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This summer you will enjoy a different challenge. Abiha and Starla have selected some interesting titles from our library, and they are proposing different activities for you to do.
Important:
You do not need to read all the books from the list below. Just select as many as you desire.
You do not need to do all the activities proposed in the list. Just submit one or even two for each title you read.
Do not force yourself to read a book if this one does not interest you, or you are not enjoying it. Select another one, and submit the activities.
Please, have fun reading and enjoy your summer break!
THE BOOKS FOR THE CHALLENGE (click on the image for a short book trailer).
THE BOOKS FOR THE CHALLENGE (click on the image for a short book trailer).
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Murder at Midnight by AVI
the reading challenge
the reading challenge
In the next sections, you will find some activities designed for Starla and Abiha. Select one of the activities (or as many as you desire), and share it with the rest of the school.
In the next sections, you will find some activities designed for Starla and Abiha. Select one of the activities (or as many as you desire), and share it with the rest of the school.
1. PEES Paragraph
1. PEES Paragraph
Select one of the questions and write a PEE paragraph.
If you do not know what is a PEE Paragraph, or you need help with it, please look at the image in this paragraph, or click on it to find more information from The Ferrers Academy.
Questions for a PEE Paragraph:
What are the main themes and how are they portrayed throughout the book?
What are the main personality traits of *character of your choice*?
How is the plot of the book developed?
This image is from Fay Laidler's Shop in TES
Please, submit your paragraph using the Google Form we have created.
Just click on the Google Form: write your name, select the grade you will be next year and the title of the book you have selected for the PEE Paragraph.
Then select the question or the questions you want using the PEE paragraph model.
2. Comic strip
2. Comic strip
You know now how the author ended this story. But, what would happen after the author's end?
You know now how the author ended this story. But, what would happen after the author's end?
Make a comic strip about what happens after the story finishes. Use pictures, colours and you can even add your own characters.
You can do it manually or you can use any App and share your comic strip with us.
Here you have 10 different Apps for Comic Creation.
Here you have 10 different Apps for Comic Creation.
Down, you will find my favourites Apps and links to create a comic strip.
Pixton for students.
Canva strip comic online.
3. Book review
3. Book review
Create a book review for the book you just read.
Create a book review for the book you just read.
This can be done through a video or handwritten. Make sure to include the name of the book, the author, how many stars out of 5 you would rate it, a short summary of the book, your opinion and whether you would recommend it to others.
SHARE!
SHARE!
You can try to start your own private channel as a Booktuber!
Here you have two booktubers you need to know!
4. Poster
4. Poster
Make a poster about the book.
Make a poster about the book.
It can be either about your opinion of the book and you could inform people what the book was about or the poster could be kind of like a promotional poster- it could promote and tell people why they should read the book and what it is about.
5. Diary entry
5. Diary entry
Write a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters in your book.
Write a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters in your book.
You can choose a specific scene and then write a diary entry about how your character felt during that particular moment, or You can do one long diary entry or even a couple of short ones- it is completely up to you.
Be creative with your entries and also add the date and who it is written by.
6. Art Piece
6. Art Piece
Create any piece of art that depicts the general theme of the book.
Create any piece of art that depicts the general theme of the book.
If the book is a love story, you could create a painting representing love, for example.
Or you could choose a part of the book that has a lot of descriptions and draw out. You can even draw one of the characters or whatever the setting evokes to you.
What about a sculpture? A photo composition? Be creative.
The price - where to send it?
The price - where to send it?
Submit your work to the next email (not the PEE paragraph):
Submit your work to the next email (not the PEE paragraph):
Do not forget to write your name, grade, the title of the book, and a little description of your work.
Ms Pekhazis (new English teacher):
A group of teachers will evaluate your work and decide who are the two winners of the first Fairgreen Summer Reading Challenge for MYP.
The reward will be two vouchers for AED 100.
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