Mrs. Murphy’s
Sixth Grade Language Arts
Assignments
You must read two
books from the attached
Summer assignments
are due the first day of school (August 17, 2009).
Project 1 Newspaper Article
Pretend that you are a newspaper reporter.
Write a news article about an event in, or the plot of one of the books you
read. Your article should include the basic facts of the book: who, what,
where, when, why, and how. This article should not look or read like your book
report. To help you understand how a news article is written, read several
articles from the newspaper.
Write this report on loose leaf paper and in paragraph form. Remember to
write in cursive and use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. You may
even want to use the column format seen in the real newspaper to make it look
authentic. The article should include a catchy title that would draw a reader
to the article, a location (written before the text begins), and the name of
the journalist (you).
Project 2 Best-Book-Ever Poster
Divide a sheet of poster board into
six sections and use the format on the attached sheet as a guide. You can be
creative in the way you present this material but you must include the
following elements on the poster.
Section 1: Best Book Ever-Write
the book's title and your name.
Section
2 : Outstanding Character -Name,
describe, and draw a main
character.
Section
3: Best Action Scene -illustrate a scene from the story, and briefly describe
(in one or two sentences:) why the scene is important or what takes place
there.
Section
4: Famous Quote -Write an important quote from the book.
Section
5: Interesting Scene -Draw and explain a scene from the book in one or two complete sentences.
Section
6: The End Explain how the story ends in a short paragraph. It is
not enough to write "The
End “on this section
of the poster.
Be prepared to talk about your poster, so pick a GOOD
book for this project. This assignment includes an oral presentation
grade.