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Extension Examples: Getting Started Projects

The first extension projects you present can be done individually or collaboratively since they aren't too complex nor do they require ongoing literary discussions. Some of the projects listed below can be completed within one or two class sessions; others deserve more time.

Accordion Book
 Character Bookmark
Story Hat 

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Accordion Book: Choose five to seven significant scenes from your book. Make an illustrated accordion-shaped book that reveals the sequence of your book's storyline. Include some written descriptions, such as: What's happening in the scene? Why is this scene important to you?


 

 

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Character Bookmark: Create a bookmark featuring either your favorite character or the character you consider to be most significant in your book. Be sure to include the book title and author as well as the character's name and "portrait" or illustration. Adaptation: On the back of the bookmark, explain why you selected your featured character.


 

 

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Story Hat: Make a "newspaper hat" out of a piece of white butcher paper. At the top of the hat's front side, write the name of your book and the author. Divide the front brim into three sections. In the first section draw something that happened at the beginning of the book. In the middle section, draw something that happened in the book's middle. In the last section, draw the problem of the story. Then divide the brim on the back of your hat into two sections. In the first section, draw how the problem was solved. In the last section, draw something that happened at the end of your book.



 

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