Summer+Reading

**Summer Reading Assignment** Below you will find all the specifics about the summer reading assignments. If you have any questions you can email Mrs. Cato directly @ heather.cato@gcisd.net **Summer Reading Handout: ** **Your Wiki Account:** Many of you already have a Wiki account. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one. If you have one, but want to change your name you can do so by clicking "My Account" at the top of the page. **NOTE** You must join this Wiki to participate in the discussion. Once you request to join I will approve you. It shouldn't take longer than 24 hours for you to gain access into the WikiSpace. **Book Recomendations:** Mrs. Cato has read a TON of books! Check out her GoodReads account to get ideas about what you might like to read. [|Mrs. Cato's GoodReads Profile]: If you like, and your parents approve, go ahead and set up you own profile and start sharing what you are reading! ||
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 * ** Book 1 - Read **

Have you ever heard someone say, "UH, you are going about this all backwards!" Well, this time it's ok, becuase that is exactly what I am asking of you. __The Adooration of Jenna Fox__ is a perfect example of an FPS Scenario writing assignment. Obviously the scenario you write will not be a long novel, but the process and idea of the story is very similar. As you read Jenna Fox consider this: Pretend you have just completed a FPS team competition - all your steps and plans are AWESOME! - when someone decides your ideas are so cool that they want to write a book or short story about your solution (A FPS SCENARIO WRITING ASSIGNMENT IS BORN). So, while you are reading think about what might have been the category or the problems and challenges that needed to be addressed to get us to the solution that you find in the book. I have given you the solution, now it is your turn to come up with the problem. || A book of your choice from the 2010 Texas Lone Star List: [] || For specific directions and expectations of the on-line discussion, please go to: ** The Adooraton of Jenna Fox ** ** 2011 Texas Lone Star List ** || Within the first days of school, students will be asked to write an in class response about the books they read during the summer. || Through the Texas Discoveries curriculum students were exposed to twenty-five lessons of stem words. Students should keep fresh what they learned by reviewing the words using Quizlet. It is the expectation that our class will pick up where Texas Discoveries left off. [|www.quizlet.com/hcato] ||
 * ** Book 2 - Read **
 * ** On-line Discussion - Post **
 * ** Written Response - Reflect **
 * ** Word Within the Word - Refresh **