CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED BK RPT

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED BOOK “REPORT”

Type or neatly hand-write all components of this paper.

Unless otherwise indicated, each numbered task below should be on a separate sheet of paper, with your name and date in the upper right corner of each sheet.

The author’s name and title of the book should be at the top of each sheet as a title, centered.   The author’s name should be slightly smaller than the title of the book.

1.     Title page, or front cover, so to speak.  (a) The author’s name and title of the book, centered; (b) your name and “December, 2016,” each item on a separate line; all centered; (c) a brief, 3-4 line/1 paragraph summary of the entire story in a nutshell.

2.     Create a character map (see example)

3.     Just as you did with Tyler in Family Tree, WRITE A 1-to-2-page  DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE MAIN CHARACTER CHANGES FROM BEGINNING TO END.  Describe the main character at the start of the novel.  What seems to be the internal and external conflicts?  What is the character’s situation at the beginning of the story?  What happens in the story that starts to create a change or offer opportunity for change for the main character? Describe that change at the end of the novel and how it came about.  What lessons has the main character possibly learned?  What lessons might the reader get from this story?

4.     Now that you have described who the main character is and how this person has changed from beginning to end of the novel, write a list of 10 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS in the novel that occur which lead the main character to the changes at the end.  What events have to happen to move the story forward?  If you were making a movie, what scenes would you have to include for the story to make sense?  Always include in your brief, 1-paragraph description, (a) a context (what’s happening IN the story at the moment you are describing/what led to this moment),  (b) what happens and why it happens, then (c) what this event leads to.   Among the 10 events to include should be    ___ the opening,   ___  the hook,  ___  the peak or denoument,  ___ the end/last events of the book.

5.     Create a list of 10 different things you learned about the world/society of your book.    Be descriptive.  For instance, maybe you learned that “gentlemen” in British societies might act or be expected to act in a certain way.  Explain how they are supposed to act and why.  Your facts can be about food, fashion, architecture, travel, education, language, etc.

6.     Create a soundtrack for your story.  Movies have a song or dedicated music for each character and certain songs or music for certain scenes.  Include the name of the song and the artist or band and then explain in detail why the song fits the character or scene.  Ten songs or more.  1 long paragraph each.  Explain what the song is about and how/why it fits a character or scene.

7.     ** You will be writing IN class when you return about how the movie and book version are the same and different.  Extra credit for notes on the movie, however.