Hi! Wow, there are some great ideas out there!
For their summer reading projects, besides a standard issue Readers Response Journal style email I ask them to send me regarding one book they choose to read over the summer, my students have additional choices for a second book of their choice which they present to the class when we come together in September: 1. Create a visual representation of the book and what it means to you (painting, collage, drawing, sculpture, etc.). 2. Prepare and perform a dramatic monologue based on the book. 3. Compose and perform if you wish a musical work based on the book. 4. Choreograph and perform a dance based on the book. 5. Pretend you are going to make a movie of the book. Design a movie poster which shows the choices you made. 6. Write a chapter after the last. 7. Write a series of diary entries as if you were one of the characters in the book. 8. Propose your own personal idea to me and see what I think. The way I see it, Humanities is about communication, and I want to be clear from the start that there are lots of different ways to communicate. I also want to be clear that original student thought is welcomed (this is why I haven't added various student ideas, like designing a scrapbook, that have come to me through the years). Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
