Independent Reading Project One
All sections of this book project should be typed up and glued inside a colored folder. The colored folder should contain a new cover for your book that you have designed.
Target: I can summarize the plot of a novel in a few short paragraphs.
Target: I can use events, characters, and the author’s writing style to give explain my feeling about the book
Type of Book (Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc.) Explain what makes it this genre
Summary (keep it short, just a few paragraphs)
What did you like about the book (one paragraph)
What didn’t you like about the book (one paragraph)
How would you rate the book and why (one paragraph)
Rate Scale: 1-5
Book Project # 2
Divide a large piece of construction paper into eight boxes
In each one of the boxes you will depict a different part of your book. Below are the subjects for the eight boxes. Along with the pictures you need a sentence or two to explain what is going on in each box.
Main Character(s)
Conflict (every book has one, some are just more obvious than others)
Your favorite scene in the story
Setting (if more than one, pick your favorite)
Resolution to the problem in the story
Pick a scene from the book that was very descriptive and used great adverbs, adjectives etc. Write a sentence or two from the scene, then draw what you think was happening.
Draw a new cover for your book with pictures that you feel best sum up the idea behind the story. In this box you do not need a sentence, but you need the title of the book in bold letters and the author’s name.
Create a new ending to the story and draw a picture of how the book could have ended.
Each box should contain detailed pictures with color. All written work should be spelled correctly and written neatly so that it is easy to read.
I.R. Project #3
You will be writing each of the below story elements on notecards. Then those notecards will be attached to a stick. Then you will create a folder with a cover representing your book. This cover will have the title and author of your book. The sticks will go inside the folder. See examples in file on the counter.
Protagonist – Hero of a story, the good guy, leading character
Example: superman, batman, Cinderella, Harry Potter, Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty,
Antagonist – A person competes against another, creates problems, Villian, bad guy
Example: bad cop, step mother for Cinderella, joker, red skull, Voldemort, Big Bad Wolf
Conflicts (Choose one)
Person vs person – A fight (problem) between two main characters, or groups of characters
Example: Harry Potter and Voldemort, Two friends, A bully and a good guy, Batman and Joker
Person vs society: A character vs a group or sector, a group of people or person who disagrees with the community,
Example: Character vs. Government, Harriet Tubman vs the South, Harry S. Truman vs USSR, Pilgrims against the Church of England,
Person vs self: Wrestling with a major decision, Person battling fears, Person vs their conscience, figuring out ones identity, Choosing the right path
Example: Superman trying to figure out who he is on earth, Case in point,
Person vs nature: Character using resources from nature to survive
Example: fish vs ocean, Person vs volcano, Hatchet, Natural disasters, Kensuke’s Kingdom
Person vs fate: Person battling something outside their control, destiny,
Example: The Odyssey, Girl from Out of my Mind and Boy from Wonder,
Moral: the lesson of the story, can be obvious or hidden
Example: Three little pigs: harder work pays off
Alexander and the horrible no good very bad day – Never give up
Lion and the Mouse – Friends can come in unlikely situations
Boy who cried Wolf – If you are dishonest once, people are less likely to believe you the next time.
Setting – Where a story takes place, surroundings
Example: Park, a beach, your home, a city, a farm, forest, Hogwarts, a store, Carnival,
Likes – Things about the book you really liked
Dislikes – Things about the book you didn’t particularly
Problem – The problem or situation that the main protagonist is facing in the story
Climax – Point in the book where things are the most dramatic. Usually happens before the ending where things all end up working out.
Solution – How is the problem resolved.
Independent Reading Project Four
Newspaper
Create a newspaper depicting events and people from your book. Pretend that the newspaper is being written during the time of your book and the events are stories in the paper. You may do advertisements as well if there is something that you feel represents an important item in your storyline.
Example: If I were writing a newspaper using Harry Potter
Police Beat: Young Wizard spotted in Car over City
Advertisements: Wands and Wizards Shop
Headline News: Death Eaters Sighted
All sections of this book project should be typed up and glued inside a colored folder. The colored folder should contain a new cover for your book that you have designed.
Target: I can summarize the plot of a novel in a few short paragraphs.
Target: I can use events, characters, and the author’s writing style to give explain my feeling about the book
Type of Book (Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc.) Explain what makes it this genre
Summary (keep it short, just a few paragraphs)
What did you like about the book (one paragraph)
What didn’t you like about the book (one paragraph)
How would you rate the book and why (one paragraph)
Rate Scale: 1-5
Book Project # 2
Divide a large piece of construction paper into eight boxes
In each one of the boxes you will depict a different part of your book. Below are the subjects for the eight boxes. Along with the pictures you need a sentence or two to explain what is going on in each box.
Main Character(s)
Conflict (every book has one, some are just more obvious than others)
Your favorite scene in the story
Setting (if more than one, pick your favorite)
Resolution to the problem in the story
Pick a scene from the book that was very descriptive and used great adverbs, adjectives etc. Write a sentence or two from the scene, then draw what you think was happening.
Draw a new cover for your book with pictures that you feel best sum up the idea behind the story. In this box you do not need a sentence, but you need the title of the book in bold letters and the author’s name.
Create a new ending to the story and draw a picture of how the book could have ended.
Each box should contain detailed pictures with color. All written work should be spelled correctly and written neatly so that it is easy to read.
I.R. Project #3
You will be writing each of the below story elements on notecards. Then those notecards will be attached to a stick. Then you will create a folder with a cover representing your book. This cover will have the title and author of your book. The sticks will go inside the folder. See examples in file on the counter.
Protagonist – Hero of a story, the good guy, leading character
Example: superman, batman, Cinderella, Harry Potter, Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty,
Antagonist – A person competes against another, creates problems, Villian, bad guy
Example: bad cop, step mother for Cinderella, joker, red skull, Voldemort, Big Bad Wolf
Conflicts (Choose one)
Person vs person – A fight (problem) between two main characters, or groups of characters
Example: Harry Potter and Voldemort, Two friends, A bully and a good guy, Batman and Joker
Person vs society: A character vs a group or sector, a group of people or person who disagrees with the community,
Example: Character vs. Government, Harriet Tubman vs the South, Harry S. Truman vs USSR, Pilgrims against the Church of England,
Person vs self: Wrestling with a major decision, Person battling fears, Person vs their conscience, figuring out ones identity, Choosing the right path
Example: Superman trying to figure out who he is on earth, Case in point,
Person vs nature: Character using resources from nature to survive
Example: fish vs ocean, Person vs volcano, Hatchet, Natural disasters, Kensuke’s Kingdom
Person vs fate: Person battling something outside their control, destiny,
Example: The Odyssey, Girl from Out of my Mind and Boy from Wonder,
Moral: the lesson of the story, can be obvious or hidden
Example: Three little pigs: harder work pays off
Alexander and the horrible no good very bad day – Never give up
Lion and the Mouse – Friends can come in unlikely situations
Boy who cried Wolf – If you are dishonest once, people are less likely to believe you the next time.
Setting – Where a story takes place, surroundings
Example: Park, a beach, your home, a city, a farm, forest, Hogwarts, a store, Carnival,
Likes – Things about the book you really liked
Dislikes – Things about the book you didn’t particularly
Problem – The problem or situation that the main protagonist is facing in the story
Climax – Point in the book where things are the most dramatic. Usually happens before the ending where things all end up working out.
Solution – How is the problem resolved.
Independent Reading Project Four
Newspaper
Create a newspaper depicting events and people from your book. Pretend that the newspaper is being written during the time of your book and the events are stories in the paper. You may do advertisements as well if there is something that you feel represents an important item in your storyline.
Example: If I were writing a newspaper using Harry Potter
Police Beat: Young Wizard spotted in Car over City
Advertisements: Wands and Wizards Shop
Headline News: Death Eaters Sighted