Book Project List
Directions: After reading the book of your choice, select 1 project from below to complete. You will have some class time to work on your project, Remember, you cannot reuse projects from one book project to another.
Add–On– Write an additional scene or segment for the book in the author’s style. (350 words typed)
Commercial-Create a commercial or book trailer for your book. The trailer should include enough information to summarize the plot, include sound, graphics and be at least 60 seconds long.
Diary– Compose a minimum of 5 diary entries for one character in your book. Include specific details. (Each entry must be a minimum of 100 words.)
Elegy– If a character dies in the book, write an elegy that might be spoken at his/her funeral. (350 words)
F.Y.I.-Research a topic connected to your novel and write a brief report. Be sure to include a bibliography of where you got your information. (350-550 words)
Graphic Novel –Create a comic book or picture book version of your story. (A minimum of 12 comic boxes must be created)
Hire– Create a fictional application for a job for the main character of the book. Include a short essay in which the character explains his/her career plans. (200 words for essay)
Interview– After studying a written interview in a magazine or newspaper, write an interview between you and a character from the book. (Two pages minimum)
Join– Write a narrative of a fictional trip you make with the characters of the book. Explain your interactions with them by showing, not telling the story. Use dialogue. (350 words)
Keepsakes– Locate five “artifacts” described in the book and write a brief explanation of why you chose each one. (75 words each)
Mapping– Make a detailed map or diorama of the story’s setting and locate important events and places on the map (at least ten sites)
Newspaper Article– Study a news article for format and write a detailed news article about an event from the book. Include a headline and the 5 W’s– Who, What, When, Where, and Why. (A minimum of 350 words typed)
Quiz– Write a fifteen question quiz over the entire novel. Be sure to ask thoughtful questions and provide an answer key.
Storyboard– Create a storyboard that depicts important scenes from the book as they might be included in a film.
Timeline– Place events from the plot on a detailed timeline, including an image for each event. All important events from the novel must be included. (A minimum of 15 events must be documented)
U-Turn– Change the ending of the story. Make things come out opposite for the characters. (This needs to be a short narrative of about 300 words.)
Video– Act out several scenes from the book - from beginning, middle, and end– to tell the story.
Web Page– Create a web page which includes important information about the book: Publishing information, illustrations, plot outline, and review.
Yecch– Express your strong dislike for the book, if you found it not to your taste. Be sure to give specific examples of what was wrong. (300 words)
Zeitgeist– Describe the taste and outlook characteristic of the particular period in history or of a generation describedin your book. You should include information about music, customs, politics, society, history, world views, or anything representative of your book’s setting.