Be prepared to complete a project about the book you chose!

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1 Mandatory Summer Reading Students Entering 6 th Grade Student Name: 1) Read one of the following books and be prepared to complete a project on the book when you return to school. You will also be required to fill out the attached graphic organizer (Story Map) for the book that you choose. Title Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez The Kidnapped Prince: Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Tae's Sonata by Haemi Balgassi The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg Lexile Level 890L 840L 1320L 850L 870L 2) Read a minimum of two Accelerated Reader (AR) books that are within your ZPD range. Record the title of the books you read here, and have your parent sign and date when you complete the book. Book Title & ZPD Range Date Completed Parent Signature Your end-of-year ZPD range is: 3) Read the article On Top of the World. Fill in the Cause and Effect worksheet using information from the article. 4) Read the article Learning from the Mt. Everest Disaster. 5) Fill in the Venn Diagram, comparing the 2 articles ( On Top of the World and Learning from the Mt. Everest Disaster ) When you return to school, you should give your ELA teacher the AR Reading Log and 3 Graphic Organizers: Story Map (for the book of your choice) Cause and Effect (for On Top of the World ) Venn Diagram (comparing the 2 articles) Be prepared to complete a project about the book you chose!

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6 Learning from the Mt. Everest Disaster May 05, 2014 Nepalese people light candles in memory of the 16 Nepalese Sherpa guides killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest in Katmandu on April 30, An unprecedented shutdown of Mount Everest after the worst ever accident on the world's highest peak has left grieving Nepalese sherpa guides and their families fearing for their livelihoods. The avalanche on April 18 that tore through a group of sherpas -- who were hauling gear up the mountain for their foreign clients before dawn -- left 16 people dead and three others seriously wounded. We never have been seized with a desire to climb Mount Everest. But we can understand the obsession to push into the thinnest air, to test your courage, skill and endurance, to plant your feet at the top of the world and boast of accomplishing a feat that most people would not dare. Many climbers who had hoped to reach Everest's 29,035-foot summit this season are packing up and returning home before they even attempted the ascent. Major touring companies have canceled planned ascents, after a recent avalanche killed 16 Sherpa guides in one of the deadliest days in climbing history. Nepal government authorities infuriated the Sherpas by offering a piddly $408 in compensation to the families of those guides who died in the accident. Major touring companies charge as much as $100,000 to climbers. Some of that money flows to the Nepal government. Angry Sherpas demanded larger death benefits, and a greater share of those proceeds. Even after the government sweetened its offer and agreed to some concessions, most of the Sherpas balked. Rule No. 1 on Everest: No Sherpas, no climbing. The Sherpas are renowned for their mountain skills. They go first on ascents, hauling food and supplies. They test ice ladders stretched across crevices. They fix ropes and establish camps. They carve a path through the ice and snow for the paying customers climbers from around the world to follow. So this climbing season ends with fewer boot prints at the summit. Among those who didn't make it, The New York Times reported: A teenager with epilepsy who wanted to inspire others. A 34-year-old British banker who quit his job, sold his apartment and drained his savings to pay for the trip. And a California builder carrying the ashes of his younger brother. Some of the disappointed realized a central truth: It's not just about you. "We clients, Western climbers, are here by choice. We pay to come here and test ourselves," Isaiah Janzen, an engineer from Iowa, wrote on his blog. "... I would still like to climb this mountain but there are things at stake more important than my selfish, arrogant, and egotistical summit ambitions." But Kent Stewart, an American climber, wrote in a blog post: "If I don't ever make it to the top of Everest, I'm afraid there will always be a hole in my life, and frankly, that worries me." Obsessions die hard.

7 There have been many deaths on the mountain since it was first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, on May 29,1953. There will be more. One frustrated climber, Jon Reiter of Kenwood, Calif., had planned to scatter the ashes of his brother Jesse on the summit. He told The Times that the avalanche watching rescuers carry the dead Sherpas off prompted a question that all climbers grapple with: Is it worth the risk? Reiter's answer: "I have a great plan. I am going to go home and hug my 12-year-old. I've seen numerous things in my life, but nothing was ever driven home as to watch those guys on cables being brought down.... I have put years of my life into this. But I am going home alive. I think I'm done with the mountains. I'm going to cherish what I have and count my blessings." Reiter didn't make it to the summit. But we'd say he still triumphed. The mountain teaches many lessons, whether climbers reach the top or not.

8 Name Date Venn Diagram Write details that tell how the subjects are different in the outer circles. Write details that tell how the subjects are alike where the circles overlap. Subject: Subject: Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

9 Name Date Story Map 1 Write notes in each section. Setting: Time: Place: Characters: Problem: Plot/Events: Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved. Resolution:

10 Name Cause & Effect Graphic Organizer From the article On Top of the World, find 3 examples of cause and effect. All answers should be in full sentences. For example: John shared his snack with the new kid in his class. John and the new boy, Jason, became friends. 1) 2) 3)