You will be picking one book per semester (2 total) to read and complete one of the book projects listed below.
Semester 1 Book Project Due: January 11th
Semester 2 Book Project Due: June 6th
Adventures of Huckleberry The Great Gatsby
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Hobbit
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Grapes of Wrath
Frankenstein Of Mice and Men
Gulliver’s Travels A Separate Peace
Kidnapped To Kill a Mockingbird
Little Women Moby Dick
My Antonia Fahrenheit 451
O Pioneers 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Red Badge of Courage Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Robison Crusoe Roots
Scarlet Letter Sounder
Wind in the Willows Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl
Across Five Aprils The Chocolate War
All Quiet on the Western Front A Wrinkle in Time
Animal Farm A Day No Pigs Would Die
For Whom the Bell Tolls Treasure Island
Death of a Salesman Anne of Green Gables
Fellowship of the Rings 1984
Pride and Prejudice Antigone
Assignment: Choose one of the preceding books on the list and read it. Then complete one of the book projects listed below for the novel you read.
- Create a plot structure poster in which you outline the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action resolution, and denouement for the story. You must include book title, author and graphics. All parts must be typed.
- Write an analysis paper (4 paragraphs in which you analyze one of the following: theme, character, or setting. Must include at least one direct quote from the story with page number cited. Minimum 150 words.) THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY PAPER!
- Create a book cover for the book. Follow the guidelines below:
- Side A (Front): Include the title, author and an appropriate picture
- Side B (Inside front flap): Include a summary of the story containing at least 150 words typed.
- Side C (Spine): Include title, publisher and author.
- Side D (Back): Write an About the Author section (150 words)
***You mush do a careful, neat job in color with graphics***
** If you want to choose a book not on the list, get it cleared with me first.
***This majority of this assignment must be completed outside of this class.
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