WORD COLLAGE INSTRUCTIONS

WINTER BREAK BOOK REPORT  and MAKE UP WORK

REQUIRED:

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT #1

___ READ your Classics Illustrated Novel

       by the end of break (you have time!)

       complete BOOK TALK 

BOOK TALK OPTIONS: (your choice)   with parent/adult relative discuss using scoring rubric

       

write paragraph answers on separate sheet of lined paper

(you may also type).

Again, READING THIS BOOK IS ONE  OF TWO REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WINTER BREAK.

*** DOWNLOAD THE ACTUAL CLASSIC BOOK if

you have a device such as a Kindle, Fire, iPad, or iPod.  More credit for these books.   If you are a high end reader, the expectation is that you will choose this option, instead of the illustrated classic book.  And, to be honest, I think you’ll enjoy the actual, full text.

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT #2

Using front page sections of the Oregonian or any of the many free newspapers around town, find and clip out 50-70 words that you can relate to or connect to your Classics Illustrated novel. Cut out words or phrases from headlines and from the body text of articles.  You may cut out some words from ads in the front page section, but no more than 20 or so.  NO IMAGES.  Just words or phrases.  Or, letters, if you want a particular letter, for your collage.  This can be a basic glue job or you can work to make a creatively designed piece of word art. 

NO WORDS FROM ENTERTAINMENT SECTION. NO MORE THAN 1/3 OF YOUR WORDS FROM SPORTS SECTION (since I know some of you will chomp at the bit to read the Sports Section).  Focus on the World, National, Regional, International front page sections.  You may do a second word collage of words just from the Sports Section as extra credit.  Also, NO INTERNET PRINT OUTS (this would cause a huge waste of paper.)

Create a word collage on an 8.5x11 piece of paper.  Leave a margin of about half an inch or so around the edges.  You can randomly place the words around the page OR you can try to be more creative and string together phrases or quotes from the novel.  Except for the margins at the edge of the paper, your collage should cover everything.  No white spaces in the collage itself.

RESOURCES: 

The Portland Tribune is a free newspaper, but mostly about local and regional news.  You can sometimes find The Oregonian in the bins at coffeeshops (maybe your neighbors, if you don’t subscribe?).  You may also find many FREE multicultural newspapers around many stores and street corners, such as the Skanner, El Hispanic News, and The Asian Report.