Reading Day Book Project day is tomorrow! ELA 3rd Quarter Outside Reading / Research Project Directions: After reading a Biography, Memoir, or a

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1 Reading Day Book Project day is tomorrow! ELA 3rd Quarter Outside Reading / Research Project Directions: After reading a Biography, Memoir, or a Narrative Non Fiction (150 pages or more) of your choice, complete the following instructions. Bring these pieces and your book to class with you on Tuesday, March 8, You will be completing a more thorough analysis of your book in class. This is just a starting point of the book project you will finalize during class on March 8th. IMAGES (3): Draw, cut out a picture (newspapers, magazines ), or use a computer to create 3 images that capture the central meaning, theme/author s message, big ideas of the book you read. You may not simply google 3 images and bring those printed out. You need to create! You need 3 images total. (You can draw all 3 or draw 1, cut out one from a magazine, create 1 on the computer - any combination will be fine.) Please make sure that you can clearly explain the connection between these images and your book s main ideas. Don t bring large images. All 3 images combined should take up no more than ⅓ of a piece of printer paper. QUOTES (6) Find and either write down or flag with sticky notes 6 of the most important passages from the text (with page #). You will need to know the page numbers to cite them correctly. Be prepared to explain why they are important. RESEARCH (½ page) Research the time period (historical context) of your novel OR additional information about the author OR more information about the life of the person you read about. Bring in your typed, size 12 font, single spaced ½ page (or 1 page if handwritten) summary of the information you read with the website (the link(s)) where you found the information. You may not simply look up information and print it out. You have to read and write the information in your own words.

2 Take out your book and the analysis which you completed before today. Pick up a copy of the directions from the Outbox. Carefully read all of the instructions. You have the entire class period to finish your book response. Everything is due at the end of the class period.

3 Begin Animal Farm film: *What was the biggest mistake the film director made? What did they put in or leave out that wasn t a good idea? *What was the best thing they did? How did they make the story come to life? What created ah ha moments for you? *Would Orwell be pleased? Does the film bring the allegorical connections to life? *

4 Animal Farm film cont d: *What was the biggest mistake the film director made? What did they put in or leave out that wasn t a good idea? *What was the best thing they did? How did they make the story come to life? What created ah ha moments for you? *Would Orwell be pleased? Does the film bring the allegorical connections to life?

5 Turn in your Animal Farm film analysis to the Inbox ONE PAGER PROJECT over Animal Farm (due at the end of class today) What is a One-Pager? How do I know what I think until I see what I say? -- E.M. Forster 1. A one pager is a single-page response to your reading. It is a way of making your pattern of your unique understanding. It is a way to be creative and experimental. It is a way to respond imaginatively and honestly. It is a way to be brief and compressed. 2. The purpose of a one-pager is to own what you are reading. We learn best when we can create our own patterns. 3. A one-pager connects the verbal and the visual; it connects the ideas in what you read to your thoughts. It connects words and images. The one-pager becomes a metaphor for the reading you have done.

6 How do I create a one-pager? 1. When you do a one-pager, do all of these: Pull out two or more quotations, themes or big ideas using them to explore one of your own ideas, and write them on the page (perhaps using a different colored pen). Draw two or more visual images, to create a visual focus. Write down several feelings or thoughts you had after analyzing this piece. Ask two or more high-level questions and answer them *Remember, there is a great deal of symbolism in color. 2. What not to do: Don t merely summarize. Don t forget to add color to your one-pager. Don t think a half a page will do make it rich with quotes, reflections and images. Don t forget to double check that you included everything on the list above. 3. Grading: full credit depends on completeness (and imagination counts, too.)