2. Learn about yourself as a reader: what engages you, distracts you, confuses you, pleases you, and

challenges you.3. Allows for deeper, more focused text-based literary seminars4. Collection of evidence to use in your analytic essays.

How can I get my hands on this book? The book is also available for $7.99 on Amazon.com and is stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries as well.


10th Grade

Your Task: You are to read 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis and create 20 impact cards. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target of a zero in ELA! You must bring a copy of this book to school for this first few weeks of school, since it will be used as the first book in ELA classes.




What can you put on your impact cards?

9. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way10. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.11. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.12. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.13. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual


The Importance of impact cards:

5. Teaches you to be a closer, more conscious, more aware reader – your literary antennae are always up!! Looking always for ideas, patterns, symbols, and inter-textual connections.

6. Learn about yourself as a reader: what engages you, distracts you, confuses you, pleases you, and challenges you.

7. Allows for deeper, more focused text-based literary seminars8. Collection of evidence to use in your analytic essays.

How can I get my hands on this book? The book is also available for $6.36 on Amazon.com and is stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries as well.


11th Grade, CP

Your Task: For 11th grade, students will read the novel All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Jason Kieley and create 20 impact cards. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target of a zero! You must bring a copy of the book to school for the first few weeks, since ELA will be starting with this book.




What can you put on your impact cards? 1. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way2. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.3. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable,

striking.4. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.5. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual


The Importance of impact cards:1. Teaches you to be a closer, more conscious, more aware

reader – your literary antennae are always up!! Looking always for ideas, patterns, symbols, and inter-textual connections.



How can I get my hands on this book? The school has copies of this book. It is also stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries

as well. CP Students are encouraged to also read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me, but it is not required.


11th Grade, Honors and AP

Your Task: For 12th grade, students will read the novels All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Jason Kieley, and Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates and create 20 impact cards per book. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target of a zero! You must bring a copy of these books to school for the first few weeks, since ELA will be starting with these books.

Impact Cards – What makes an impact on you as you read? On the front of the card, you are to copy a passage (more than one sentence) from the book you are reading and the page number on which it is found. Impact cards can be: used to have “solitary” discussions with a text; a springboard for class discussion; textual evidence for essays.


What can you put on your impact cards? 1. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way2. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.3. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.4. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.5. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual

connection.6. Things that make you angry. 7. Descriptions of characters or setting.8. Intense moments.

The Importance of impact cards:1. Teaches you to be a closer, more conscious, more aware reader –

your literary antennae are always up!! Looking always for ideas, patterns, symbols, and inter-textual connections.



How can I get my hands on these books? The school has some copies of All American Boys and limited copies of Between the World and Me (available to families in need). Both books are stocked at the Summer Reading Table at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke. Many copies are available at local libraries as well.


12th Grade CP, 2018

Your Task: You are to read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and create 20 impact cards. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target zero!




What can you put on your impact cards?

9. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way10. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.11. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.12. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.13. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual connection.14. Things that make you angry.15. Descriptions of characters or setting.16. Intense moments.





Contact Information: Dr. Krieger, [email protected]


12th Grade Honors, 2018

Your Task: You are to read SULA by Toni Morrison and create 30 impact cards. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will receive a Learning Target zero!




What can you put on your impact cards?1. Passages that “seem” significant or interesting in any way2. Places where you are stumped, confused, lost.3. Examples of language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.4. A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.5. Points of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual connection.6. Things that make you angry.7. Descriptions of characters or setting.8. Intense moments.

The Importance of impact cards:1. Teaches you to be a closer, more conscious, more aware reader – your literary antennae are

always up!! Looking always for ideas, patterns, symbols, and inter-textual connections.2. Learn about yourself as a reader: what engages you, distracts you, confuses you, pleases you,

and challenges you.


Contact Information: Dr. Krieger, [email protected]


12th Grade AP, 2018

Your Task: You are to read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and create 30 impact cards for each book. If this assignment is not completed by the first day of school, you will be moved to a regular English class.



On the back of the card, you should UNPACK it for: connotations, denotations, connections, allusions, meaning, significance, patterns, ideas. Focus on the prompts below to help you.

Please do not summarize or paraphrase. Do a “literary biopsy” on the passage that impacts you.

Where to put your literary crowbar & open the text for deeper exploration?

1. With the obvious that carries significance.2. With an oddity, an incongruence, a gap, a glitch. 3. With a place where you are stumped, confused, lost.4. With a single word, a phrase, an image a symbol.5. With language that is beautiful, pleasurable, striking.6. With an A-Ha moment where the text clicks in your mind.7. With a point of deep engagement, a personal or inter-textual connection.

8. With a resistance, a stuck point, an irritation, a prejudice that may make you misread.9. With an idea or a deeper meaning that is becoming clearer to you. 10. With an emerging pattern, a constellation being formed within the text.




3. Allows for deeper, more focused text-based literary seminars

4. Collection of evidence to use in your analytic essays.

Contact Information: Dr. [email protected]

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