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We will end up with "Book-Quilts" made up of squares (6" x 6") about your books.
Due May 12/13, 2010
Note: If you feel you need more space than the 6" square, you may cut two, and tape one to the front of the other so it lifts to view the information on the second square.
Please make sure your name and period are on your finished product.
Choose your own genre. If you would like to read nonfiction, short story, poetry, or graphic novels, check with me.
You book needs to be at least 100 pages long, and appropriate for your own reading level.
You may read Diary of a Wimpy Kid, if you read at least 3 books of the series.
You may read Bone, if you read at least 6 of the books in the series.
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April- May Book-of-the-Month Assignment
Due May 12/13
Genre: Your Choice (The book should have 100 pages or more, and be at or near your reading level. If the book is not a novel, check with your teacher.)
The assignment: Create a square for our “Quilt of Books.”
Use a 6 x 6 inch square of paper. (See attached for an example.)
You will select the color of paper /background to be symbolic of the book or something in the book.
You will also select the font/lettering you use and at least one illustration to be symbolic of the book.
On the 6 x 6 inch square, you will include the following information, with each clearly labeled:
1. Title:
2. Genre:
3. Author(s):
4. Number of pages:
5. Major character(s) -- name and brief introduction for the character(s): Use complete sentences.
6. Setting: Remember to include both place and time.
7. Summary in a few sentences of enough of the plot to interest the reader: Use complete sentences.
8. Rating 1-5 stars: Show the stars. (Look for star shapes under "symbol" on your word processor.)
9. Explanation of the symbolism of the colors, font, and illustration you have selected. Use complete sentences.
Grading:
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Title
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Title: Tunnels
Genre: Fantasy-Adventure-Science Fiction 
Author: Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
Number of pages: 496
Major character:
Will is fourteen years old, British, albino (pale skin
and white hair), loves to work on excavations with his dad or alone, an outcast at school, and is not who he thinks he is at the beginning of the series.
Setting: The London, England area and far underneath, present-day
Summary: Will lives with a dysfunctional family. His father is a museum caretaker, whose passion is digging for historical artifacts, and Will shares that passion. His mother does nothing but watch TV, and it is his younger sister who cares for the house, cooks, pays bills, and keeps the family going. Will has a new friend named Chester who joins him in his excavations, and when Will’s father goes missing, joins Will in trying to find his father. Will and Chester end up with more adventure, danger, and agony than they would have ever expected.
Rating: *****
Symbolism: This font is stark and dark, as is the underground world. The shovel and pickax represent digging and hard work. The black background represents the darkness the characters find themselves in. [You can see the black background if you download the sample by using the link above. ]
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