Extended+Reading


 * Independent Reading **

Select a book from the library to read over the mid-year break. Write a 300-500 word response. Choose 1 of the options below.

** The Characters **

 * 1) Discuss how the main character is like or unlike people you know.
 * 2) As an interior decorator, how would you decorate a character’s bedroom and why.
 * 3) Invite three celebrities to a party for the main character and explain your choice.
 * 4) Make a timeline of the events in the life of the main character.

** The Past **

 * 1) Tell what you think happened before the story began.
 * 2) Imagine that you’re an eighteenth century student: How would you react to this book?
 * 3) If your story took place one hundred years earlier, how would your main character act?
 * 4) If your main character is from the past, how would he/she act if the book took place today?

** The Author **

 * 1) Write to the author and explain your reaction to his/her book.
 * 2) Make up five interview questions with answers for the author.
 * 3) Pretend you’re the author and explain why you chose the title of your book.
 * 4) Pretend you’re the author and tell about your life and how this book fits into it.

** Vocabulary **

 * 1) Make a small dictionary (at least twenty five words) for the subject of your book.
 * 2) List fifteen interesting words from your book and tell why each is interesting.
 * 3) List new words learned from your book: Define them and give them sentences in which you found them.
 * 4) Choose some of the following words and explain how each applies to your book: stupendous, exciting, breathtaking, horrendous, fabulous, etc.\


 * Due **
 *  Term 1 week 8 **