MYP Book Report Form - Incoming Grades 6-10

Dear Students & Parents:

Welcome to Humanities Summer Reading! Your book is available in the office from Ms. Vanessa.

By enjoying the book selected for Humanities and considering issues such as setting, character, theme, place in time, and geographic location and features, you help prepare yourself for the upcoming year.

While I encourage you to read more than one book this summer, no book substitutions should be made for the required reading. Your book has been chosen to facilitate class discussion and lessons during the school year, particularly the first several weeks of school.

The Grade 6 suggested summer reading is listed at the end of this post. There are also a few excellent books available in the office for Grade 6.

Do answer all the parts of this short book report and be descriptive on the longer sections. Your book report is due on the first day of school. Please give it to your Humanities teacher then.

Please note: Your must write in complete sentences. Spelling does count!

Enjoy your summer holiday & your summer book!

Ms. Griffin

MYP HUMANITIES SUMMER BOOK REPORT FORM

Your Name:
Date:
Class:

Book Title:
Author:
Publisher:
City Published:
Copyright date:

Setting (The Time -dates*- & Location where the book takes place):

Main characters, if any, and a one or two sentence description of each:

Theme (What is the main idea? Is it about life, society, or human nature?) - Minimum length one-third a page for Grades 6, 7 & 8, one half a page minimum Grades 9 &10:

What is the geographic setting of the book? - physical features, climate, population, type of society-agrarian or urban, etc..

How might the geography influence the theme?

Three facts about the time period & place that you did not know before.

The four things that you most enjoyed reading about & why they are interesting to you.

* Dates should be written in BCE (Before the Common Era - through 1 BC old style) or CE (Common Era Year 1 CE / AD old style to the present): For example Tutankhamun was pharaoh from 1333-1324 BCE, while Queen Victoria reigned from 1837-1901 CE.

Incoming Grade 6 Suggested Summer Reading Books:

1. If I Were a Kid in Ancient Egypt, Cobblestone Publishing (There are 5 copies available in the office.)
2. If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece, Cobblestone Publishing
3. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile-57 BC The Royal Diaries Series, by Kristiana Gregory
4. Ancient Mesopotamia, by Stephen Feinstein, A Myreportlinks.com book
5. Mesopotamia, by Sunita Apte, Scholastic

Questions? Over the summer you may reach me at diannagriffin@gmail.com

Summer is here!

Dear Humanities Classes:

I've enjoyed teaching you this year. The Summer Book Report Form will be posted next week.
In the meantime, have a wonderful Summer holiday!

Ms. Griffin