Pinocchio Project/Presentation
You may choose one of the following to complete. You may do a PowerPoint, a Prezi, an animation/movie, or a book in order to get the information to your audience.
Each example will need its own slide, section, scene, or page on the PowerPoint, Prezi, animation/movie, or a book. LOOK IN EVERY CHAPTER.
Final draft quality = colorful, thoughtful information included, illustrations related to the information on each slide, section, scene, or page. Typed or neatly written in black ink.
Choice 1: Find all of the examples of all the advice given to Pinocchio by others and who gave it to him. (Do not include his father, Gepetto as that is the next choice). Copy the quote showing the advice followed by the name of the person giving the advice, and why the advice was being given, or by what motivated the advice to be given. The last slide, section, scene, or page will be used to explain the theme of the story. Use the items found to help you support your idea.
Choice 2: Find all of the examples of Pinocchio recalling the advice or words said to him by his father, Gepetto. Copy the quote showing the advice followed by why the advice was being remembered, or by what motivated the remembering. The last slide, section, scene, or page will be used to explain the theme of the story. Use the items found to help you support your idea.
Choice 3: Find all of the examples of characters exhibiting the Seven Deadly Sins. Give an example of the behavior, who did it, and which sin was being shown. Include the chapter number. The last slide, section, scene, or page will be used to explain the theme of the story. Use the items found to help you support your idea.
List of the Seven Deadly Sins:
Envy = the desire to have an item or experience that someone else possesses
Gluttony = excessive ongoing consumption of food or drink
Greed or Avarice = an excessive pursuit of material possessions
Lust = an uncontrollable passion or longing, especially for sexual desires
Pride = excessive view of one's self without regard to others.
Sloth = excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one’s talents
Wrath = uncontrollable feelings of anger and hate towards another person
Due March 30th. DO NOT WAIT until the last minute to start your project. This is your homework all next week and over the Spring Break. Quality counts. Put in time and effort into showing what you have learned. Do this well, not quickly.
If you choose not to do a visual presentation, you will be doing the following Short Answers in RAEC format.
Typed or neatly written in black ink. An edited rough draft will be required.
1. Describe what the fox told Pinocchio he should do with his 5 gold pieces in order to turn them into far more. You can do this in bullet pointed steps or in paragraph form.
2. Read and think about the following quote for a moment.
"Lies, my dear boy, are found out immediately, because they are of two sorts. There are lies that have short legs, and lies that have long noses. Your lie, as it happens, is one of those that have a long nose." -The Fairy
Consider that the talking cricket and the fairy are symbolic and Collodi used these characters to deliver the lessons he conveys in his book. What do you think Collodi meant when he wrote this? What is a lie with a long nose? What is a lie with short legs?
Read the following quotes and answer the questions.
3. "Hunger, my boy, is not a good reason for appropriating what does not belong to us."
Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
4. “I have at last learned that to put a few pennies honestly together it is necessary to know how to earn them, either by the work of our own hands or by the cleverness of our own brains."
What does this quote mean? How does this lesson apply in our time?
5. After a walk of half an hour he reached a little village called "The Village of the Industrious Bees." The road was alive with people running here and there to attend to their business; all were at work, all had something to do. You could not have found an idler or a vagabond, not even if you had searched for him with a lighted lamp.
Why did Collodi choose to describe so explicitly the industriousness of this town? How does this compare to what he was illustrating when Pinocchio visited the town called Trap for Blockheads?