Summer+Reading+Projects


 * __Revised 6/7/17__**


 * __Summer Reading Projects:__**
 * These are the current documents for the school year which will begin in August, 2017. Ignore any date on the sheets/website. These ARE current for the 2017-2018 school year. **

Approved books for this project:
 * **//Soldier's Heart //** by Gary Paulsen (Grades 5-8). Charley Goddard, at age 15, enlists in the First Minnesota Volunteers in 1861. Four years later, he returns home, feeling much older and sadder, if no wiser, as he realizes there may have been little point to the sacrifices made by his fallen comrades. This book can be a wrenching read, but older readers will appreciate Charley's attempts to make sense of the nightmarish experience.
 * **//Bull Run //** by Paul Fleischman. (Grades 5-8). Sixteen different voices narrate this story: soldier and civilian, slave and free, male and female, young and old, Yankee and Confederate. All tell the tale of how their lives were changed by the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major conflict of the Civil War. This book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and made many 1993 and 1994 best books lists.
 * **//My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier //** by Lynda Durrant (Grades 5-8). Jennie Hodgers was a real woman who lived her life dressed as a man, from the time she left Ireland through her three years with the 95th Illinois Infantry. She even kept up the disguise after the war; her true identity was discovered shortly before her death. Although this book is a novel, it is based on the true story of the soldier who was known as Albert Cashier.
 * **//Girl in Blue //** by Ann Rinaldi. (Grades 5-8). Sixteen-year-old Sarah Louisa has no intention of allowing herself to be forced into marriage, so she disguises herself as a boy and runs off to join the 2nd Michigan Infantry. Although she is eventually found out, she winds up working as a spy for Allan Pinkerton's fledgling Secret Service. Excitement, intrigue and a spunky heroine make this a great read for girls who don't picture themselves as Scarlett O'Hara-type Southern belles.


 * WARNING:** I WILL NOT TAKE LONG-TERM PROJECTS FROM YOU IF THEY ARE LATE! In other words, you will receive a zero in my grade book.

The first project, the summary, will be due the last day of the __//**first week**//__ of school. **//The summary will count as a quiz grade, so be sure to do a good job!//** Follow the link to help you summarize, if you need it. http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/summary.htm

Here's the link to the rubric I'll be using for this part of the project: []&

The second project will be due the last day of the __//**second week**//__ of school. You have ten choices of projects to pick from when you follow the link below! **//This project will also count as a quiz grade.//**

Here are liknks to the rubrics for the second project: write option: []& talk/present option: []& draw/build option: []&