October 28/29, 2008
We finished watching the movie The Outsiders and discussed theme in the book and movie.
Students are presenting their characters from their Book-of-the-Month Club books. Remember to bring your list of quotes from the book that tell us about the character, your book, and, if desired, the items you need to dress up as or otherwise represent your character.
See post for October 14 for this assignment.
October’s Book-of-the-Month-Club Assessment
Grading:
_______/ 10 points On Time: Due October 28/29, 2008
_______/ 60 points 20 quotes from the book that help us understand who the character is and what he or she does in the book.
Two points each for quotes that reveal the character.
One point each if page number is included.
__ five examples of your character’s thoughts,
__ five quotes indicating what you learned from his/her speech and speech patterns,
__ five quotes from other characters that give us insight about the main character,
__ and five actions that let the reader know who your character is.
_______/ 20 points Quotes are in blue or black ink or typed, are neat and legible, and follow the conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spelling) of written language.
_______/ 10 points The character is presented in a clearly audible and understandable voice.
_______/ Extra credit points for dressing up as the character and/or using props.
___ /20 You could have been utterly mistaken for that character. You put real effort into your costume or props and they truly helped us understand the character,
and you could receive an academy award for your performance!
___/15 Your costume/props or acting were great.
___/10 You tried through costume and /or props to portray the character.
______/100 total points
