First Quarter Independent Reading Project Choices:

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1 First Quarter Independent Reading Project Choices: Writing/Literature... 2 Book Response... 2 Character Journal... 3 Book Jacket... 4 Drawing/Art... 5 Picture Book... 5 Character Bag... 5 Rainbow Art... 5 Technology/Drama... 6 Commercial Critique Project... 6 Talk Show Host... 6 Character VLOG... 6 DISCLAIMERS: o Feel free to add your own twist to any of the project choices; however, the rubric will be used to evaluate your grade, so make sure all requirements are met. o If book was biography, replace character with famous person your book was written about.

2 Writing/Literature Book Response Write an opinion essay to tell us why you liked or did not like the book. LAFS.5.W.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. (3) a. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create and organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer s purpose. b. Provide logically ordered reasons that supported by facts and details. c. Use linking words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., (e.g., consequently, specifically). d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. Paragraph 1 Introduction Catch/Hook introducing the book Paragraph 2 Provide a short summary of book without disclosing ending. Paragraph 3 State your opinion about the book and support the opinion with (3) reasons. Paragraph 4 Support with facts and details using linking words, phrases, and clauses. Paragraph 5 Conclusion - Wrap up/closing: State if you would recommend the book or not.

3 Character Journal *Write a narrative peace showing the character s perspective in the form a journal. LAFS.5.W.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. Imagine you are any character from your book. As that person, write a minimum of five (5) separate journal entries describing the challenges you faced or about your special day. Be sure to write in first person and include dialogue. Journal Entry 1 Intro. Journal Entry 2,3, & 4 - o Topic Sentence. o Detail. o Detail. o Detail. o Closing. Journal Entry 5 Closing. Journal entries may be handwritten, typed and printed, or can be created online as a blog. They can include illustrations to aid the readers comprehension. *It is recommended to complete this project while reading the book.

4 Book Jacket Make a book jacket (a cover) to tell all about the book you read. LAFS.5.W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. (2) a. Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically in paragraphs and section, include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. c. Linking ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrase, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially). d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. Please follow these guidelines: 1. Unlined Paper that is 8.5 inches wide and 20 inches long. (You may use two pieces of paper taped together, shelf paper, wrapping paper, butcher paper, or construction paper.) It does not have to be white. 2. Divide your paper as shown below, either by drawing lines or by folding. Inside back flap - 3 inches (About the Author: 2 facts) Back Cover - 6 inches (Summary min. 3-5 sentences use SWBST - Somebody, wanted, but, so, then Who the somebody is (characters) What that somebody wanted (events in the plot)...but what happened to keep something from happening (conflict or problem) And so, finally, how everything works out (solutions) Spine - 2 inches (Title and Author) Front Cover - 6 inches (Title, Author, Illustrator, and an illustration do not print from internet, create your own). Inside Front Flap - 3 inches (2 story highlights.) 3. Additional Guidelines: Neat and Legible All lettering must be in ink, marker, or can be typed The lettering must be in straight lines. (Use a ruler and make guide lines with a pencil if not typed make sure to erase lines when finished.) All illustrations must be in color (and your own.) Your name should be on the back of the book jacket s spine. Inside back flap. 2-3 Facts about the author. Back cover. Summary (3-5 sentences min.) use SWBST* Spine. Title, Author, and Illustrator (Your name on the back) Front cover. Title, Author, Illustrator, and an illustration (your own drawing). Inside Front flap. 2-3 Highlights from the story. 3 inches wide 6 inches wide 2 inches wide 6 inches wide 3 inches wide All the work must be original (do not copy from the original book or from internet).

5 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - LAFS.5.SL.2.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. LAFS.5.SL.2.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. LAFS.5.SL.2.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. Key Ideas & Details - LAFS.5.RL.1.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. LAFS.5.RL.1.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. LAFS.5.RL.1.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). Picture Book Drawing/Art Summarize your book with pictures. Create a picture book (scrapbook) portraying the most significant events that took place in the book. You may add a caption under each picture. Minimum of ten (10) pages. Your picture book should depict the setting, characters, and theme of the story. Note, each drawing or picture used should be your own (nothing from the internet or someone s drawings.) Character Bag Use a brown paper bag and decorate it as the protagonist (main character) of your book. You may use anything (yarn, paper, buttons, etc., just no food). Be as creative as you want! In addition to decorating your bag, add five to ten (5-10) items that the character would use in an All about me bag to describe themselves. Try to include actual items that were described in your book as the character having or wanting. Rainbow Art Draw or get a picture of a character in your book. Place it in the middle and have lines going over or out of the picture like a rainbow. In-between each space (rainbow line), State a fact about the character (character trait, physical attribute, or something interesting that the character did. Color each line in a different color like a rainbow). You may use paint, water colors, crayons, pastels, colored pencils, and/or markers.

6 Technology/Drama Commercial Critique Project Select an organization that might have a lot to say about the actions or portrayals of the characters in the novel you read. Make a video critique from the organizations point of view on the book in the form of a commercial (banning the characters, actions, etc.). For example, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals might have a lot to say about Lennie s treatment of animals in Of Mice and Men, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the portrayal of Crooks, and the National Organization of Women on the portrayal of Curley s wife and the fact that she was never given a name. (at least 2 minutes long and no more than 10) Talk Show Host Create and perform a talk show segment around a character, a major issue or theme from the novel. For example, after reading The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher (1987, Dell) you might want to discuss the issue of running away from home. Include additional guests to represent several points of view on the issue. You might include special characters from the book, a social worker, a police officer, a teacher, a bully, etc. (5-15minutes) Character VLOG Pretend to be one of the characters. Choose an interesting or unique event from your book. If more than one character appears in that scene, create a script and have friends or family portray the other parts. Video yourself/selves, living in the moment of the problem or unique event. Make it fun, scary, however you think the character would video journal their life. Make sure to convey the character s personality and character traits. Feel free to dress up, use props, or anything else that you think would make us understand who the character is. At least five (5) different events/video diaries or one entry, not to exceed 10 minutes.