Assessment 1 - Novel Study: Response to Text Activities

Part One - Bento Box

You need to find objects in the real world that relate to the book in some way. 

This could include colours, pieces of clothing, food, toys, random objects, or natural elements. When you’ve assembled a fair number of things related to your story, you have to take a picture of everything all together. 

Center the book on some sort of decorative space with the objects surrounding the cover, and take a picture!

Part Two - One Pager

Relating to our Context:

Effective Systems for Sustainable Living. You will come across aspects where the characters will meet certain challenges and will need to make certain crucial choices.

• independently reading and reflecting on our novels, showing deeper thinking and understanding.
• Unpacking themes and messages, conflict, character development and how setting (time, place and circumstances) impact on the choice individuals make in life.

• Write a short biography of your author.
• Make connections to other books, films, pieces of art or music.
  
• Incorporate important dates/locations connected to the novel.
• Analyse the changes in your character of choice from your character log.
• Have pictures or Illustrations! Either cut out and glued on or hand-drawn in.
• Write important Themes & Symbols that you created for the novel.
• Write a custom made non-spoiler summary of the story.
• Draw or represent important parts from the book.
• Decorate your page with important words from the book. This may not be quotes necessarily, but rather words that are important.
• Draw a symbol/drawing/cut out of something that acts as a symbol for the book.
• Try listing elemental information from all the figurative language and element notes you’ve taken.