Name:
Tic-Tac-Toe Reading Assignment
Required: Complete three squares in a row- horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. You will turn this paper back in with all of your projects,
SO DON’T LOSE IT! The grading rubric is on the back. Highlight your pattern on both sides of this paper. If you thoroughly and
accurately complete additional squares, you will receive extra credit points. You may complete up to all nine squares.
Figurative Language
Characterization
Author’s Purpose
Write a poem or song that is at
Write a 5 paragraph essay
Cut an article out of a newspaper or
least 16 lines (3-4 stanzas) and
explaining how and why a character magazine that relates to your book.
based on your novel. It must
in your novel is similar or different
Write a one-page report of the
include at least four of the
from you. Make sure that you
article in which you explain how it
following: Alliteration, Simile,
include all the elements of an essay
relates to your book and
Metaphor, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, and write formally. (This means you
summarizing the article by
Repetition, Personification
follow ALL of my rules for writing.)
answering Who? What? Where?
When? and Why? Also Identify the
author’s purpose of the article.
Literary Elements
Personal Connection
Characterization
Create a trivia game that reviews
the major literary elements of your
novel. It has to be able to actually
be played in class. Must include:
plot, character, setting, point of
view, types of conflict, problem,
solution, protagonist, antagonist,
and theme.
Compose 20 dialectical journal
entries from your novel. Make sure
to use correct formatting and
include an accurate bibliography.
Create a playlist of songs that could
be the soundtrack to your novel.
Must have at least 10 songs,
including title and artist. You must
also explain in 2-3 sentences per
song which part of the book the
song would be played in and why.
Characterization
Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Write a speech comparing and
contrasting the story’s protagonist
and antagonist of your novel to
those of another novel’s main
characters. Your speech must
contain your opinions about all of
the characters.
Create a figurative language
worksheet based on your novel.
Make sure you include Hyperbole,
Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia,
Imagery, and Personification. You
may create it however you would
like (matching word and example,
crossword puzzle, etc.).
Make a scrapbook that displays all
the major literary elements of your
novel. Must include definitions and
examples of plot, character,
setting, point of view, types of
conflict, problem, solution,
protagonist, antagonist, and
theme.
The book must be approved before you may begin. You have eight weeks to complete the assignment, so no late reading
assignments will be accepted. The assignment is due Tuesday, October 13th, 2015. If you feel the need to change your
book, you must turn in a paragraph explaining why with a parent signature. I must then approve the book change. Book
changes will not be allowed after Tuesday, September 30th. Both teacher and parent signatures are due by Tuesday,
September 1st , 2015.
Student name:
Author:
Teacher Approval:
Book Title:
Number of Pages (250+):
Parent Signature:
Book Report Project:
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Name:
Figurative Language
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Characterization
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Author’s Purpose
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Literary Elements
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Personal Connection
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Characterization
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Characterization
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Figurative Language
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Literary Elements
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Bibliography of Book:
/10 pts
Additional Squares Completed
Total Extra Credit Earned
Total
/ 160 pts