Alternate Reading Counts

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Your name______________________________

Teacher’s name___________Mrs. Welsch______

Class-Period number _______________________

Assignment type___________________________

Date ( 4 April 2008)________________________

Title:_____________________________

Author:____________________________

Genre:_____________________________

Works Cited Citation in MLA format __________________________________________

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How long did it take you to read this book?____________ Number of ages__________________

1. Summarize the book in one to two paragraphs.
2. Write a list of 5 main characters including the protagonist and antagonist.

Protagonist:

Antagonist:

Character:

Character:

Character:

3. Write down a favorite quote from the book. Use “said tag” (said Sally, bellowed Frank)

Direct quote and page number:

Who was the speaker?

To whom was this quote being said?

Please answer the following questions thoroughly.

1. Make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting yourself to the protagonist (main character) or antagonist (character against the protagonist). Find at least 5 similarities and 5 differences.
2. Use infohio, a newspaper article, magazine article, etc., to find an article that relates to a topic in this book. Print off the article and write one paragraph (5-6 sentences) on how the article is related to the book.
3. Construct a plot diagram for the book. Write a short paragraph telling what happened at each stage of the plot.

Introduction (characters are introduced here):

Rising action:

Climax:

Falling Action:

Resolution:

4. What did you learn from this book? Lessons? What not do?

Write at least three paragraphs.

5. Author background and time period. Write in paragraph form short paragraph of biographical information on the author. Into which time period does this book belong?