Mr. Wood
7th / 8th Grade English
Homework:
7th and 8th Grade: Read 30 minutes a day. Complete "mood" journal. Journals should be 14 font, single-spaced, and 1 page in length.
The 7th / 8th Grade Reading Challenge
Homework: Read a book for at least 30 minutes a day.
Read at least 40 books by the end of the school year.
What classifies as a book when completing the challenge:
- Books 250 pages count as 1 book
- Books over 250 pages count as 2 books
- Books over 500 pages count as 3 books
- Books more than 750 pages - see me
- Depending on its size, a graphic novel may count as a whole, half, or quarter of a book
- Audiobooks count as 1 book
- At least 10 of the books are to be chapter books
- Students are to record their reading in a weekly data sheet
Other details
- Students pick the books they want to read
- Students have until the end of the year to complete the challenge
- Each individual is only competing against themself as a reader (and Mr. Wood if they want)
Books read by Mr. Wood:
1, 2 Rhodes, Morgan. Falling Kingdoms. Fantasy. Began 8/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
3 Snickett, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 3. Began 6/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
4 Soto, Gary. Buried Onions. Began 9/3/19 (completed) 4/4 stars
5, 6 Cline, Ernest. Ready Player One. Began 9/8/19. (completed) 2/4 stars
7 Snickett, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 4. Began 9/10/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
8,9 Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind. Began 10/1/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
10, 11 Tremblay, Paul. The Cabin at the End of the World. Began 10/31/19 (completed) 4/4 stars
12, 13 Grace, Laura Jane. Tranny. Began 10/13/19
14, 15 Pinkney, Andra Davis. The Red Pencil. 11/1/19
16 Vandermeer, Jeff. The Strange Bird. 11/2/19 (completed) 3/4 stars)
17 Snickett, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 5. Began 11/1/19
18 Stein, R.L. Son of Slappy. 11/1/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
19. Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 6. Began 12/26/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
20. Del Toro, Guillermo. Pan's Labyrinth. Began 1/14/20.
21. Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 7. Began 1/15/19 (completed) 3/4 stars
22, 23, 24, 25. Spitz, Bob. The Beatles: Biography. Began 2/14/20.
26. Gibson, William. Neuromancer. Began 2/14/20.
27. Ball, Krystal and Sagaar Enjeti. The Populist's Guide to the 2020 Election. Began 3/1/20.
I've read the following graphic novels:
Cates, Donny. Thanos HC. (completed) 4/4 stars
Cates, Donny. Venom Vol. 1. (completed) 4/4 stars
Cates, Donny. Venom Vol. 2. (completed) 4/4 stars
Cates, Donny. Venom: War of the Realms.
Duggan, Gerry. Guardians of the Galaxy Omnibus.
Duggan, Gerry. Infinity Wars. (completed) 3/4 stars
I've read the following comic books: (at least 87)
- Absolute Carnage #1-5
- Absolute Carnage: Deadpool #1-3
- Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #1-3
- Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1-3
- Absolute Carnage: Scream #1-3
- Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1
- Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance #1
- Dr. Strange #1-3
- Guardians of the Galaxy #7-12
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1
- Excalibur #1-8
- Fallen Angels #1-6
- House of X #1-6
- Marauders #1-8
- New X-Men #1-8
- Powers of X #1-6
- Savage Avengers #1-8, Annual #1
- Scourge: Annihilation - Silver Surfer
- Scourge: Annihilation - Omega
- Silver Surfer: Black #1-5
- Spider-Man: Velocity #1-3
- Venom #17-22
- West Coast Avengers #42-50
- X-Men/Fantastic Four #1