1. Summer Reading

2. Summer Reading Assignment
Presentations begin this Friday, August 31st
You will be required to present the assignment you have completed to the entire class for 15% of your summer reading grade that will be factored into your 1st MP grade.
Requirements for presentation: Speak clearly with good volume and exhibit a clear understanding of both your novel and the assignment that you completed.
If you received a book from the school district, you will need to turn that book in on the day of your presentation.

3. Your project needs to reflect your understanding of the novel…
THE MAIN IDEA:
Your project needs to reflect your understanding of the novel…

4. Options: Assignment #1- Personal Narrative Essay
Assignment #2- Chapter, Prologue, or Epilogue
Assignment #3- Diorama, Mobile, Scrapbook or Game
Assignment #4- Promotional Piece
Assignment #5- Newspaper

5. Book Choices:
1. Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck 2. Dracula- Bram Stoker 3. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America- by Barbara Ehrenreich 4. A Prayer for Owen Meany- John Irving 5. The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan 6. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini

6. Movie Poster (promotional piece)
Artistic/Creative/Neat
Poster Size (not handout)
Should include most of the following:
Tagline
Actors/Director
Rating
Review

8. Diorama Artistic/Creative Neat MUST BE IN 3D
May be a scene from the book or an overall depiction

9. Mobile Must have movement Neat/Organized May Include:
Literary Elements/Term and the Examples
Pictures

10. Other choices:
Personal Narrative- Theme of novel and how it relates to your life--- must be 3 pages; MLA format; typed
New chapter/prologue/epilogue- must be 3 pages typed; MLA format
Scrapbook- Artistic/Creative /Neat/Organized; Must have pictures!
Game- Functional/Neat/Clear– Must have directions and game pieces
Newspaper- Front page with 3 articles; typed; neat/organized

11. Recap…
How can you show me that you read the novel through a creative project?