Novel+Responses+1

**For the December response: Read a book and complete a reading analysis only.**   **What it is** : Year Long Project in which you will focus on a particular genre of literature and write a report.  **Due Dates:** The ** 15th ** of EVERY month!! **Requirements:**
 * Must be chapter books and I must approve the book
 * Can be a series, but would be more helpful if you tried to do different authors each month
 * You must complete a reading analysis sheet and have it signed with each report. [[file:Reading Analysis.docx]]
 * I will post that month's particular report format each month on this page.

__**Questions for Paper:**__ 1. Choose a minor character and show how he or she was important to the plot, the main character, **OR** the theme (s) of the novel. In other words, what made this minor character important? 2. Did any of the characters change in your book? Pick one character and discuss how an event, person, and/OR decision changed that character. 3. Did the author create different moods? Find passages in the text that reveals two different moods and write these down. Point out the words, phrases, and actions that helped create the mood. (Remember: Mood is how the author makes the reader feel!!!)  4. Identify the values of a character in the novel. How do these values affect the outcome of the novel? (Think about how things turn out as a result of this character’s values.) Why? 5. Select an important quote from the story (one to three sentences). **Explain** the quote and show how the quote relates to the book’s theme, a conflict in the book **OR** a character in the novel (choose one!). This does not mean to tell just **who** said it, but also how this particular piece of writing is relevant to the book.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__**Format for Paper**__ 1 1/2 - 2 pages Typed, TIMES NEW ROMAN font, 12 pt. BLACK ink Double Spaced (go to paragraph, line spacing, double) Heading MUST HAVE: Name My name LA 1- Question # Date (Day, Month, Year)

Example: Jane Eyre Mrs. de Beer LA 1- Question 2 15 October, 2011

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__**Recommended Fiction Genres:**__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Realistic Fiction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mystery/Suspense
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fantasy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science Fiction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Historical Fiction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mythology
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Poetry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Horror
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Romance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Westerns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adventure

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__** Some other options: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September-December: focus on one genre and January-April: focus on another genre <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">OR <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Choose one genre for the entire year.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__**Tentative Timeline:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sept: report on a fiction novel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Oct: report on a fiction novel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nov: report on a NONFICTION novel (something about the genre you chose, either by subject matter or genre) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dec: biography/author research <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jan: report on a fiction novel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feb: report on a fiction novel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">March: report on a NONFICTION novel (something about the genre you chose, either by subject matter or genre)April: biography/author research <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">May: Final project (format TBA)

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">August 25th Directions: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create a word document and find the following information for all the recommended genres. **

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- definition ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- 5 books that our library carries in that genre that you would be interested in reading and why ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Check out a book today in the genre you officially choose!! **