Novel+Study+Assignment

__**NOVEL STUDY ASSIGNMENT**__ __**Due Date:**__ **Friday Week 9 (July 1st 2011)**

Choose two options from each section (1, 2, 3, 4 & 5) plus one extra from any one of the sections.

__Part One__
 * 1) Discuss how the main character is like or unlike a person (or animal) that you know.
 * 2) Pretend that you’re the author and describe the part that was the most fun or hardest to write. Explain why.
 * 3) Describe on experience you’ve had that was like the experience of a character in the book.
 * 4) Write any kind of poem about your book.
 * 5) Write an obituary for one character.
 * 6) Explain how a character in the book changes from the beginning to the end.
 * 7) If the book has a villain, why was his or her punishment justified?
 * 8) Explain why you would like to have one of the characters as a friend.

__Part Two__
 * 1) Draw a colour map of where a major part of the story takes place. Label the major landmarks or points of interest.
 * 2) Write a review of the novel wherein you try to get someone else to read it.
 * 3) Tell what you think happened before the story began.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write another part of the story where you describe what happened to the main character after the story ended.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> __Part Three__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Explain how you would make your book into a movie-who would play the main characters, where would you film it etc? You must explain your choices.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write a different (better?) ending for the story.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write a letter to the author of the novel.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write two articles for a newspaper published at the time of a major event in your book.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write an interview with on of the major character.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write several diary entries made by one of the major characters.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">List 15 interesting words from your book and tell why each is interesting.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">What problems did the major characters have and how did they solve them?
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Make a crossword puzzle from your book.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write a review of a movie or another book that is like your novel in plot or just general theme.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">__Part Four__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Do a collage of a major theme of your novel or one that illustrates certain parts of your novel.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Review the book that you read and compare it to a movie that is like the book. What happened in each and which was better and why?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Find three songs that seem to relate to the novel. Write out the lyrics and then write an explanation of how they relate.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Pretend you are a character in the novel and describe the other characters in the novel and what you think of each of them. Explain why.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Make a scrapbook of pictures of the main characters. You could cut pictures of people and animals that you think looks like the characters and places in novel. (You may also collect magazine and newspaper articles)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">__Part Five__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Compare your book with several TV shows that are similar.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Make a short video about a part of the book.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Do several pieces of art about the novel.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Keep a journal as you read your book. Record the dates and your reactions, thoughts and feelings.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Write a long poem or rap (at least 20 lines) about the book.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Create your own original and creative assignment based on the novel. (Discuss with teacher first)