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9th ELA Summer Reading Project List

The document outlines a summer reading project for 9th grade English students. It provides 5 choices for projects that students can complete based on their summer reading book. The choices include making a collage representing themes, writing a letter pitching the book to a movie producer, creating a newspaper related to the story, writing about 5 artifacts from the book, or adding a lost scene. It also includes a schedule with brainstorming and work days leading up to small group presentations on Friday to present their completed assignment.

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9th ELA Summer Reading Project List

The document outlines a summer reading project for 9th grade English students. It provides 5 choices for projects that students can complete based on their summer reading book. The choices include making a collage representing themes, writing a letter pitching the book to a movie producer, creating a newspaper related to the story, writing about 5 artifacts from the book, or adding a lost scene. It also includes a schedule with brainstorming and work days leading up to small group presentations on Friday to present their completed assignment.

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Summer Reading Project List 9 grade English Language Arts 2013

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Assignment: complete one of the following projects over your summer reading book. Your assignment should demonstrate your understanding of your book. Assignment Choices: 1. Make a collage of pictures showing a part of the book or the major themes. Explain how your collage represents the themes in 3 or more paragraphs. Each paragraph should include a quote from the book to support your point. 2. Imagine that you are the author of the book you have just read. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer trying to get that person interested in making your book into a movie. Explain why the story, characters, conflict, etc. would make a good film. Suggest a filming location and the actors to play the various roles. YOU MAY ONLY USE BOOKS WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES. Assignment should be 5 paragraphs total (3 about the story, 2 about filming). 3. Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a feature story on one of the more interesting characters in the story, include an editorial about something that happens in the story, create ads that would be pertinent to the story, etc. Your newspaper should include 4 of the aspects listed above. 4. Choose five artifacts from the book that best illustrate the happenings and meanings of the story. For each artifact write a paragraph explaining why this item is important within your book. Each paragraph should include a quote from the book to support your point. 5. Creatively write a scene that has been lost from the book. The completed assignment should require 3-4 hours of writing and revising, or in other words be between 5-10 paragraphs. Schedule
Mon 8/19 Odd Block Brainstorm Begin working Tue 8/20 Even Block Brainstorm Begin working Wed 8/21 Odd Block Finish work Revise Thu 8/22 Even Block Finish work Revise Fri 8/23 All Block Small group presentations

RUBRICS WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING WED/THU CLASSES

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