September: Poster,
Due October 4, 2011.
For your book of the month project this month you
are to make a poster to promote your
book. Your poster must be at least the
size of a 8x11 piece of paper, but no bigger
than a full size poster board. On your
poster, you must include the title of the book,
the author’s name, and your own name.
(The book title and author must be on the front of the poster.)
Be creative! You may draw
pictures, print out pictures from the Internet,
cut pictures out of magazines, etc; however, you may not use pictures from a movie or TV show. You may NOT copy the original cover of the
book. This project will be graded on neatness, creativity,
and following the directions.
October: Write Yourself Into the Story,
Due November 1, 2011.
For this month’s project, you
will need to choose your favorite part of the book and write yourself into it!
You may not copy the wording of the book, put it into your own words and add yourself to the action! Your story must be at least 2 pages (handwritten and double-spaced, or 1 page
typed in 12 font double-spaced.)
November:
Character Interview, Due December 1,
2011
At the beginning of the
month I will hand out a questionnaire which will need to be filled out. You must pretend you are interviewing your
favorite character from your book
and answer the questions as you imagine they would. Every question must be answered whether the answer is specifically
stated in the book or not.
December:
No project. Parent’s signature needed to confirm the book
was read completely.
January:
Commercial, Due February 1, 2012
This month, your assignment is to
create a TV commercial encouraging people
to read your book. Each student will be
given a scheduled time on either February 1, 2, or 3rd to act out
his commercial in front of the class.
Your commercial must state
the book title, author, and give a general idea of the book’s plot, it may not be longer than 1
minute. You may use up to 2 other
students as actors in your commercial;
however, you may not plan your
commercial during class
time. You may use props and
posters in your commercial. This
project should be similar to a
movie trailer and will be graded based heavily on creativity.
February: Epilogue, Due
March 1, 2012
An
epilogue is an extra chapter at the end of a book that gives you a little bit of information about what happened to the
characters after the “happily ever after.” The assignment this month is to write your
own epilogue for the end of your story. What do you think happened to your characters
after the story ended? Write about it! Your epilogue must be at least 2 pages (handwritten and double-spaced, or 1 page typed in 12 font
double-spaced.)
March: Book Cover, Due
April 3, 2012
You
will be creating your own book cover to go on your book. You may NOT
copy the original cover in any way. The
front of the cover must include the title
of the book and the author’s name. The
back of the cover must give a brief introduction
to the story, try to get people interested in reading it. On the inside flaps you must include biographical information about the
author and yourself.
April: Cooking, Due May 1, 2012
For
this month you must cook something your characters ate sometime during the course of the story. To receive credit for the assignment you must
turn the recipe you used, a picture of
you cooking, and a brief explanation as to how the
recipe goes with the story.
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