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Name: Date: Perid: 1 Multi-Genre Character Prject A multi-genre prject is ne large prject with many different parts.

As a culminating prject fr the nvel, The utsiders, yu will create a multi-genre character prject cntaining artifacts related t varius

The multi-genre prject will be cmpleted in and ut f class and is expected t shw yur best wrk in the areas f reading, writing, and

This prject will represent what yu have learned frm the nvel, The utsiders and frm previus lessns n writing, grammar, and the literary

This page will cntain the fllwing cmpnents: The character s name A picture f hw yu envisin the character based in Hintn s in text

A minimum f 10 s surrunding yur picture describing the character Prject title Yur name and class perid MULTI-GENRE PRJECT Yur cver page

Identifying Character Traits Wrksheet, and yur character, yu will identify FIVE passages frm the nvel that allw the reader t knw smething

1 Name: Date: Perid: 1 Multi-Genre Character Prject A multi-genre prject is ne large prject with many different parts. Each part represents what yu knw abut a tpic and extends yur thinking in many ways. As a culminating prject fr the nvel, The utsiders, yu will create a multi-genre character prject cntaining artifacts related t varius elements f the stry and ne f its characters. Upn cmpletin, yur prject will present what yu knw and what yu have learned. The multi-genre prject will be cmpleted in and ut f class and is expected t shw yur best wrk in the areas f reading, writing, and creativity. This prject will represent what yu have learned frm the nvel, The utsiders and frm previus lessns n writing, grammar, and the literary elements. The cver page fr yur multi-genre prject will be a pictrial representatin f the character yu have chsen. This page will cntain the fllwing cmpnents: The character s name A picture f hw yu envisin the character based in Hintn s in text descriptins. A minimum f 10 s surrunding yur picture describing the character Prject title Yur name and class perid MULTI-GENRE PRJECT Yur cver page shuld lk similar t this FERB Using the ntes in this packet titled Identifying Character Traits, the Sample Character Traits, the Identifying Character Traits Wrksheet, and yur character, yu will identify FIVE passages frm the nvel that allw the reader t knw smething abut what r hw the character feels, thinks, acts, believes, values, des, r desires. EACH PASSAGE MUST: Be at least ne sentence in length. (Mst will be MRE!) Have a page number frm The utsiders text. List the character trait the passage reveals abut yur assigned character. Mrs. Reinfrd Perid 9 This part f the prject will take time and thught. Yu will have a Character Traits Wrksheet t use as a rugh draft t rganize yur thughts and ideas. Hwever, hw yu represent it in yur final prject is up t yu. YU CANNT JUST SUBMIT THE CHARACTER TRAITS WRKSHEET.

2 Name: Date: Perid: 2 The last part f yur prject will cntain artifacts related t yur character r the nvel, The utsiders. Frm the list belw, yu will chse ways t shw what yu knw abut the character r nvel as a whle. Each artifact will be part f yur multi-genre prject grade and will represent time and quality spent in cmpletin. Each will be fully clred and can be hand created, cmputer generated, r a cmbinatin f the tw. Each artifact must be true t the details f Hintn s bk. Yur artifacts must be free f mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuatin, and capitalizatin. DRAW A MAP F THE SETTING Fully clred Include a key/legend Must include all f the majr settings in S.E. Hintn s nvel IMPRTANT EVENTS Chse the 10 events yu think had the greatest impact n the plt f the nvel. Create a threedimensinal timeline fr these events. PEM WITH ILLUSTRATIN A pem is art with wrds. Write a pem (rhyming, free verse, snnet, etc.) related t the stry. This must include an illustratin. WANTED PSTER Create a wanted pster fr a character in the nvel. This culd be frm any place in the stry and shuld include a picture, ransm, and wh desires the character s capture. EULGY A eulgy is a speech given at smene s funeral. Write a eulgy fr ne f the deceased characters given by anther. What wuld that character say abut the ther? Must be at least 4 paragraphs in length. WRITE A CHAPTER 13 R ALTERNATIVE ENDING Must be at least 4-5 cmplete paragraphs and cntain n errrs in spelling, grammar, punctuatin, capitalizatin. NEWSPAPER BITUARY Several characters die in the stry. Write an bituary fr ne f thse characters, including a picture and funeral infrmatin. A FRIENDLY LETTER AND RESPNSE FRM NE CHARACTER T ANTHER Write a letter frm ne character t anther. Then, cmpse that character s respnse. YU BE THE PERSN Chse the character in the stry that yu identify with the mst and develp a yu be the persn presentatin. Yu will cme t class as that character and discuss yur life and relatinships with ther characters. BREAKING NEWS Becme a reprter! Chse ne f the mst imprtant events in the stry and film a breaking news segment where yu interview the characters invlved. WRITE A PLAY Using events f the stry, the characters, and/r a spin f the stry, write a play cntaining tw acts. Be creative! ADVERTISEMENT WITH ILLUSTRATIN Create an ad selling a prduct mentined in the stry. (Hair grease, anyne!) Include an illustratin DIARY ENTRY What if Cherry had a diary? What wuld she say? Wh wuld she talk abut? Must include at least 6 entries f a minimum f 1 paragraph in length. GNE WITH THE WIND The bk Gne with the Wind was imprtant t Pnyby. Create a PwerPint r Prezi that shares the plt and main characters f Margaret Mitchell s bk/1939 film. Yu must include yur thughts n why Pny identified s strngly with this stry. RECIPE WITH INSTRUCTINS AND PHT Chclate cake is imprtant t the Curtis family. Research a recipe fr chclate cake that fits the descriptin in the bk. Then, present the recipe with a pht like yu wuld see in a magazine. (Yu can even try ut yur recipe and bring it in t class!)

3 Name: Date: Perid: 3 CARTN R GRAPHIC NVEL R MANGA Lve t draw? Lve t draw and write? Create a cartn, graphic nvel, r manga (Japanese style cmic) fr ur stry as a whle, part, r alternative ending. Minimum 15 cells/6 pages ADVICE CLUMN Have yu ever heard f Dear Abby? Create an advice clumn in her style with fur r mre characters writing in seeking advice n a cnflict in the stry. TIMELINE Many events ccurred within the telling f this stry. Create a timeline in full clr utlining thse events. SAY IT IN SNG Chse fur sngs that yu think reflect the feelings f Pnyby as they change thrughut the nvel. Put all f the sngs tgether t create an audi cllage. Yu must have at least a ne paragraph per sng t explain why it fits Pny. CLLAGE Using pictures, letters, and wrds, create a full-page cllage representing events f the stry. Pictures can be hand dne, cmputer generated, r cut ut f magazines. WEST SIDE STRY West Side Stry is a mvie musical made in Fr this, yu will watch the mvie and identify cmparisns and cntrasts t The utsiders. Yu will present yur cmparisn using either a PwerPint r Prezi which includes text and pictures. (HINT: Cmpare and cntrast the majr parts f the plt diagram!) HAVE ANTHER IDEA? NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Similar t the advertisement, create a newspaper and main article describing a reprter s pint f view fr ne f the events in the stry. Hw wuld smene utside f the stry describe it t readers? This must be at least 4 paragraphs in length and be cnstructed as a newspaper. TP TEN LIST Create a David Letterman-style tp ten reasns why smething ccurred in the stry. CREATE A TEST Be the teacher and create a test fr the bk. This must include sectins fr shrt answer, extended respnse, vcabulary, true/false, and multiple chice. Please prvide an answer key, t. If yu have an alternative idea t what is listed abve, let me knw. If it fits the purpse f the prject, yu shuld be k t cmplete it. Fr this prject, yu will be given several in class wrk perids. During class time, yu will have access t the fllwing supplies. Yu must prvide any ther supplies. laptps fr research glue cnstructin paper a dictinary white paper a thesaurus scissrs Yu will have t submit a prject prpsal t be apprved by yur ELA teacher PRIR t beginning yur prject. This is due. This prject is n-ging. D NT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! Cmplete parts f as we read the secnd part f the nvel. Yur final prject will be presented t the class. This presentatin will be part f yur grade. Please see the prject rubric fr mre grading infrmatin

4 Name: Date: Perid: 4 Use the fllwing space t list what THREE artifacts yu are ging t include in yur multi-genre character prject. Then, write a brief explanatin f hw yu plan n ding this, materials needed, research required, time, etc MY CHARACTER MULTI-GENRE PRJECT IS DUE N MY CHARACTER IS

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7 Name: Date: Perid: 7 Using the nvel, the ntes n Identifying Character Traits, and the sample character traits reference page, find FIVE passages frm the nvel that allw the reader t knw smething abut what r hw yur character: feels, thinks, acts, believes, values, des, r desires. I have dne an example fr yu. Be a direct qute frm the bk. Be at least ne sentence in length. Have a page number frm The utsiders. List the character trait it reveals. Use the list n the previus page! Example fr Marcia I m a night, Marcia said brightly. Tw-bit stared at her admiringly. Brther, yu re a sharp ne. Where d yu tw ever get picked up by a cuple f greasy hds like Pny and Jhnny? p. 26 Clever; sharp-witted We really picked them up, Marcia said. We re really Arabian slave traders and we re thinking abut shanghaiing them. They re wrth tem camels apiece at least.

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Dialectical Journals. o o. Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O Brien Passages from the text Pg#s Comments & Questions

Dialectical Journals. o o. Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O Brien Passages from the text Pg#s Comments & Questions Bay Path Reginal Vcatinal Technical High Schl Summer Reading Assignment 2018 Any nvel by Neal Shusterman Students will read ne nvel by Neal Shusterman, any nvel, and cmplete six (6) dialectical jurnal