CP IR Project: Select ONE of the Following Projects to Complete on Your Novel. Upload

CP IR Project: Select ONE of the following projects to complete on your novel. Upload project onto your wikispace under the link “novel final project”– 70 points

1. Headline News Story Choose a few scenes from the novel and create a headline news Web page and two or three related links based on the event for a Web-based news site. To get an idea of length, format, and the kinds of links typically included in such stories, visit news sites on the Web. Try signing up for a wikispace at wikispaces.com (take the tutorials to help in creating this page) or use Microsoft Publisher for a print version.

2. Instant Messages or Text Messages Rewrite two scenes of dialogue between two characters from the text in modern-day format as if it took place online through instant messages or on cell phones or another tool using text messages. Your scenes must be a combined 2 pages long.

3. Blogging Create a series of blog entries for the point of view of one of the characters. (You must have at least 5 entries of 10-20 sentences each). Try setting up a blog at blogger.com. Include appropriate links to other Web pages, and comments that other characters from the text might leave on the blog entries.

4. Digital Artifacts Imagine that you find portable disk next to the computer of one of the characters from the play. It might be a floppy disk, Zip disk, USB keychain disk, or another device. This storage disk contains personal documents—letters, “to do” lists, data, and poems written by the character for his or her eyes only. Decide on five documents, recreate them, invent file names for each, and create a (fake) printout of the disk directory. Put all these together in a packet about the character.

5. Playlist Choose one of the characters from the text and create a playlist that that character would have on his or her iPod or MP3 player. Invent the name for the playlist, and create a list of the names of the songs, artists, the albums the songs came from, and the reasons why you think that song would be on the character’s play list, and any other relevant details in your word processor. Alternately, if you have the resources available, you can burn a CD of the character’s playlist and create a CD label with the appropriate details. (you must include at least 7 songs)

6. Reality TV Show Imagine that the characters from the text are part of a reality TV show. Rewrite a scene from the text as it would have been caught from the surveillance cameras of the show. Film your scene using a video camera, or write a transcript of the scene (including details on background sounds, setting, and props).

7. Technology Product Endorsement Have a character in the text endorse a technology product— design a letter or short narrative where the character tells readers why they should purchase or support the product. Then create a poster or advertisement for this product.

8. Create a Wikispace MySpace-like Page Create a MySpace-like page for one of the characters using wikispaces.com (take the tutorials on how to create a page before starting your page). You must include the following pages: profile (tell about the character, what they are like, what they look like, etc.), faves (what does your character life and dislike – music, movies, websites, food, hobbies, etc.), Blog (3 entries reflecting on events in the novel), friends (who are your character’s friends and why). You may add more pages if you want, but these are the minimum. Make sure each page includes graphics.

9. 3D Storytelling Using Alice.org (free download) Re-create 2 scenes from the novel using this digital story telling technology. (Make sure to take the tutorials before starting the project.)

10. Digital Storytelling using Activstudio (Flipchart) Using the Activstudio program retell your novel. You need to include at least 10-15 slides, 5-10 graphics, and text. Make it eye-catching and appealing. You will retell the story to the class using this as your visual aide.

1 11. Create a Digital Collage Using glogster.com create a collage with poems/ writings/ pictures/ website links for a major character, scene, or theme of your novel. You must have a minimum of 10- 15 elements on your collage. These should included pictures and words. You must also include a written explanation of your key elements in a page long description.

12. Comic Book Draw or digitally create a comic book version of this novel. You must have at least 5-7 major events depicted in your comic book. Make sure to use words directly from the book as speech bubbles of your comic book characters.

13. Advertise the Book Make a TV advertisement or movie trailer for the book (videotape to present) or make a radio commercial of the book (pod cast –use Photo Story or Movie Maker). Your presentation must be at least 5 minutes long and a typed script or storyboard must be handed in with your completed project.

14. Create an Animoto Using the site animoto.com create a video slideshow of an important event in the book. You will need pictures and music to compete this project. Make sure you are careful of copyrighted pictures.

15. Act out Scenes or the Whole Novel Act out 2 scenes from the novel and videotape them or act out a shortened version of your whole novel. Presentation must be a minimum of 10 minutes long.

16. If you would like to do something that is not on this list, please see me for approval.