Summer Reading Chosen Novel Report (Test) Archie Submission Deadline: August 28, 2024

Directions: After reading one of the seventh grade novel options from our school website list, students must answer the
four report questions in their own words and based on their own experience of reading the novel. Students must submit
their finished work for this assignment in Archie by the deadline to earn full credit. Work submitted via email or on paper
will not earn credit.

● Late Submission Policy: Students who fail to submit all of the pages of their completed summer reading reports
(Including this page and the rubric page) as PDFs in Archie by 9:00pm on August 28 must attend morning
(8:00am-8:20am) or lunchtime help class August 29 to discuss the possibility of earning late/partial credit.
Students who attend school on August 29 but neglect to attend help class to rectify their late report grade will no
longer be eligible to earn credit on this summer reading report and will earn a zero grade on their first test of the
quarter.

● Online Writing Tools Policy: Any online tool used to revise and/or edit student work must be approved by the
teacher prior to student use. For this assignment, only digital spelling and grammar checker tools are allowed and
must be declared in the space at the bottom of the rubric. All assignments completed outside of the classroom
(such as the summer reading report) are subject to verbal review with the teacher. Students must be prepared to
discuss the answers they have given as representative of their own learning without unethical assistance of outside
resources.

● Plagiarism/AI Misuse Policy: Use of AI generative programs to enhance or answer questions and work that is
plagiarized (done in whole or in part by others yet turned in as the student’s own) are strictly prohibited. The
consequence for a first offense will be a zero grade and daily detention with the teacher during morning help class
and/or lunchtime until the assignment is redone properly for partial credit. A second offense will earn a zero grade
with no chance of earning make-up credit.

● Helpful Reminders:

a. Plot Diagram:
1. Introduction/ Exposition
2. Inciting Incident
3. Rising Action
4. Crisis/Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution/ Dénouement

b. Parenthetical Citation:
1. Find and write/type the exact words (and punctuation) from the text that will support or
prove what you are trying to say in your paragraph answer. Try to keep quotations
brief(no longer than one or two sentences long).
2. Put quotation marks around the words and punctuation that are taken from the text.
3. Place parentheses immediately after the end quotation mark. Then write the author’s last
name, a comma, and the page number of the quotation in parentheses only. Do not write
“pg” or the title of the book.
4. End your sentence after the end parentheses with a period.
Examples:
“She died because of you. You are bad luck.” (Mah, 19).

“You don’t get to pick your name, or your parents.” (Smith, 1).

c. Additional Help:
1. Students may contact the teacher via email for further help and guidance at
[email protected]. This address is checked weekly on Wednesdays during the
summer. During the school year this email address is checked during the teacher’s
planing hour and prior to 6pm daily.
2. A step-by-step guide for how to upload multi-page assignments is in Archie Resources.
Novel Title: _____________________________________________ Student Name____________________
This page MUST be submitted with the other pages to earn credit for this assignment!
Your teacher will use this rubric to grade your submitted answers to the four novel response questions. You will be able
to review the scores and any additional comments from your teacher in Archie after your work has been graded.
Below (0-2 Points) Meets (3-4 Points) Exceeds (5 Points)
Category Effort is less than expected Effort equals what is Effort is greater than expected Additional
("D" or "F" level) expected ("C" or "B" level) ("A" level) Comments:

Answers to more than one Most or all questions have All four questions have been
question are incomplete or been fully answered with fully answered with concise
missing. It is not clear from logical responses. However, yet logical explanations to
the given answers that the some paragraphs may be too support the student’s answers.
People and student has fully read and long or too short. It is clear It is clear that the student has
Plot understood the novel they that the student has both read both fully read and well
chose to read. and generally understood the understood the chosen novel’s
chosen novel’s characters and characters and plot.
plot.

The student’s answers contain The student’s answers contain Answers contain relevant
very little or no personal some relevant personal personal opinion and creative
opinion or creative thought. opinions or creative thoughts. thought. Answers not only
Creativity There is little evidence of There is evidence of effort to demonstrate strong critical
and effort to think critically about think critically about the thinking about the novel’s
Critical the novel’s theme or the novel’s theme and the author’s theme but also mention how
Thinking author’s purpose in writing purpose for the reader. the novel’s message might
the novel. affect other readers
differently.

The responses contain few The responses contain The responses contain unique
descriptive details that descriptive details that insight and detailed
demonstrate understanding. demonstrate understanding. descriptions that demonstrate
The student also rarely or The student also quoted and depth of understanding. The
Depth of never quoted and cited text cited different pieces of text student also properly quoted
Detail evidence to support answers. evidence from the novel to and cited evidence from
support at least two answers. different parts of the novel to
support three or more
answers.

There are many and/or various There are only a few errors in Fewer than 3 total errors in
kinds of errors in spelling, spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation,
punctuation, perspective, sentence perspective, sentence
perspective,sentence structure, structure, or other grammar structure, or other grammar
or other grammar elements elements throughout the elements. The student’s
Editing throughout the report. The report. The student’s meaning meaning is abundantly clear in
Common student’s meaning is hindered is affected in some areas but every sentence of each
Errors or made unclear because of the overall idea of each paragraph. Each paragraph
these errors. More than one student response is still contains 5-10 sentences.
paragraph is significantly generally clear. One paragraph
longer or shorter than may be longer or shorter than
required. the required number of
sentences.

What (if any) digital spelling/grammar checker did you use to complete this assignment? Total Score
________/20
%
 Summer Reading Chosen Novel Report Questions 1-2

Reminders: The following four questions must be answered using first or third person perspective (No “You” statements
allowed). All answers must be written in paragraph form (5-10 sentences in length). Your answers must be readable
whether written by hand and scanned or typed out and saved as a PDF. Handwriting must be legible and font sizes must be
no smaller than the font size of the questions below. All work must be submitted via Archie.

1. Which character in this novel do you like, dislike, or relate to the most and why? (Cite text evidence to support
your choice.)

The character in this novel that is my favorite is Peak. He’s my favorite character
because he is in middle school and so am I. He also did crazy things. For example,
climbing, going to court, going to Nepal, and climbing Mt. Everest. He’s relatable to
me in many ways and he is the most interesting character with the most unique
events. So that’s why he is my favorite character. (Smith, 4) (Smith, 20) (Smith, 231)

2. What specific part of the story’s plot was the most interesting to you in your chosen novel and why? (Describe the
important event in the story’s plot first, then explain why it was specifically interesting to you.)

My favorite part of the story’s plot was definitely when Peak got arrested for climbing a building in
New York. That’s astonishing to me because a 14 year old kid climbed a building and got his face
frozen to a wall of the building. What is also insane is that the mayor of New York City saw him
climb the building and got mad at him. And because getting arrested he had to be on probation
and moved to Nepal. This is very interesting to me because I was not expecting all of this to
happen at all, especially at the beginning of a book.
 Summer Reading Chosen Novel Report Questions 3-4

Reminders: The following four questions must be answered using first or third person perspective (No “You” statements
allowed). All answers must be written in paragraph form (5-10 sentences in length). Your answers must be readable
whether written by hand and scanned or typed out and saved as a PDF. Handwriting must be legible and font sizes must be
no smaller than the font size of the questions below. All work must be submitted via Archie.

3. What is one important question about life the author is trying to get the reader to ask and answer through this
novel? (Describe the important question first, then explain what the most logical answer might be based on the story. Use
text evidence to support your answer.)

The question about life this novel is trying to get the reader to ask is, “what do you
do when life throws challenges at you?” The answer is always try to find a way to
work around your challenges and face them. For example, when peak got
arrested, his lawyer made Peak get probation instead of prison. But since the
smallest thing could get Peak arrested, he moved to Nepal with his dad and was
going to climb Mt. Everest. He ended up climbing Mt. Everest and achieved a
huge climbing feat. All because he worked his way out of his challenges. (Smith 5)
(Smith 231)

4. Should future seventh graders have the option to read the same novel you read for summer reading next year?
Why or why not? (If not, what would be a better novel to replace this one and why?)

Future seventh graders should read this book in the future. They should read this book
because it’s a good level for students coming into seventh grade. The book was easy to
comprehend. Future seventh graders should also read this book because it’s very
entertaining and has a good storyline. This book also has many wild events happening
in it. For example, getting arrested for climbing a building and then going to Nepal to
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climb Mt. Everest. This book is very entertaining and I would definitely recommend it for
future seventh graders.