1. Get Your Hands on a Good Book Due Monday, December 15, 2014

2. 0 Objective 0 Objective: After reading an appropriate book for your reading level, you will design a hand that demonstrates a series of literary elements and devices.

3. Assignment 0 Follow the directions carefully. Your assignment is to design a hand that carefully describes and analyzes the book you recently completed. Before beginning this assignment, you must have fully completed the book. Use the following information along with our classroom discussion as your guide as you complete this assignment:

4. Trace Your Own Hand on Paper or Poster Board 0 Each student is limited to one hand; Use both the front and back of the hand. 0 Your artistic ability will not be graded. However, you are expected to create a quality product demonstrating that significant effort was put forth. No sloppy work. 0 Include the following components on your hand:

5. Finger nails (15 points) 0 List 5 main characters including a symbol or illustration for each character.

6. Lifeline (15 points) 0 (According to the dictionary: “A diagonal line crossing the palm of the hand and believed to indicate the length and major events of one's life.”) – a timeline of major events that occur in the book No fewer than 5 events and no more than 7.

7. Back of hand (15 points) 0 List the title, author, and your name as illustrator along with a symbol or picture that helps to explain the book. Do not use computer generated book covers.

8. Palm of hand (15 points) 0 List 2 or more themes that are found in the book; one word with an illustration may explain the theme effectively. The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave or act.

9. Palm of hand (15 points) 0 List 2 or more other books or authors that are similar to this book and may be enjoyed by other readers.

10. Thumb (15 points) 0 Give a perfect, descriptive one- sentence summary of the book In a location of your choice - your opinion of the book. DO NOT say, “It was a great book. It was a good book. Loved it.” Instead, in no more than 2 sentences create the most well- written opinion possible.

11. Above each finger and thumb (5 points) 0 Write a word from the story you did not know and its definition. Make sure you tell the part of speech it is, exp. N., V., adj., etc.

12. A minimum of 2 extra items (5 points) added to this assignment by you 0 Be creative 0 Give it your best effort for quality work 0 Be Creative using all of the components listed above on assignment.

13. Page Requirements 0 250-300 pages = A 0 225-249 pages = B 0 200-224 pages = C 0 150-199 pages = D 0 149 pages or less = F 0 Extra credit will be given for every fifty pages you read over the maximum amount.