Independent Reading Assignment & One Pagers - The Byron ...

ERWC/CP ENGLISH 3-4/EHS/BYRON

INDEPENDENT READING REQUIREMENTS CP English 2013-2014

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” -Author, Ray Bradbury

UGH! Why do we have to do this?? v To encourage you to engage in reading for the enjoyment of it (crazy, I know!) v To give you the opportunity read something that YOU choose o If you hate reading, you just haven’t found the right book yet. Seriously. v To use the words and ideas of the books you read to become more educated, well-rounded, compassionate people. PART ONE Project Requirements: v You are required to read at least one book outside of class each month (unless otherwise noted) o The book must be 200 pages or more—Sorry, Captain Underpants fans! o The book must be age appropriate—i.e. Lemony Snicket is OUT…Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Nope, sorry! o At least one of the four books that you read this year, must be non-fiction v The books may not be books that you have read previously—I suggest that double check your book choice with Mrs. Byron v The novels that we read in class (or that you read in class last year) do not count as independent reading (duh.) v Upon completing the book, complete a “One-Pager” and turn it in on the assigned due date. v You may read as many additional books for pleasure as you like, but I will give you extra credit for only one additional book J v Donating books that you love to my classroom library is also a good idea. I approve of doing that. v Don’t have a clue about what to read?? o Mrs. Byron can recommend a few you might like o Consult the classroom list “101 Books My Reluctant Readers Love to Read” for ideas o Pull a few off the shelf and take a gander…just make sure to put them back!!

“When cultural traditions and the feelings of others are never experienced, there is less understanding of what other people feel.” -Author, Maryanne Wolf “

Source: Readicide by Kelly Gallagher. Copyright © 2009. Stenhouse Publishers.


Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager A

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Choose five of the following sentence starters and write a brief reflection for each. Attach your reflections to this sheet. I noticed… I wonder… I was reminded of… I think… I’m surprised that… I’d like to know… I realized… If I were… The central issue(s) is (are)… One consequence of _________________ could be… If _________________, then… I’m not sure… Although it seems… Author’s purpose:

Intended audience (s):

Academic honesty_______________________________________________________________ By signing below, I am indicating that the information on this page is accurate, and my own:



Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager B

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Describe the character/person who changed the most from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it (use the back if necessary).

Author’s purpose:


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Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager C

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Describe a minor character/person in the book who had a major importance. Explain (use the back side if necessary):

Author’s purpose:





Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager D

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Describe one major internal conflict found in this book (use the back if necessary):

Author’s purpose:





Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager E

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Above you rated this book. Explain in detail why you gave this book that score (use the back side if necessary):

Author’s purpose:





Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager F

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Evaluate the ending of the book. Considering how the book unfolded, is it an effective ending? Why? Why not? (Use the back of this paper if necessary.)

Author’s purpose:





Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager G

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ If this book had gone one more chapter, what would have happened? Explain (use the back side if necessary):

Author’s purpose:





Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: _______

One-Pager H

Title___________________________________________________________________________ Author_________________________________________________________________________ Date started_______________________________ Date completed_________________________ Number of pages read_____________________________________________________________ Rating of book (1-10)______________________________________________________________ Describe one “imaginative rehearsal” that a modern reader might take from this book. Explain how that lesson is developed (use the back side if necessary):

Author’s purpose:




