Novel+Projects

Throughout the course of the year, students will read independent novels at their own pace. You will get the first 5 minutes of each class, and once weekly, you will get the entire day. At the end of the SSR period, you will be given a handout to complete. On the handout, you will briefly summarize what you have read for the week, describe the characters/people you’ve met in the course of the week, and describe the setting. You will continue filling these out until the finish the book. Be sure to record what the date is and what pages you've read since your last entry.

Below is a copy of the handout to fill out.

When you finish your independent novel, you will complete the following final project:

Create a ** flyer ** that contains the following: **Biosketch**: a section about the author (when s/he was born, where s/he grew up, family, education experience, motivation to write, etc.) **Historical Context**: a section about the setting of the book (what year? geography? What significant events were going on in the world at that time? In that specific place?) **Character Sketches**: a section that briefly describes each character from the book without spoiling the plot. Describe the personality. **Book Critique**: do you recommend the book or not? Why? Do not give away the plot of the book!!

Example flyer: