Finished Book Choices

01. What is the theme (fiction)/claim (non-fiction) of your book?  Support your theme/claim with at least two of the following: character traits, conflict, title, setting, or in case of non-fiction, direct quotes. 

02. Draw a picture that represents the theme or the Central/Main Idea.  A caption at the bottom of the picture must be a proficient Theme Statement or Central/Main Idea statement.

03. Record a song that is basically a summary of the book.  If you want to record an instrumental song, be sure to include reasoning as to why you chose the sounds you chose. 

04. Build a Legos (or something like that) Diorama of a scene that best represents what the character wants throughout the book. 

05. Complete the book.  That means either write the next chapter in the book or write the first chapter of the next book (if there isn’t one). 

06. Have a series of questions approved by the teacher for the author of your book.  Contact the author to conduct an interview.  Write up the interview.  To do this, you should contact the author first and see if they would be willing to do this.  I don’t mean to be pessimistic, but most authors, especially the “big ones,” won’t do this. 

07. Write a book review.  Criteria should be based on: do the characters seem real?  Is the writing good?  Is the plot believable?  Was the conflict resolved in a sufficient manner?  Is like another book you’ve read before?  And of course, personal opinion. 

08. Create a “mixtape” for the book.  With at least 10 songs, write a brief reasoning as to why you chose those songs.  This must be posted online (Soundcloud, my blog, your blog or on a physical CD, thumbdrive would work too). 

09. Present a two minute book talk (summary, genre, what you like about it, theme/main idea) about the book.  The grade will be based on how well you sell this book.  At least one “important” paragraph must be read.  This has to be done directly after warm-ups.  Please sign up in advance (meaning let me know a least a day in advance). 

10. For you writers out there: Pick a page that represents the authors writing style.  I will photocopy it and bring it back to you.  Then you will annotate the page showing how the author writes.  What kind of sentences?  Reality of dialogue?  Figurative Language?  Description?  Tone?  Mood? Etc.

11. Research the author of your book. In an organized, coherent multi-paragraph writing(I will not say a 5 paragraph essay, but…) show what the author has accomplished, what struggles he/she has went through and, if possible, give some insight into their writing process. 

12. Create a comic based on one of the chapters/parts. There will be a minimum of 10 panels.  Dialogue must be included (in either bubbles or narration at the top or bottom of the panel).    

**** I value creativity!  Do anything you want that proves you read and understood the book.  What are you interested in?  What creative way can you tie your idea/passions to the book you read?