6th Grade Summer Reading

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  • Please note that this page is for the 2023-2024 school year. 

    At Trickum our students are required to read throughout the school year and over the summer. Below is a suggested list of novels. Students may choose a book not listed below as well!

    Directions: Write your first and last name, the books’ titles, and the authors’ names on the top of each activity. This assignment is due August 18, 2023 for a grade!

    • Read ONE book.
    • Complete FOUR activities for the book you read.
    • You will have a total of FOUR activities from the choice boards.
    • Each activity is worth 25 points.

    Extension Activities

    • Read more books by participating in the TMS Summer Reading Celebration using GCPL’s Beanstack program. (There will be a celebration!)
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  • Suggested Novels

    • As Brave As You, Jason Reynolds - Realistic Fiction
    • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia - Fantasy
    • Lost Boys, Darcey Rosenblatt - Historical Fiction
    • Amal Unbound, Aisha Saeed - Realistic Fiction
    • The Crossover, Kwame Alexander - Verse
    • The Canyons Edge, Dusti Bowling - Realistic Fiction
    • When the World Turned Upside Down, K. Ibura - Realistic Fiction
    • Us, In Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos, Lulu Delacre - Short Stories
    • Marley Dias Gets it Done: And So Can You! Marley Dias - Autobiography
    • This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability (Not Disability), Aaron Philip - Memoir
    • Classic Novels (Anne of Green Gables, A Wrinkle in Time, The Giver, Little Women, etc.)

  • Fiction Assignment Choices

    • Comic Strip
      • Choose an exciting chapter from the book you read and draw a comic strip illustrating each event. Your comic strip must include at least 4 events.
    • Group Chat
      • Create a group chat between the protagonist and antagonist. Include at least 10 back and forth responses.
    • Timeline
      • Create a timeline sequencing important events from the story. Label and illustrate each event. Include at least 7 events and explanations in your timeline.
    • Muddy Moment
      • Reflect in writing on what frustrates or confuses you about a chapter? Why? (Be sure to cite evidence from the text and explain your reflections.)
    • Conflict/Resolution
      • List 3 conflicts (problems) and their resolutions from the book. Explain how the conflicts could have ended another way if the characters had made different choices.
    • "So What?" Journal Response
      • Write a journal response to one of the chapters focusing on the importance of the chapter. Use the questions to prompt your thinking. (1) What is the main idea of the chapter? (2) Why is it important? (3) How might you use the information presented in the chapter to become a more thoughtful reader?
    • Collage
      • Create a collage of images and symbols around one of the themes in the story. Explain your choice of images in one paragraph.
    • Interview
      • Pretend you are going to interview one of the characters from the novel. Write 6 questions you would like to ask them. THEN, predict what their answers might be, based on what you’ve read in the story.

  • Nonfiction Assignment Choices

    • Main Idea
      • What is the main idea of what you read? Provide at least 3 details from the text that support the main idea you identified.
    • Facts & Opinions
      • What are 3 important facts or pieces of new information from your text? What are 2 opinions you have about the topic?
    • Text Features
      • Identify at least 4 text features you noticed in the text. Describe or explain the purpose of each text feature. What text feature would you add and why?
    • Vocabulary
      • What are 3 reasons others should read this book? Write 2 sentences to support each of your reasons.
    • Recommendations
      • What are 3 reasons others should read this book? Write 2 sentences to support each of your reasons.
    • Quiz
      • Create a 10 question quiz about the book you read. Your questions can be a combination of multiple choice questions, true or false, fill-in-the-blank, and/or constructed response. Be sure to include an answer key to go along with your quiz.
    • Be Creative
      • Using what you learned while reading, create a song or poem to explain your topic.
    • Keep Learning
      • After reading the text, what are 4 things you want to learn more about? Research those questions and/or topics and write about what you learn. Include at least 2-3 sentences for each new thing you learn from your research.