Whirligig Novel Study

 

 

**Individual due dates noted**       

 

 

Students will complete various tasks of their individual choice which may reflect their Learning Styles, although they may choose from outside of their strengths as well.  Students must complete activities that are of different point values, but they MUST add up to 15 points.  As always in the writing process, there must be evidence of planning/drafts, revision and final drafts.  All drafts/plans must be initialled by the teacher during a mini conference.  Students will explain their learning for teacher evaluation.  Submit this handout with your final products.  Enjoy!

 

 

Activities worth 4 points

Visual/Linguistic

4.1 Write a television show, play, puppet show, role play or song using a word from the story as your main theme.  Teacher’s initials:

4.2Write an alternative ending to the story you read.  Minimum of 2 pages, double spaced.  Maintain the key elements of the story, including characterization. Explain your choices.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Visual/Spatial

4.3 Create a 3D map representing a key setting of the story.  Use the text for accuracy.  Teacher’s initials:

4.4  Create a Photostory with key words, soundtrack cuts, exciting scenes and key characters represented in an advertisement for the novel.  Create at least 10 key scenes in your trailer. Teacher’s initials:

4.5  Re-write the novel as a video game.

 

 

Musical

4.5 Create your own unique song and play it with an instrument.  You can do this live, on a podcast, or on CD / MP3  file.  Include a copy of the lyrics, please. Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Bodily/Kinaesthetic

4.6 Create a video of the climax of the story.  Alter the setting of the story, but maintain the storyline.  For example. 70s, hillbilly, ghettosuperstar, etc. Use a script.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Interpersonal

4.7 Re-tell the story from the perspective of another character in the story.  Make a

comparison between your character and the original view point in the story.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Intrapersonal

4.8 Do an independent study of a major theme from the story (2 pages, typed, double spaced).  Teacher’s initials:

4.9 Write the personal journal of one of the characters by ‘getting into their head’ and showing their thinking at any time before, during or after the story takes place.  Use the text as a starting point.  Make the journals look authentic! Hint: consider diction. Teacher’s initials:

Naturalist

4.10 Look for an environmental issue from the story and discuss it in relation to real life and your personal experiences.  Teacher’s initials:

 

Logical/Mathematical

4.11 Identify a problem/conflict in the story.  Decide if you agree or disagree with the manner in which the character handled their problem in the story.  Find supporting evidence from the story (min. 3) and from your own personal experience to justify your decision.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Activities worth 3 points

Visual/Linguistic

3.1 Write a newspaper advertisement using words from the text trying to sell a product.  Use a minimum of 3 new or unfamiliar words from the text.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Visual/Spatial

3.2 Imagine that the main character in your story has risen to fame.  Now they find themselves on the cover of the latest issue of a magazine.  Design the magazine cover.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Musical

3.3 Create a soundtrack for the novel.  For every chapter, choose an existing song to represent it, and compile a song list from these.  Explain your choices, making reference to  specific examples of sound, mood and lyrics.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Bodily/Kinaesthetic

3.4 Create a tableaux of the climax from the story.  Present it to the class, then orally discuss the climax of the story.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Interpersonal

3.5 You are a reporter at a press conference.  Prepare a list of 10 questions to use at a press conference about the problem or conflict in the story.  Bonus: lead the class in discussing these questions!  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Intrapersonal

3.6 Write an autobiography of the main character in the story (1 – ½ pages, typed, double spaced).  Teacher’s initials:

3.7 Write an autobiography about the author of the story (1 – ½ pages, typed, double spaced).  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Naturalist

3.8 Write to a person or a company with a solution to a problem in the story using proper letter writing format (1 full page).  Teacher’s initials:

 

Logical/Mathematical

3.9 Role play with a partner and conduct a survey with 5 questions of your character’s likes and dislikes.  Graph the results between your character and your partner’s character.  Survey 5 other students in the class on their opinions of likes and dislikes of your character.  Create a labelled graph to depict the results.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

 

 

Activities worth 2 points

Visual/Linguistic

2.1 Find 5 new or unfamiliar words in the text.  One of your words must be at least 3 syllables.  Write an acrostic poem with your words.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Visual/Spatial

2.2 Make a diagram to illustrate an important event from the story.  Teacher’s initials:

2.3 Make a sculpture/model of one of the main characters from the story.  Hint: be intentional about his/her appearance and try to incorporate their personality, or incorporate an action s/he’s likely to have done.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Musical

2.4 Create a musical jingle for an advertisement for the novel.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Bodily/Kinaesthetic

2.5 Design a flip book which illustrates the climax of the story.   Teacher’s initials:

2.6 Put on a play about one of the major events in the book.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Interpersonal

2.7 Choose a conflict from the story that can be debated/argued about.  Work with a partner to present each side of the issue (for and against).  Debate your opinion.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Intrapersonal

2.8 Identify the turning point in the story so far.  Re-write it from another point of view.  Teacher’s initials:

2.9 Explain another possible outcome for the story thus far.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Naturalist

2.10 Collect items that relate to the story and classify/sort the items into categories (12 – 15 items).  Teacher’s initials:

2.11 Research the constellations from chapter 4.  Create a visual aid for others to learn the information.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

 

 

Logical/Mathematical

2.12  Make a Venn Diagram comparing the main character with a secondary character from the story.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Activities worth 1 point

**Two completed activities from this section (complete with rough and polished versions) due Tuesday, Sept.30th

 

 

Visual/Linguistic

1.1 Find 1o new or unfamiliar words in the text and create a crossword puzzle.  Use the dictionary definition as the clue for each word.  Use puzzlemaker.com.  Teacher’s initials:

 

Visual/Spatial

1.2 Make a wanted poster for a character in the story.  Teacher’s initials:

1.3 Make a cartoon strip showing the sequence of important events in the story.  You must have a minimum of 5 frames in your strip.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Musical

1.4 Write a rap or jingle that summarizes the story (minimum of 30 lines).  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Bodily/Kinaesthetic

1.5 Make a puppet who will give an oral summary of the story.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Interpersonal

1.6 Work with a partner to create a chapter quiz.  Create approximately 10 questions exploring plot and literary terms, and administer the quiz.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Intrapersonal

1.7 Look in magazines and make a collage that illustrates the story from pictures found in the magazines.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Naturalist

1.8 Find an artefact and describe how it relates to the story.  Teacher’s initials:

 

 

Logical/Mathematical

1.9 Make a timeline of the important events from the story.  List at least 5 events from the story.  Be prepared to defend your choices.  Teacher’s initials:

1.10 Make a list of 5 character traits about at least 2 characters.  Use a thesaurus to be creative, and be prepared to defend your choices.  Teacher’s initials: