Metro H.S. Summer Reading Assignment: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

Metro H.S. Summer Reading Assignment: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

Instructions: For each of the 9 chapters in the text, choose one of the following literary roles to complete. There are 9 roles and 9 chapters, so each role will be completed only once. You do NOT need to use #1 for chapter 1, #2 for chapter 2, and so on. Feel free to use whichever literary role strikes you as suitable for any given chapter. Use the table at the end of this document to organize your products for each chapter.

1. Connector: Your job is to find connections between a chapter in the book and the outside world. This means connecting what you read with your own life, to what happens at school or in the community, to similar events at other times and places, or to other people or problems. Be prepared to share your connections with your advisory class.

1. Discussion Director: Your job is to write a list of 3-4 questions for a chapter in the book that your group might want to discuss. The best questions will come from your own thoughts, feelings, and ideas about this section of the book. You also need to write your own answers to these questions. You must also keep the group on task during any discussion for your selected chapter. Be prepared to pose your questions to your advisory class

1. Literary Luminary: Your job is to choose 3-4 paragraph or sentences from a chapter in the book to discuss with your group. Your purpose is to help other students by spotlighting something interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important from the text. Be prepared to read your selection aloud to your advisory group. Include your reasons for picking the paragraphs or sections you did. Please record the page number and paragraph.

1. Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a summary of a chapter of the reading. Don’t tell the whole story, just focus on the important parts. The other members of your group will be counting on you to give them a quick statement that tells about the story (the summary), and the key points. Be prepared to share a 3-4 sentence summary of the chapter.

1. Travel Tracer: In a book where characters come from many different places, move around a lot, and where the scenes change frequently, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening and how the setting may have changed. Even if the scenery doesn’t change much, the setting is still a very important part of the story. Your job is to track where the action takes place. Draw a map that you can show and discuss with your group. Be sure to include the page numbers.

1. Illustrator: Your job is to draw some kind of a picture related to what you read in your section. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or stick figure scene, but it must be completed thoughtfully. It can be about something that you read, something that the reading reminded you about, or an element of the story (plot, character, setting). Be prepared to share a hard copy of your art with your advisory group.

1. Vocabulary Enricher: Your job is to look for 8-10new and interesting vocabulary words in a chapter of the book. Write the sentence in which the word appears in your document as well as the word’s definition. When your advisory meets, be prepared to help members find and discuss the words.

1. Habit Finder: The Metro Habits appear many times in this text. Find a chapter where all the Habits are demonstrated. List the Habit, the person who demonstrates it, and how that person demonstrates the Habit. Make sure to include page numbers.

• Effective communicator
• Collaborator
• Engaged learner
• Inquiring learner
• Critical thinker
• Active and responsible decision maker

1. 3D artist: Your job is to create some kind of three-dimensional representation of a chapter from the text. This can be a diorama, model, sculpture, doll, costume, etc. It can be about something that you read, something that the reading reminded you about, or an element of the story (plot, character, setting). Be prepared to share your art with your advisory group.