Book Project #2
Due: March 17, 2016
Name___________________
Read a chapter book appropriate for your reading level and select one of the projects below to complete about your book. This is a final project and will be saved for Open House. All final projects should be your very best work and should show careful planning, design, depth of thinking, and care in editing and revising. You will also present your project to the class.
Follow all directions carefully.
Project Evaluation:
____Project includes book title, author, and your name.
____Project is creative, neat, and attractive final product.
Ink or color is used in all areas, no pencil. Typing is preferred.
Project uses neat cutting and gluing.
Project includes pictures, decorations, and colors.
____ Project uses correct writing conventions.
Correct spelling.
Correct capitalization and punctuation.
Correct grammar.
____ Project includes complex development of ideas using details and examples from the story.
____ Presentation
____ Extra Credit
– Use the thinking maps or depth and complexity icons to help analyze or explain your book or characters. Extend the project in some way.

1. Newspaper
Design a newspaper for your book.
Summarize the plot or story conflicts in one article, describe the setting(s) in another article, and do a feature story on one or more interesting characters in another article. Your newspaper needs at least four different articles.
You may include an editorial, advertising, comics, puzzles, weather report, and other things typically found in newspapers.
Look at examples of current newspapers for ideas. Be creative.
Have fun.
Be sure your newspaper has a title, article headlines, and a date.
2. Play, Movie, or Presentation
Recreate your favorite scene from the story or a sequel to your story. This could be your own version of a scene you wish to change in some way, or the story the way it happened in the book.
Perform the scene live for the class or videotape or photograph the presentation making it into a power point show or movie.
Your presentation could be a monologue (you alone play all the parts using different costumes); it could be performed as a puppet show, using lego characters, a stuffed animal skit, or it could be done with friends and family members doing the acting. Your final presentation should be approximately 4-6 minutes in length.
You will show your presentation to the class. Be sure the title of the book, author, and your name are on your presentation.

3. Timeline
This project works best with a historical fiction book because of the important historical dates that can be added to the timeline.
Make a timeline of the events in the book and the important historical events of the time period.
Your timeline should include at least 10 story events and at least
5 historical time period events. Label each event and provide a brief summary or explanation of the event.
Add pictures and color to make the timeline interesting and attractive.
4. Travel Brochure
Look at samples of travel brochures or ads. These brochures make the places very appealing and try to convince the reader to go there.
Design a travel brochure for the setting or settings in your book.
Describe the setting and the attractions that are there. Make it very appealing so the reader will be convinced to go there. You may add details to the setting that are made up, but that would fit the location in the story. What attractions would you find in this place? What would you do for entertainment? What could you see or learn about if you visited this place?
Your brochure may be constructed on an 8 ½ x 11 inch paper turned sideways and folded in thirds. Add pictures to your brochure and titles to make it attractive and appealing to read.
You may use either hand drawn pictures or computer illustrations.
Your brochure needs catchy titles and an attractive layout. Have an adult help you check your spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. Be sure your project has a title including the book title, the author, and your name.

5. Character Cards
Here’s a way to keep track of all the characters – make trading cards for them. These cards will look like baseball cards, but will show different kinds of information about the characters in your book.
Choose 6 or more characters from your story. Use a 4 x 6 index card or similar card for each character.
On the front of the card: draw and color a picture of the character and include the character’s name above or below the picture.
On the back of the card: include details about each character such as: name, age, home location, occupation, physical description (hair color, eye color, height, weight, hair style, other features), role in the story, and the character’s personality or traits. If all this information is not presented in the book you may make up details to fit each character. Type all these details either as a list or in paragraph form. Have an adult check your spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
Decorate the cards with a frame, objects from the story, or other illustrations. Be sure your project has a title including the book title, author, and your name.