―Connections and Explorations‖--Grade 6 Summer Reading 2008—Gideon Welles School
Your tasks: Read one fiction book OF YOUR CHOICE. As you read, keep a list of topics in the story. Then find a non-fiction source that explores one of these topics. Compare what you read in the fiction book with information in the non-fiction source. The topics listed below are only examples of some F/NF explorations that are possible. DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE SAMPLE TITLES ON THIS LIST! Have fun reading! Mrs. Benson – Library Media Specialist http://schoolnotes.com/06033/gideon_lmc.html Title of Fiction Book Sand Dollar Summer (Realistic fiction) Lise and her younger brother spend a summer on the Maine coast as their mother recuperates from a serious auto accident. Lise is afraid of the ocean and what lies below. The Homework Machine (Nutmeg 2009) (Realistic fiction) Four classmates, unlikely friends, share the secret of Belch, the machine that does their homework for them. Shakespeare’s Secret (Nutmeg 2009) Hero, named after a character in a play by Shakespeare, tries to solve the mystery of a missing diamond necklace hidden in her new home. Eager (Nutmeg 2009) (Science Fiction) Gavin and his family have a new house robot EGR3. The extraordinary abilities of this robot make him seem almost alive. Fever 1793 (Historical fiction) As yellow fever spreads throughout the city of Philadelphia, Mattie must save her family. Title of Fiction Book Author Jones, Kimberly Non-fiction Connections/Explorations Shells: Eyewitness: Shells Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Their Relatives (Baxland) Beaches: Tracking Trash (Burns) Hurricanes: Storms of the Sea: Hurricanes (Rotter) Sharks: Sharks and Rays : Underwater Predators (Sharth) Foods: It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! (Solheim) Inventions: So You Want to be an Inventor (Small) Inventors (Sandler) Girls Think of Everything (Thimmesh)
Gutman, Dan
Broach, Elise
Shakespeare: Backstage at a Play (Miller) Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (Stanley)
Fox, Helen
Robots: How to Build Your Own Prize-Winning Robot (Sobey) Robots Among Us (Baker) Yellow Fever: An American Plague (Murphy)
Anderson, Laurie
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Non-fiction Connections/Exploration
Please do not read the following books as they are read in 6th grade English classes: Behind the Bedroom Wall (Williams); The Boggart (Cooper); The Book of Three (Alexander); Flying Solo (Fletcher); The Giver (Lowry); Holes (Sachar); Hoot (Hiaasen); Lyddie (Paterson); My Brother Sam is Dead (Collier); There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom (Sachar); The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi); Under the Same Sky (DeFelice); View From the Cherry Tree (Roberts).
―Connections and Explorations‖--Grade 6 Summer Reading 2008—Gideon Welles School
Your tasks: Read one fiction book OF YOUR CHOICE. As you read, keep a list of topics in the story. Then find a non-fiction source that explores one of these topics. Compare what you read in the fiction book with information in the non-fiction source. The topics listed below are only examples of some F/NF explorations that are possible. DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE SAMPLE TITLES ON THIS LIST! Have fun reading! Mrs. Benson – Library Media Specialist http://schoolnotes.com/06033/gideon_lmc.html Attack of the Turtle (Historical fiction) Submarines: Bushnell’s Submarine (Lefkowitz) Young Nathan helps his cousin David Bushnell Carlson, Drew with his underwater war machine. Nory Ryan’s Song (Historical fiction) Immigration: Immigrant Kids (Freedman) The story of the Irish potato famine is told by a Giff, Patricia Reilly Irish Potato Famine: Black Potatoes (Bartoletti) young immigrant girl. Feed the Children First (Lyons) Swindle (Adventure) Baseball: The History of the Boston Red Sox (Frisch) After losing his valuable baseball card to a Korman,Gordon The Legend of the Curse of the Bambino mean antiques dealer, Griffin puts together a (Shaughnessy) team to steal back the card. A menacing guard Dogs: The Right Dog for the Job (Patent) dog is only one setback they face. Crime Detection: Forensic Science (Innes) Stormbreaker (Adventure) Author: Anthony Horowitz (Abrams) Alex Rider is a young James Bond. This is the Horowitz, Anthony Spies: The Short and Bloody History of Spies (Farman) first in his on-going adventures as a young spy Spies: The Undercover World of Secrets, Gadgets and for the British secret service. Lies (Owen) The Ultimate Spy Book (Melton) Close Encounters of a Third World Kind Nepal: (Nutmeg 2009) (Realistic fiction) Stewart, Jennifer http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/ 12 year old Annie travels to Nepal with her parents who are medical missionaries. The Lightning Thief (Fantasy) Riordan, Rick World Mythology: Zeus (Hoena) Percy Jackson is the son of a human and a god. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen, Percy is suspected and his life in danger.
Please do not read the following books as they are read in 6th grade English classes: Behind the Bedroom Wall (Williams); The Boggart (Cooper); The Book of Three (Alexander); Flying Solo (Fletcher); The Giver (Lowry); Holes (Sachar); Hoot (Hiaasen); Lyddie (Paterson); My Brother Sam is Dead (Collier); There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom (Sachar); The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi); Under the Same Sky (DeFelice); View From the Cherry Tree (Roberts).