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Summer Reading Projects – Summer 2014. You Lose the Skills You Don’t Practice. The Summer Slide. Students lose 30 – 40% of what they learned over the year Every two years, the achievement gap widens one year. The Only Way to Fight Summer Loss is T hrough Summer Reading!.
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The Summer Slide • Students lose 30 – 40% of what they learned over the year • Every two years, the achievement gap widens one year
The Only Way to Fight Summer Loss is Through Summer Reading!
What Does YES Require? Every grade level requires summer reading. Each homework requires getting 1-2 books. • NEW 6th Graders: 1 book and 1 reading project • Rising 7th: 2 books and 2 reading projects • Rising 8th: 2 books and 2 reading projects
Rising 7th and 8th Graders • Choose 2 books from list • You can buy these books at the book fair next week!!!
Rising 7th and 8th Eighth Graders • Complete either a poster or a power point for EACH book. You will turn in 2 POSTERS or 2 POWERPOINTS on the first day of school.
My presentation… Here is an example of a power point presentation for the summer reading assignment. Remember, all of the parts that would have gone on the poster must go in a power point.
Summary • Humans and cyborgs live together in a futuristic city on Earth called New Bejing. In this world, a deadly disease is killing thousands of people and scientists have been unable to find a cure. At the same time, Earth faces the possibility of war with the Lunars, a mysterious group of people living on the Moon. The future of Earth depends on one girl… • Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She is part human and part machine after an accident that nearly killed her. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, hated by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. Her skills as a mechanic help her to meet the handsome Prince Kai and she becomes wrapped up in his problems as the leader of New Bejing. • As she starts to learn about the secrets in her past, she has to make choices to help protect Earth from the treats of disease and war. She has to face problems dealing with loyalty, love, science, and freedom as she helps Kai fight the evil Lunar Queen Levana.
Which word on this list is your favorite word? Write the word and then draw a picture to represent that word. CYBORG
Character Head – Linh Cinder Linh Cinder believes that the disease that is attacking the Earth must be defeated. She believes that she should fight to protect innocent people from death. Linh Cinder hopes to see her sister Peony cured of the horrible disease before it kills her. Linh Cinder says that she and Kai should do whatever they can to help the people who are suffering. She also says that she wants to know more about her mysterious past.
Plot Lines – Beginning of the Novel Beginning of the novel:
What should be in my power point? • All of the info that would have been on the posters must be included in the power points. • You can bring this project on a drive or email it to your teacher.
