SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT **for incoming grade 6 students ...

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT**for incoming grade 6 students**Welcome to sixth grade! To be prepared for this school year, everyupcoming sixth grader will be required to read two books this summerfrom the sixth grade summer reading list that is attached to thisassignment. All of the books listed have a common theme—Honesty!Assignment:• Select TWO books from the attached list. Use the levels as a guide.• Log your reading minutes on the Red Raider Reading Log.• Select ONE book to complete the writing assignment. The topic of your writing piece is to prove thetheme -- Honesty. You will write how the book‘s theme is proven by writing about why “Honesty” isits theme. As you practiced in school, you should use examples from the text to prove your theme.Remember to use your writing stems (As proof, In the text it states, In the story, etc)• Your responses can be handwritten or typed.• Your response will be collected during the first week of school and graded using the rubric attached.Your participation in summer reading has its rewards! You will come to sixth grade prepared and ready tolearn. AND, you will be included in the Summer Reading Celebration this fall!!But, if you want EVEN more……..• The Keyport Public Library and our school have partnered with local businesses to offer anystudent who finishes FIVE books a prize!! Just bring in your summer reading logs that showyour completion to the Keyport Public Library on Wednesday or Thursday mornings between10 and 12 or during any Keyport Summer Reading Nights ( July 10 th and August 7 th from 6-8)and receive your certificate.• Barnes and Noble will give a FREE book to any student who logs and reads 8 books thissummer! Use the log attached, and when you’re finished, bring it to Barnes and Noble inHolmdel and select your free book from the options available.• AND if you’re REALLY motivated (and we hope you are!), sign – up for the Summer ReadingClub by June 30 th at the Keyport Public Library. Then, get your packet on July 1 st and read tenbooks by the end of the challenge to attend the Sundae Party in August. Top three readers ineach age group (4-6, 7-10, and 11-13) will also receive a Barnes and Noble gift card!

Grade 6 Summer Reading“Honesty”Author Title GuidedReading LevelDRALevelEdward Bloor Tangerine U 50Rick RiordonThe LightningThiefSea of MonstersS 40Louis Sachar Small Steps V 50Gordon KormanNo More DeadDogs U 50Gordon Korman Swindle T 50Sharon Draper Double Dutch T 50Fred Bowen Winner Takes All P 38Christopher PaulCurtisBud, Not Buddy U 50Barbara O’ConnorHow to Steal aDogNANA

Common Core Standards:Rubric for Summer Reading Assignment(Students Entering Grade 6)CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including howcharacters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize thetext.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons andinformation.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1a Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure inwhich ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1b Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1c Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1d Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.Approaching Standards (C) Meeting Standards(B) Exceeding Standards(A)• Response may lack anopening and/or closing.• Response contains anopening and closing• Response contains anopening and closing• Response makes little to statement.statement.no attempt to citetextual evidence tosupport theme.• Response cites textualevidence to supporttheme.• Response cites multiplepieces of textualevidence and• Response shows only a • Response shows anexplanation of evidence.minimal understandingof the task.understanding of thetask.• Response is organized inparagraphs with use of• Response containsincomplete or incorrect• Response is organizedand uses transitionstransitional wordsand/or phrases.sentence structure.between ideas.• Response extends• Response is minimal ordisorganized.• Sentence structureerrors are few, and don’tunderstanding of thetask with the use of an• Patterns of mechanicalinterfere with meaning. extension.errors evident.• No consistent pattern ofmechanical errors.• Sentence structurecontains few, if anyerrors.• Very few, if any, errors inmechanics.Name: ________________________________________