Seventh Grade Summer Reading Assignment

All Saints Catholic School

7th Grade Literature

Summer Reading Assignment 2016-2017

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

During the first couple of weeks of school, we will focus on activities that relate to Tuck Everlasting, so students should either wait until the last two weeks of summer to read the novel or plan to reread the story in the last two weeks of summer.  Whenever they choose to read the novel, students need to be sure the story is still fresh in their minds at the start of school.

Students must bring the completed assignment outlined below on the first day of school. They will also be taking a test on the novel during the first couple of days.

1.      THE ASSIGNMENT:

A symbol is something that has meaning in itself but also represents other concepts, ideas or traits.  Natalie Babbitt uses many symbols throughout the story. 

1.       Choose three symbols from the list below that you will analyze:

a.       The toad

b.      The music box

c.       The pond

d.      The rowboat

e.       The trout

f.       The hub of a wheel

g.      The bottle of spring water.

2.  Find or draw (and color) a picture for each of your three objects.

3.  For each object, record three quotations from the text using correct documentation.  For each quotation, write the meaning and explain its importance to the novel.

4.  Finally, choose one of your symbols and write a paragraph explaining the deeper meaning this symbol might have for the characters, the novel and all of humanity.

You may present this on posterboard, in “book” form or however your creative mind takes you!

BRING THIS COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT (OR TURN IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM) AND YOUR COPY OF TUCK EVERLASTING TO CLASS WITH YOU ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I look forward to seeing you again next year!  Have a wonderful summer!

Blessings,

Mrs. Christine Pain

Middle School Literature Teacher

All Saints Catholic School