The Title of your story:  ___________________________________________________________

The Author(s) of your story:  _______________________________________________________

Pretend you are a journalist for a magazine, newspaper, or tv show and you've been assigned to write up an interview with this author.  Now, obviously you are going to use a bit of 'literary license' in creating the responses from the author's point of view.  

Make sure you write in COMPLETE SENTENCES with proper grammar, usage, structure, and mechanics.

SECOND, think carefully about what and how the author might answer these questions.  Then write a response from the Author's point of view.   

Activity #1 (extended):

Do a little research first.  Find the author's birthplace & birthdate, where he/she went to school, family and job history, and other important biographical information.  

Now take your interview questions and biographical data and create a FEATURE STORY article from them.  Again, from a journalistic point of view, design an article for a newspaper or magazine where you weave your answers together to focus on the life and career of your author.   Highlight the important aspects of the author's life and how your author came to write your selected story.   

The Title of your story:  ___________________________________________________________

The Author(s) of your story:  _______________________________________________________

Main Character of your story:  ______________________________________________________

Other Characters in your story:  _____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Write up, in a narrative form, the events of the evening.  Be sure to indicate who the characters are (you may have to introduce them to the group) and give each a description.  Also make sure you appropriately use quotation marks and proper dialogue structure to indicate who is talking, and to whom they are speaking. Be clear in your writing so the reader can picture the evening's events in our minds.   

Book Report Project (#1)                             name:  _____________________________________

Your task is to create a short PowerPoint presentation about your book.  Much of what is needed on the PowerPoint you can find on your fact-finding sheet about your book.  Use these ideas you have discovered and, as always, check over your work for spelling and DOL type of mistakes.

Slide Transitions, animations, and sounds are at your discretion, but they will not earn you any points.  THEREFORE, only spend time on those when you have finished including the requirements. 

POWERPOINT BASICS:
·         All typing in AT LEAST size 16 font
·         No crazy fonts – make them readable
·         Use dark on light, and light on dark techniques (think of the hearaldry)
·         ALWAYS include a TITLE at the top of each slide (Character, Setting, Plot, Intro, Conclusion)
·         ALWAYS save your work in your own documents folder.  Be sure to check this!  Don’t save it on a specific computer, or you won’t be able to access it.
·         I will take off 5 points for each spelling/DOL mistake I see on your presentation

A.  an introduction slide which includes the name of your book, the author, publishing company

    -  Extra Credit (5 points) – find & include a photo of your book’s cover

B.  at least ONE slide which describes your MAIN CHARACTER or your most FAVORITE character.

   -  Extra Credit (5 points) – find & include a photo or representation of your character

C.  at least ONE slide which describes the SETTING of your story. 

   -  Extra Credit (5 points) -  find & include a photo representation of what the setting was

D.  at least ONE slide which lists the major events of the story (the PLOT)

   -  Extra Credit (5 points) -  find & include a photo(s) representing an event(s) from the story

E.  one conclusion slide where you give your opinion on the book, give it a rating of 1-5, your recommendation (or not!), and what you have learned. 

GRADING:  

_________ / 100 (requirements) 

+ extra credit ______________  

- spelling / DOL type of mistakes ______________

             =    _____________  your score