British Literature: Outside Reading Quarter 3: Multi-Genre Project
Directions: For this semester’s outside reading project, your job is to choose a British Literature novel.
You may choose from the list below or from the longer list Mrs. Brown has on her desk. As you read, you
will be creating a multi-genre project which will focus on the time period of your novel, the characters,
and the events of the novel. Please see the information below which will need to be included in your
project.
Requirements:
For this project, I encourage you to think “outside the box” to represent your piece of literature through
a unique way, and pick a genre that you may not necessarily think of as traditional literature.
Part A: Be Creative
You will be choosing a genre to represent the novel you have chosen as your independent read.
Refer to the following list for ideas:
 poetry book (6 poems)
 diary as a character (5 entries)
 cookbook (5 recipes)
 research paper on aspect of novel
 newspaper (4 articles)
 map (2 pages)
 board game (with questions)
 monologue (speech as a character)
 travel brochure
 poster on historical significance of novel
 comic strip (must have artistic talent)
 soundtrack—compile a CD of songs that could
represent the novel (10 songs with explanation)
 interview with a character

video
 a website
 other
 Photograph collage
This list gives a few ideas—however; it is open to almost anything. If you chose something not on the
list, make sure you discuss it with me first to make sure it is suitable for the project. Also, this project is
designed to allow you to be creative—but not just throw something together at the last minute. Your
project will be reflective of the time an energy you put into it.
Example: If I were to read Twilight by Stephanie Meyers I might make a trivia game based on the
novel, actors, characters, etc. I would get creative by making the game pieces, box, and playing board
unique and designed specifically for my novel. Then, I would try it out on my friends so that I would
have some information for Part B of the project.
Part B: Written Reflection.
As a part of the project you will be required to write a reflection discussing how you came up
with the idea, and why you believe your project is a good representation of the novel you have read.
You might also discuss your thought processes as you were making/creating your project.
Your Reflection must include the following:
 A brief summary of your novel (you do not have to give me the entire plot—try to summarize
the important points focusing on themes that are found.)
 Your thoughts on the novel—(Did you like it? Why or Why not?)
 How you came up with the idea for your project
 Why your project is a good representation of your novel- This should include an analysis of
your project, the meaning behind each selection and how it relates to the novel you chose
 Your thought processes as you were putting your project together—(Did you change your mind
a few times about how to represent the novel? Did you change something throughout according
to your novel? Etc.)
****Your reflection must be 2 pages, double spaced, in 12 point, Times New Roman font. ****
Novel List
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
John Bunyon
Agatha Christi
Joseph Conrad
Charles Dickens
Authur C. Doyle
William Golding
Aldous Huxley
James Joyce
Rudyard Kipling
Christopher Marlow
John Milton
Sir Thomas More
George Orwell
William Shakespeare
Christine Sparks
Robert Lewis Stevenson
Jonathan Swift
H.G. Wells
Oscar Wilde
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
Virginia Wolfe
Richard Adams
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Pilgrim’s Progress
(All Works)
Heart of Darkness
Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
Hound of the Baskervilles
Lord of the Flies
Brave New World
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ulysses
Jungle Book
Captain Courageous
Doctor Faustus
Paradise Lost
Utopia
1984
Animal Farm
(All Works except Romeo and Juliet)
The Elephant Man
Kidnapped
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Treasure Island
Gulliver’s Travels (finish the novel)
The Time Machine
Invisible Man
War of the Worlds
The Importance of Being Earnest
Frankenstein
Dracula
Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
Watership Down
The Secret Garden