1. Independent Reading
Novel Project

2. 2-3 IR Novels per Quarter Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3
Friday, October 2nd
Friday, October 16th
Quarter 2
Friday, November 20th
Friday, December 11th
Friday, January 8th
Quarter 3
Friday, February 12th
In addition to the in-class novels we read, you will choose 2-3 novels of leisure. (Two in quarters 1 & 4 and three in quarters 2 &3.)
3-4 sentence summaries are to be written for each chapter as a reading log. Chapter and date is required.
There will be a final product required for each IR novel. Approach papers will cover the novel’s literary significance as well as the CC objectives.

3. Lexile

4. Genre for IR Novels- FICTION
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Crime
Horror
Non-Fiction You will be given opportunities to read and analyze a variety of non-fiction (informational texts), but the IR novel projects are not the time to choose such texts. All IR novels are to be FICTION.

5. IR Novel Criteria Find books with the appropriate lexile and content.
No books with pictures (including graphic novels)
Books should have 200+ pages on average.
Choose a book you have not read before.
No more than 2 books in a series (exception-trilogies)

6. Approach Papers Approach Paper Rubric Approach Paper Sample for The Witch of Blackbird Pond

7. “Some books leave us free and some books make us free
“Some books leave us free and some books make us free.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson