I.
Critical Lens or 5 Star Quote from the Beginning, Middle and End: Choose three quotes from the novel (beginning,
middle and end) and for each explain why you feel they epitomize the book.
II.
Playing with Point of View: How would it
change the story if you wrote it in a different point of view (e.g., changed it
from first to third person)? Choose a
significant chapter or event (the climax, for instance) on which to base your
rewrite.
III.
The Perfect Gift: You are responsible for
choosing a different and appropriate gift for four of the characters from the
novel. Create a visual of each gift,
name the character who will receive it, and write an
explanation of why the gift is perfect for that character. The gifts can be concrete or abstract.
IV.
Choose ONE of the following:
A.
Daily Edition: Using the novel as the basis
for your stories, columns and editorials, create a newspaper or magazine based on or inspired by the book you are reading. Use a desktop publishing program to give it
an “official” look.
B.
Board Game: Design a board game based on
the novel, complete with “players” and directions. Create question cards that are based on the
novel’s literary elements.
C.
Visual Art: Create a visual
representation of one (or more) of the chapters or the entire work in one
of the following ways:
1. a storyboard that captures
the significant events in the novel
2. a comic strip of the book’s
plot (or chosen chapters)
3. draw the most important
scene in the chapter and explain how its action is central to the plot/conflict
4. create a drawing or painting
that captures the essence of a character, event, symbol or theme in the book
5. create a video
V.
Critical Lens or 5 Star Quote from the Beginning, Middle and End: Choose three quotes from the novel (beginning,
middle and end) and for each explain why you feel they epitomize the book.
VI.
Playing with Point of View: How would it
change the story if you wrote it in a different point of view (e.g., changed it
from first to third person)? Choose a
significant chapter or event (the climax, for instance) on which to base your
rewrite.
VII.
The Perfect Gift: You are responsible for
choosing a different and appropriate gift for four of the characters from the
novel. Create a visual of each gift,
name the character who will receive it, and write an
explanation of why the gift is perfect for that character. The gifts can be concrete or abstract.
VIII. Choose ONE of the
following:
A.
Daily Edition: Using the novel as the basis
for your stories, columns and editorials, create a newspaper or magazine based
on or inspired by the book you are reading.
Use a desktop publishing program to give it an “official” look.
B.
Board Game: Design a board game based on
the novel, complete with “players” and directions. Create question cards that are based on the
novel’s literary elements.
C.
Visual Art: Create a visual
representation of one (or more) of the chapters or the entire work in one
of the following ways:
1. a storyboard that captures
the significant events in the novel
2. a comic strip of the book’s
plot (or chosen chapters)
3. draw the most important
scene in the chapter and explain how its action is central to the plot/conflict
4. create a drawing or painting
that captures the essence of a character, event, symbol or theme in the book
5. create a video