Independent Novel Project.

Type or Write in blue or black ink, one side only, and double space and note page 
numbers where information can be found in the text.  Please create a cover page for 
your project as well as a Table of Contents (label each assignment with the corresponding 
page number listed).  Please be prepared for a final presentation of your project to your 
classmates. Your project must be put together in the following order:

1.	Give a brief summary of the plot.  1-2 full pages, tell the story.  Include 3-5 of the 
main events and describe what happens at the end.
2.	Explain the significance of the title (10-14 sentences). Authors do not choose a 
title randomly.  Usually the tile is symbolic in some way.
3.	Describe the setting and genre – time period, location, etc. (10-14 sentences)
4.	Discuss in 1-2 full pages your ideas about the main character(s).  Answer what 
you like or dislike about them and why they are worthy of praise and/or criticism.
5.	In 1-2 full pages, identify what caused a major change in the main character(s) 
and explain how the character (s) changed.  These changes may have been a 
consequence of choice, a conflict, a display of some outstanding trait like 
courage, or even a result of events that occur during the novel.
6.	In double-entry journal style, copy 10 of your favorite phrase/sentences from the 
book and explain why you chose them.
7.	In double-entry journal style list 3 truths about human nature and find 3 events 
from the text that relate to those truths.
8.	Title two columns with opposite words (hate/love, peace/violence, 
power/submission, honesty/deceit, etc).  Now list 5 elements from the novel 
(characters’ speeches/actions, plot development, symbols, etc) that fit the 
descriptive words.
9.	Choose one sentence from the text and tell why this sentence embodies the theme 
of the story.  Illustrate the theme/sentence using text images that you feel bring 
the theme to live.
10.	Choose a controversial issue from the text and take a stand on ONE SIDE of the 
issue.  Write a 1-2 full-page paper discussing your reasons for disagreeing or 
agreeing with a decision a character made in the novel regarding this issue.
11.	Make up 5 true & false, 5 multiple choice, 5 matching and 5 short answer test 
questions for this novel.  Put the correct answers on a separate piece of paper.
12.	In 1-2 full pages write a general review of the book.  Would you recommend the 
book?  Why or why not?  Would you have changed any element of the story (plot, 
characters, setting, resolution, conflicts, point of view, etc)?
13.	Select and complete 2 creative projects that relate to and reflect the main points of 
your novel.  Suggestions:  book jacket, character scrap or memory book, theme or 
symbol collage, diorama, newspaper, character diary, character/scene sketch, 
menus from the text, comic or political cartoon, song, travel brochure, scene 
rewrite from a different point of view, movie poster with a cast of stars and 
justification of your choices, etc.  Please run your ideas by me before you start.

Have FUN and Be CREATIVE!