Odyssey Project: “The Children’s Book” due ________
Each person in class will be assigned a different book (chapter)
from The Odyssey. Create a children’s book of 8-12 pages plus a
title page based on your book. Make sure you include actual
characters and accurate events from your book so that it will help
readers review for the final test on The Odyssey. Come up with a
creative theme for your book. Examples of themes: farm animals,
watercolors, Simpson’s characters, photos of Barbie and stuffed
animals, celebrities, Seuss-esque diction, scratch and sniff…
20=A+ 18=A- 16=B 14=C 12=D 10 and below=F
My Book #_____
Title Page and
Theme
Writing
Text
Illustrations
1=Unsatisfactory
Children’s book has
no title page, really
lame or incomplete
title page, no
apparent theme, or
is based on the
incorrect book from
The Odyssey.
3=Satisfactory
Children’s book has
a satisfactory title
page (including
creative title, book
number, author
name, and
illustration) and
theme and is based
on the correct book
from The Odyssey.
Children’s book is
Children’s book of
less than eight pages at least eight pages
long and/or does not describes accurate
describe accurate
events and
events and
characters from a
characters from a
book in The
book in The
Odyssey.
Odyssey.
Some pages lack at
Each page has at
least one line of
least one line of text
text, text is sloppy,
that is neatly typed
written in pencil,
or printed in ink
and/or has multiple
with few
conventions errors.
conventions errors.
Some pages are
Each page has at
lacking illustrations; least one illustration
illustrations are
or graphic that
sloppy, and/or
corresponds to the
inappropriate.
text.
5=Excellent
Children’s book has
a cool title page
(including creative
title, book number,
author name, and
illustration),
creative theme, and
is based on the
correct book from
The Odyssey.
Entertaining
children’s book of at
least twelve pages
describes accurate
events and
characters from a
book in The
Odyssey.
Each page has at
least one line of
interesting text that
is neatly typed with
no conventions
errors.
Each page has at
least one neat and
colorful illustration
or graphic that adds
meaning to the text.