Summer+Assignment

As stated in the Welcome Letter, you will have to bring back an assignment for each novel project on the first full day of class during the 2011- 2012 school year. Each project is worth 50 points (total of 100 for summer reading assignment).

**AP Summer Literature Project Assignment Choices **
 * Art-based projects will be assessed on artistic quality and creativity. Mrs. Miller will be asked to take a look too! You may use whatever resources you have at your disposal.
 * Written projects should be typed, double spaced in Times-New Roman 12pt font and uploaded to the wikispace page titled ‘Student Summer Assignments’
 * All assignments are due on the first full day of school for presentation during the class time.

**Multimedia Presentation**: Create a PPT or other type of multimedia presentation that promotes your book to other readers. Include at least 10 – 15 slides (not counting title slides and works cited) with at least 1 image/graphic per slide. The PowerPoint slide show should use text, color, graphics, and animation. Your PowerPoint needs to have depth. It should explain the plot, setting, main characters, symbolism, historical context, and the main themes. The final slide should be your opinion of the novel. The PPT Presentation should be at least 10 -15 slides text, color, graphics, and animation. Each slide should represent a different element of the novel. (characters, setting, plot, climax, denouement, protagonist, antagonist, symbolism, themes, etc.) The presentation itself should persuade others to read the novel. Be sure to cite every source on the Internet from which you take information—text, pictures, video, clip art, backgrounds, and so forth. Also, upload the presentation to our Wikispace page titled ‘Student Summer Assignments’.

**Timeline:** Make a colorfully illustrated timeline of events in the book. Make sure your timeline includes at least 15 events with a one paragraph description and small picture, drawing, or clipping describing each event.

**Character Analysis:** A successful character analysis demands that one infers abstract traits and values from literal details contained in a text. Write a five-paragraph essay analyzing the main character of your novel. Using evidence from the text to support your conclusions, describe at least three significant personality traits of the character. For each trait you discuss, you must include at least three supporting examples/details from the story. Explore the physical and personality traits of different characters and the way their actions affect the plot of the book. Some suggestions: • Explore the way a character dresses and what impression that leaves with the reader. • What positive characteristics does the character possess? • Does the character have a “fatal flaw” that gets him/her into trouble frequently? • Use examples of dialogue and analyze the way a character speaks. Discuss the words he/she chooses and the way his/her words affect other characters. • Finally, tie all of your observations together by explaining the way the characters make the plot move forward.

**Storyboard:** Complete a series of seven drawings that show seven of the major events in the plot of the book you read. As you read your novel, periodically draw scenes in the squares to create a storyboard that will summarize the events of the novel. Write captions for each drawing so that someone who did not read the book can understand the illustrations. On the back justify in one paragraph (5-7 sentences) why you chose to create your storyboard in the way you did. Make sure to use evidence and quotes from the text to help support your answers.

**Character Diary:** Select a character that appealed to you. Generally, you should write a diary entry for each chapter or that the character is part. Be sure you select one of the major characters of the story. Be sure it relates to the events in the book. • A diary entry should be in first person from the selected character’s point of view. • The entry should include a summary of what happened in the chapter OR elaborate on a major scene. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">• The diary entry should include a personal statement from the character’s imagined point of view.