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Summer Homework Assignment
This summer you had to read two novels.
Please choose one of your novels and write a 10% summary.
This assignment will be due Monday September 22, 2014.
Check over the rubric before handing in your assignment.
Summer reading rubric
/100
Outline:
Student submitted a complete outline with assignment
/10
Writing: Presentation of ideas:
Structure:
TAg information listed
Literacy:
Contains 4 central ideas that include information about: setting main characters problem events that solve the problem solution /50
Writing:
Conventions and Grammar:
Sentences begin with capitals
Sentences have proper punctuation
TAg information has correct punctuation
/30
Timeliness:
Assignment was submitted on time
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He has a special gift that he uncovers through the novel, the power to heal.
Seer – a blind man, has the ability to remember things, he can also hear very well. He is Matty's guardian, who lives with him and helps take care of him.
Kira – Seer's daughter She lives in a nearby village and moves to her fathers house because the village was closing down in addition, she was born with a crooked leg.
Leader – Jonas is in charge of the village and has the gift of future sight. He is wise and helps Matty with advice.

III. Series of events
Problem: the village was closing down and they wouldn't let anyway in or out and they had to get kira out
Events that solve the problem:
Central idea #1-Matty is a Messenger, one of the few people who goes into the forest. Most people in the Village avoid the forest because it is dangerous for them because it can move to trap people who shouldn’t be there. Proof (quote) from the text
Central idea #2- Matty gets moved to Leader’s house. Proof (quote) from the text-
Central idea #3- When Village decides to close its borders by building a wall, Seer asks Matty to go to a neighboring community to find his daughter Kira before the wall goes up in ten

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