extra credit
If you need it, here is how you get it!!
In order to earn Extra Credit in my classroom, you are required to read a book of your choice and complete one of the following assignments. Each assignment will be worth 25 extra credit points and you can do 1 extra credit assignments per quarter (every 9 weeks). Your book must be approved by me before you complete the assignment. You can do any of the 10 assignments below one time. If you chose to do the cereal box project the first quarter, you cannot do it again the rest of the year. Each assignment must be neatly done and must include your first and last name with your class period.
1. Cereal Box Project. You will have to cover a cereal box with paper and decorate it according to your novel. On the front you have to make up a cereal name that is relevant to your book (ex. for Harry Potter you could have a cereal called Witches Brew). On the back you have to provide a summary of the novel including main characters, plot, setting, and conflict/resolution. On the top, sides, and bottom you have to create little blurbs that tell about the book. Ex. some students put a "nutritional guide" like 10% excitement, 30% suspense. Other kids do a blurb about the author. Some do advertisements. Use the real cereal box as a guide to help you decide what to put. 2. Create a newspaper for your novel. The title should be something relevant to the book. There should be letters to the editor about events in the story, classified ads, advertisements, weather report, summary of events, etc... 3. Do a report on the author’s life. You must read the book and do a 1 page report on the novel. Then research the author’s life and bring in as many books as they can find that the author has written. 4. Time capsule. Items in the time capsule must represent items that would be important to the main character of the novel. You have to bring at least 10 3-d items to represent the character. You must describe each item and why it is important to the main character (this should be typed up and turned in to me). The time capsule container must be decorated in fashion according to the novel. 5. Dream House. You must build a dream house of one of the characters in the book. This assignment can be drawn out, computer generated, or physically built. This house must be based on what the character in the book likes, dreams of doing, wishes they could have, etc. It has to be detailed. The more detail the better. 6. Book Report in a Can. First, using a large coffee can, you cover the outside with construction paper fit to the can. Then on the same paper write title, students name and draw a picture of what the book was about. Second, the student makes his/her own pocket style glossary book choosing 10 words. You need to include: pronunciation of word, meaning and a sentence showing how you would use the word. Third, make another pocket size booklet with a summary of the book. Fourth, put items in the can representing various parts of the story. This could be pictures of items or actual 3-D items. 7. Sandwich or Hamburger Book Reports. Using construction paper, create the different parts of a sandwich - bread (2 slices), meat, mayo, lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickles, etc. Write about a different story element on each one. Stack up your sandwich parts and staple them together like a flip book. 8. An interview with the main character. Create questions that you would like to ask the main character of book. How do you think he/she would answer the questions? This assignment should be typed up, and completed in the CRISP method. 9. A mobile, ads or board games based on your books. 10. Create a CD that represents the main character. Include a typed up explanation of each song. |
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