Assignment One: The Characters.

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  1. Complete one of the following major assignments (20 marks):

   

• Look through the newspaper want ads and find a job that you think would suit a main character in your novel. Compose a letter of application or resume for the character to apply for the job. Be sure to highlight your character’s experience, skills and positive characteristics.
• Surmise where the characters of your novel will be in twenty years. Pretend they’re reunited 20 years after the time in which your story takes place. What will their jobs, relationships etc. be like? Make sure you support your conclusion by stating why you think the characters turned out this way.
• Pretend you are describing a main character in your novel to a friend. Write a complete description of any main character. Be sure to include physical appearance and personal characteristics. Cite examples from the story to support your description.
• Interview a main character in your novel. Make up interview questions (and answers) and write a magazine article entitle "My Interview with…" You should have a minimum of 5 questions.
• Write an obituary for a main character. Consult a newspaper to see how an obituary is written. Include an epitaph.

2. Complete two of the following minor assignments (10 marks):

• Write a postcard to a friend from a secondary character in your novel. Tell your friend about an event that happened in the novel. Use an index card and illustrate the front with a scene or setting from the novel.
• Invite a secondary character to dinner. Write a note of explanation to your mother. Suggest a menu.
• If there was going to be a film based on your novel, which actors would you choose to portray the characters and why?
• As a character from your novel, write a journal entry. Have the character express his or her thoughts about a pleasant or disappointing experience from the novel.
• Write an acrostic about a character in your novel by using the letters of his/her name. Your words should describe the character.
• Use the cinquain form of poetry to describe a character. Because so few words are used, choose carefully.
• Choose any character from your novel and imagine the qualities this character would look for in a best friend. To help you identify these qualities, revisit the novel to examine his/her relationships with others.

Assignment Two: The Setting

Complete the assignment below* and attach it to one of the art projects below: (total 20 marks)

*Write a paragraph describing the setting of your novel. Describe the time period and location your story takes place. (this is mandatory)

Complete one art project:

• Make a map to show where the action takes place in the novel. Put labels on the map to show what happened at each place.
• Create a shoebox diorama of a scene from your novel.
• Design a bedroom for your main character considering the time of the story and your character’s characteristics and preferences. Label your diagram.

 Assignment Three – The Plot

Complete one of the following assignments (20 marks):

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• Write a synopsis of your novel.
• Create a time line of the main events in your novel.
• Create a plot diagram of your novel. Label it using events in the story.
• Pretend you are a reporter and write a newspaper article based on a climatic event in your novel. Include answers to questions who, what, where, when, why and how. (Decide whether you will write the Globe and Mail version, or The National Enquirer version) Be sure to include a headline.
• Imagine that you are driving along a highway. As you begin your journey, you pass a sign that tells what happens at the beginning of your novel. As you follow the highway, you notice that each sign represents an important event in the novel. Signs on roads that branch off from the main highway, tell of less important events. Illustrate and label a "highway" representing your novel.

Assignment Four – Language

Complete one of the following assignments (10 marks):

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• Make a small dictionary of new words found in your book. (20 words)
• List 10 words learned from the book. Define them and quote the sentence in which you found them.
• Quote two passages of good description and explain them.
• Find quotations from your novel that capture the theme of the novel or the author’s writing style. Print your quote on a background illustration that expresses the novel’s theme.

Assignment Five: Oral Presentation

Complete one of the following assignments (10 marks)

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• Pretend you are a character from this book. Write and perform a two-minute monologue about your life. Feel free to predict future events (e.g. things that happen after time period of the book).
• Design a book jacket for your book. Present it to the class and explain the design and how it relates to the book.
• Write and read aloud a poem about your book. (any style)
• Write and perform a TV commercial for your book.
• In two minutes, try to "sell" the class on this book. Clever gimmicks are welcome.
• Design a costume one of the characters might have worn. Present it to the class and explain your choice.
• Create promotional items to encourage others to read your novel. You might consider posters, brochures,t-shirts, and coffee cup logos. Present your item to the class and explain why you think it will be successful at promoting your book.

 Marking Scheme

Activity	Marks
Title Page	5
Table of Contents	5
Web Quest	30
Novel Activities	90
Bibliography	5
Self Evaluation	5
Project Organization	10
Total	150