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Independent Reading Project

You will select a book to read for independently for the next 4 weeks. Make sure you choose a book that is not too hard, but is still challenging. If you need help choosing a book, please ask! Class time will be given for reading and log, but you will also be expected to do some work at home. There are three parts to this project: 1. Daily Reading Log (5 points): This component will be ongoing during the three weeks. In this reading log, you will record the time you read and answer brief questions on your reading. Time will be given in class to work on this. Anything not finished should be completed at home. 2. Glossary (5 points): During your reading you will come across words that you may not know. Record these words (on the sheet provided) and look them up in a dictionary. This is an on-going activity during the project. By the end, you should have a list of 8-10 words. 3. Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board (3 x 30 points): During this project, there will be three assignments to complete from the tic-tac-toe choice board. All assignments must be completed by the end of the project. It would be smart to set a goal to complete one assignment a week. When you have it finished, please pass it in to me. Have fun and be creative! ! !

Happy reading! !!

Name: ______________________________________________________________________ !

Glossary
By the end of the unit, you should have completed 8-10 vocabulary words found in your book. Record the page number of the word from the book.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board


Write a letter to an advice columnist (such as Dear Abby) for help from your character. Write a letter in response, giving advice to your character. Create different cover for your book. Write a short explanation defending your book jacket and how it would interest readers. Pretend that you can spend a day with one of the characters. Which character would you choose? Why? What would you do? Write and/or illustrate this experience. Create an advertisement for your book. This could be a poster, radio broadcast, movie trailer, etc. Write a different beginning to your book. Explain how this different beginning will change the course of the characters journey.

Free Choice ! See list of possible examples or create one.

Present a role-play or dramatic reading from a scene in your book. Include a copy of your script.

Write 2 diary entries that one of the characters may have written during the time of your story.

Make 3 bookmarks for different parts of your book. Illustrate the scene and describe it on the back. You may choose a part that was scary, exciting, funny, boring, sad, important, etc.

Free Choice Options: Here are some free choice ideas for your individual reading project. Feel free to come up with your own options. Please talk to me if you have any questions or more ideas! Design a Facebook page for a main character of your story (on paper, not online see template). Update your status and pictures to represent scenes and challenges the character faces in the book. Create a hanging mobile (like in a babys crib), with hangings of descriptions of the plot, climax, characters, and setting. Write an original song about your book to the tune of a nursery rhyme or chorus to a popular song. Record yourself performing it or perform live in class. Include a copy of your lyrics. Design costumes for dolls and dress them as characters from the book. Explain who these characters are and how they fit in the story. Create a mini-comic book based on a scene from the story. Be a TV or radio reporter, and give a report of a scene from the book as if it is happening live. Create an artifact box of items you would find in your story, with a brief description of each item and how it fits into the story. Write a letter to the main character of your book asking questions, protesting a situation, and/or making a complaint and/or suggestion.

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