Holiday Homework

ENGLISH- Summer Reading Assignments

Task 1:

Visit www.merriam-webster.com, an online dictionary.

Click on the “Quizzes and Games” tab to investigate their Vocabulary Quiz, Name That Thing, Spell It, and True or False.

Next, click on Merriam-Webster’s “Video” tab. There are several short explanations, whimsical stories, and interesting trivia points to learn from the editors.

Create a chart that categorizes and logs what you did during each visit, and have one of your parents sign each time. Follow this example:

Activity Lesson Summary Parent’s signature

10 min vocab quiz, 2 videos

I took 5 vocab quizzes and scored 4360 points! I learned about Schwa and Okay.

AB

Task- 2

Directions:

You are required to read at least one book this summer. You may select from the titles provided.

You will be responsible for completing two reading activities from each of

the columns given below.

Be sure to choose two activities from column A and two from column B

for a total of four assignments per read book.

The summer project is due on August 1st 2016.

FICTION READING ACTIVITIES

Column A: Choose one activity from this

column.

Column B: Choose one activity from this

column

Newspaper - Create a newspaper page based on events from the novel. The newspaper page might include weather reports, an editorial or editorial cartoon, news events, sports events etc. The title of the newspaper should be relevant to the theme of the book. Use Who, What, Where, When, Why and How questions to guide your writing. Also, the major conflict and events should be reported in the paper.

Bookmark - Create a bookmark (3” X 7”)

using construction paper. Write the title,

author and a brief two paragraph review of

the novel. On the other side of the

bookmark, illustrate a picture that depicts

an event or a major character. Also, please

include an important quote that represents

your character. It may be something that

the character stated or a statement that

represents the theme of the novel.

Book Review - Write a review of your novel for Amazon.com. Give two opinions about the novel and cite examples using quotations from the novel to support your opinion. Include supporting details explaining why you would recommend this novel and to what audience you think the novel is written for (For example what age group and why).

Comic Book/Graphic Novel: Choose an event or scene from your novel and create a ten square slot graphic novel storyboard. Be sure to include two major characters involved in a conflict, how the conflict progressed, and how the conflict was resolved. Story boxes should be neat, creative, and colorful and show a student’s intricate design and effort.

You magically become a character in your novel -Pretend you could magically enter your novel. Write a short essay explaining what event, setting or conflict you would enter and why. How would your being there change the story? How would you connect yourself to the characters? Minimum a three paragraph entry.

Hallmark card- You are now a member of the Hallmark Card Corporation. You are responsible for designing a greeting card for one of your novel’s characters. Please choose a theme based on your novel. The greeting card should include a six-to-eight sentence greeting on the inside. The front cover should have a design based on a setting or event from your novel. Be sure to include your name, the novel’s title, and author, as well as the name of your production company on the back of your card.

Reading Recommendation

Truth (Chasing Yesterday), Robin Wasserman: J.D. can't run from her past any longer. She

knows the truth now - that she's dangerous; a weapon. If she can't learn to control her

powers, there's no telling what, or who, she'll destroy next. To finally unlock the secrets in

her mind, she will have to return to the Institute that created her. But going back won't be

easy. Almost nobody goes in - and no one ever gets out.

Found (The Missing: Book 1), Margaret Peterson Haddix: Thirteen-year-old Jonah has

always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he

and a new friend, Chip, who's also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one

says, "You are one of the missing." The second one says, "Beware! They're coming back to

get you."

Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins: Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and

younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United

States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the

surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual

televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience

participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is

chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.

Hope Was here, Joan Bauer: Ever since the boss promoted her from bus girl two and a half

years ago when she was 14, Hope has been a waitress--and a darn good one, too. She takes

pride in making people happy with good food, as does her aunt Addie, a diner cook. The

two of them have been a pair ever since Hope's waitress mother abandoned her as a baby,

and now they have come to rural Wisconsin to run the Welcome Stairways café for G.T.

Stoop, who is dying of leukemia. But he's not dead yet, as the kindly and great hearted

restaurant owner demonstrates when he decides to run for mayor against the wicked and

corrupt Eli Millstone.

Uglies, Scott Westerfeld

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In

Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent

ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where

your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's

new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside.

When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't

very pretty.

The Gift (Witch and Wizard Series #2), James Patterson

When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known

as the New Order, they were barely able to escape with their lives. Now part of a hidden

community of teens like themselves, Whit and Wisty have established themselves as

leaders of the Resistance, willing to sacrifice anything to save kids kidnapped and brutally

imprisoned by the New Order.

Saga by Conor Kostick

Ghost is part of a street hacker airboard gang who lives to break rules. When they realize

that their world—Saga—is being periodically invaded by strange human beings, they don't

know what to do. That is, until they learn the complicated truth: Saga is not just their world.

It is a sentient computer game, the replacement to Epic on New Earth, and it's addictive.

The Dark Queen who controls Saga is trying to enslave both its people and the people of

New Earth. And she'll succeed unless Ghost and her friends—and Erik, from Epic, and his

friends—figure out what to do

Non-Fiction

With their Eyes: The View from a High School at Ground

Zero, Annie Thomas: September 11, 2001 started as a normal day for the students of

Stuyvesant High School, four blocks away from the Twin Towers in New York City. Read

firsthand accounts from the students about living in the shadow of the World Trade Center

attack.

A Night to Remember, Walter Lord: Before Leonardo Di-

Caprio was even born, this was the book about the Titanic. First published in 1955, A

Night to Remember remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic’s fatal collision

and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some

sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival.

I Had a Hammer—The Hank Aaron Story, Hank Aaron: Aaron's autobiography is the

first-hand account of the prejudice faced by Aaron and his contemporaries who

followed Jackie Robinson into the big leagues. The narrative is modest yet supremely

confident; from it emerges a picture of an incredibly talented man who fought for the

opportunities he deserved.

Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of The Salem Witch Trials, Marc Aronson: Acclaimed historian

Aronson sifts through the facts, myths, half-truths, and theories about the witch trials in

1692 Salem, Massachusetts, to present a vivid narrative of one of the most compelling

mysteries in American history.

Graphic Novels

The Stonekeeper (Amulet Series #1) by Kazu Kibuishi

After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home

of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before

long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin,

desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons,

robots, and talking animals.

Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with

Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save

someone she loves.

Bone #1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator)

In OUT FROM BONEVILLE, volume 1 of this 9-book epic, the three Bone cousins — Fone

Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone — are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert.

One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and

terrifying creatures. Eventually, the cousins are reunited at a farmstead run by tough

Gran'ma Ben and her spirited granddaughter Thorn. But little do the Bones know, there

are dark forces conspiring against them, and their adventures are only just beginning!

Copper by Kazu Kibuishi

Copper is curious, Fred is fearful. And together boy and dog are off on a series of

adventures through marvelous worlds, powered by Copper's limitless enthusiasm and

imagination. Each Copper and Fred story in this graphic novel collection is a complete

vignette, filled with richly detailed settings and told with a wry sense of humor.

The Dodgeball Chronicles (Knights of the Lunch Table Series #1) by Frank Cammuso

New student Artie King is a nice, comics-loving kid who just wants to ease into life at

Camelot Middle School without attracting too much attention. But by second period, Artie

already has enemies. He tripped Camelot's mean principal by mistake. An older kid isn't

happy about the lunch he stole from Artie. (Well, Artie tried to warn him that sandwich

was made by his pesky sister . . . out of boogers and soap!) And Artie just can't seem to

stay out of the way of big Mo and The Horde, the bunch of brawny bullies who rule the

school.

Those who want to enhance their reading skills may choose one book to read from each of

the given genres.

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MATHEMATICS

Task 1: Click on the following links to practice topics done over the year 7 FOLLOW THE ON-LINE LINKS:

http://chss.sd57.bc.ca/~spearce/Math_8/practice%20tests/chapter_8.htm

http://chss.sd57.bc.ca/~spearce/Math_8/practice%20tests/Chapter_9.htm

http://chss.sd57.bc.ca/~spearce/Math_8/practice%20tests/chapter_10.htm

http://www.algebra4children.com/pythagoras_theory2.html (for Extended Students but

Standard Students could also try)

Create a word document & compile your scores. Submit the scores to your respective

Maths Teacher once you return on the 1st August 2016.

Task 2: PRACTICE SHEET 1. Read the following grid carefully:

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SCIENCES

Getting started with scientific inquiry….

You are required to use the resources attached (power point and video link) with this task

for recapping the steps of Scientific method, Selection of Problem Question, and revisiting

experimental design.

From your observations of the natural world, come up with at least two inquiry

questions you would like to explore through this method.

Framing Inquiry Question State each of these as “problem questions”.

A ‘problem question’ is a way to frame a problem so that we are clear up front on what

we are trying to solve, and what success will look like

A good problem statement must be:

• Specific

• Measurable

• Action-oriented (there should be some scope of inquiry)

• Relevant (to the key problem)

• Time-bound

Each of these problem questions must be:

a single sentence with a question mark.

clear (no element of ambiguity)

there should be scope of inquiry using at least two different sources (it should not be

answered by simple internet research)

[Consider accepted sources of information as: experiment /survey/research/interview]

Framing Hypothesis A hypothesis is a conditional statement that declares what we should find in our data if

our theory is correct.

Form of a conditional statement:

If (...), then (...) if (e.g. X → Y)

While framing hypothesis, a relevant scientific language should be used.

Variables

A variable is any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in

differing amounts or types.

Controlled variable is one that you want to remain the same throughout the experiment.

Independent variable is one that is changed in an experiment.

Dependent Variable is the result of the experiment What is measured This “depends” on

what you changed.

For each of the questions selected, plan your experimental framework using the table

below:

You will be completing the given table during vacations and same needs to be shared with

your science teacher in the first week of August.

Step 1: Problem

Question

Problem question 1: Problem question 2:

Step 2: Hypothesis

If ……then ……..because

Hypothesis 1 Hypothesis 2:

Step 3 : Experimental design Variable (with reason): Variable (with reason):

Dependent variable

Justification

Independent Variable

Justification

Constant Variable

Justification

Step 4: Data collection

(Steps of experiment )

Data collection Method

Data collection Method

Methods to be used to inquire into

problem question (data collection)

Resources that will help you get started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmzq9M8knww (introduction to scientific

method)

Attached PowerPoint Presentation (steps of scientific method)

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-

projects/project_variables.shtml#whatarevariables (variables and examples)

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