Each student is responsible for writing an in-class essay based upon his/her summer reading book selections. This essay will be written by students, in class, during the first week of school. In order to compose their in-class essay, students are required to complete note cards with information from their two selected summer reading books. The required information to be contained on the note cards is outlined below. Students may complete the note cards whenever they wish, but the note cards must be completed by the time of their in-class essay since students will be allowed to use the note cards to compose their in-class essay. Please note that students may use more than the recommended number of note cards in order to address the requirements listed below. Please be aware that note cards must be completed for each of the two selected summer reading books since students will be required to write about BOTH books as part of their essay assignment.

Note card # 1

On the front of note card #1 you must include the following:

Your name

Title of the book you read and number of pages

Author of the book you read

Your parent/guardian's signature.

On the back of note card #1 you must include the following:

A brief one or two paragraph summary of the plot.

A description of your favorite scene

A description of two of the main characters

Note card #2

On the front of note card #2 you must include the following:

List your reasons for choosing this particular book.

Describe where and when this story takes place

On the back of note card #2 you must include the following:

What type of person is the main character? Use examples from the book to support your response.

How does the main character change from the beginning to the end of the story? What caused the change?

Note card #3

On the front of note card # 3 you must include the following:

What are your feelings about the subject of the book after reading it? Why?

On the back of note card #3 you must include the following:

Do you feel this story would make an interesting movie?

Why or why not?

Note card #4

On the front of note card #4 you must include the following:

Describe how any character, other than the main character, is essential to the story. What would be missing if this character were not part of the story?

On the back of note card #4 you must include the following:

Is this story similar or different from the experiences of you or your peers?

What would you have done in the same situation? Explain.

Tell what lessons readers learn about people and/or life in this book.