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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.

 

  1. 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.
  2. 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!
  3. 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.