SUMMER
SUMMER
Summer reading will provide
you with the opportunity to experience people, places, ideas, and language and
to discover them at your leisure. You can enter wholeheartedly into the life of
another person, adult or adolescent, rich or poor, near or distant.
All students will be
required to select two (2) books from the list below. After reading it select two (2) different book sharing
activities, one for each book,
to be presented the first Friday when we return to
school.
SUMMER READING LIST - - GRADE 8
I Am the Cheese - Cormier
A Separate Peace – Knowles
Witch of Blackbird Pond – Speare
BOOK SHARING ACTIVITIES
1. Think of a symbol that
stands for the main idea or theme of your book.
Explain the connection in a paragraph and design the symbol.
2. This book made me
_________
wish
that
believe that
realize
that see that
hope
that
wonder that
feel
that
decide that
** Pick four of the
above and write one (1) paragraph on each. **
3. Create a cartoon of at
least 12 – 15 main events or ideas from the book.