Project Ideas for Coming of Age Lit Circles
(everybody must present his/her project!)
1. Create a timeline of your own life as you’ve grown. Highlight
at least twenty events. Have fun with it; stick on pictures and
mementos near the appropriate highlights.
2. Create a scrapbook of your life. 20 pages, 8x10 size minimum
3. Create a 3-paneled presentation with typed text and photos on
the following topic: What is it like to come of age in a culture
different from your own?
4. From our discussions, what are the lessons often learned as we
come of age? Find a creative way to display this.
5. Research one coming of age ritual/right of passage and create a
3-paneled presentation with typed text and photos.
6. Gather 10 songs about growing up and burn a cd or make an
iPod playlist. Site the relevance of each song on a typed sheet.
7. Gather short clips from 5 coming of age movies and burn a
dvd. Include an accompanying paper examining their
relevance.
8. Create 10 original poems on this topic. You’ll share 3 with the
class. Turn all 10 in together as a book.
9. Compile 15 poems on this topic. You’ll share 5 with the class.
Turn all 15 in together as a book.
10.Create a thoughtful collage on coming of age. It must be
standard poster board size! Include a paper explaining five of the
images you chose.
11.Create an original piece of art displaying your interpretation of
this theme. Include a paper explaining its relevance.
12. Create a standard poster board sized postcard of an
important location from your novel. Write a short letter on the
back from one character in your book to someone else in the
book.
13. See me if you have another cool idea!
Coming of Age
Project Proposal
Name: ____________
Period: _____
Date: _____________
If this is a group project, please list the members of your group.
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What is the title of your project? Describe your project.
If this is a group project, list the responsibilities of each group
member:
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To be completed later: Did everyone work equally on the
project, or were there some problems? Explain fully.