8th Grade Summer Reading List

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*The novel seems hard:There are audio versions of this novel available, either online through digital downloadservices like Itunes or Amazon.com. CD versions of the novel are also readily availableat most book retailers. If students do choose to use an audio version of the novel, it isessential that they read ALONG with the audio, as this will help to increase theirfamiliarity and fluency of the text. Parents are also more than welcome to assist theirchild with reading aloud to them, or with them, or by helping them discuss difficultpassages or concepts.*The novel seems easy:For students who find the novel too easy, or who finish reading it in a day, we suggestthey read more to explore the rich plethora of Holocaust literature available, to enhancetheir reading and learning experience. The first title that comes to mind would be the fulldiary of Anne Frank: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Another excellent work isI Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson.and/orAnother exploration option to challenge yourself is to tackle the following on-linelearning experience: Students should go to the website of the Holocaust Museum in DC,http://www.ushmm.org/, which has an extremely rich, hands-on, online learning basis.Students should explore the website in its entirety, (by clicking on the various educationallinks within the site, reading the articles, timelines, and studying he photographs andother visual media closely). Following this, students should write a one-page reaction towhat they learned from exploring the Museum's site: this could be in the form of areview, or a statement of discovery, (entitled "Five Important Lessons I Discovered fromthe Holocaust Museum's website"), OR students should write in detail about fiveconnections between the information on the website and the characters, events andthemes that may have enhanced their appreciation and understanding of The Book Thief.Assignment:WRITE A TWO-PAGE ESSAY RESPONSE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC:Why does the author choose Death as the storyteller, (narrator), in The BookThief, and why does Death tell Liesel that it is "haunted" by humans?IDEAS TO THINK ABOUT AND INCLUDE IN YOUR RESPONSE:- Why is Death telling the story?- What is the narrator trying to achieve by telling this story? Does he achieve this goal?Why or why not?- How is this narrator unique?- Why do you think the author choose to tell his story in this way?- How is the narrator, Death, a metaphor for the theme of the novel? How does thisparticular narrator set the tone for the novel?LENGTH: 2 PAGES; TYPED; SIZE 12 FONT; FONT TYPE: TIMES NEW ROMAN
CITATIONS: TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS, YOU MUST QUOTE FROM THENOVEL AT LEAST THREE TIMES, (AND SHOW THE PAGE NUMBER OF YOURQUOTE), AND EXPLAIN HOW OR WHY YOU CHOSE THESE PARTICULARQUOTES.DUE DATE: YOUR ESSAY MUST BE BROUGHT TO YOUR FIRST 8 TH GRADELANGUAGE ARTS CLASS IN THE FALL.TEST: THERE WILL ALSO BE A TEST IN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE ARTSCLASS. THE TEST WILL BE USED TO SEE HOW WELL YOU UNDERSTOODTHE NOVEL’S BASIC STORYLINE, CHARACTERS AND THEMES – AND TOMAKE SURE YOU COMPLETED THE READING.
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