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Text Response TEXT RESPONSE IS DUE ON THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER.

You are expected to read EVERY night. This may mean that you read many books in a term or just one or two. However, you will be expected to complete the following homework task for ONE book each term. Look at the list of activities below. They are divided into 8 sections. After you finish your novel, you will need to complete ONE activity from EACH section (that is, you will do 8 activities). Your answers need to show that you have read your book carefully and understood the story and characters. You must complete all activities in your text response book, listing the title and author of the book, and the date you completed reading it. Remember, if you read more than two books in the term, you are NOT expected to complete this task for all of them. You choose any one of the books that you have read.

1. Discuss how the main character is like or unlike someone you know. 2. Invite one character to dinner and explain to your mother why you have invited them. 3. Make a time line of events which happened to the main character. 4. Make up a five question interview (with answers) for any character. 5. For a movie of your book, which actress would you choose for the leading female character? Why? 6. For a movie of your book, which actor would you choose for the leading male character? Why? 7. Pretending you are an interior decorator, describe how you would decorate a character’s room. Why? 8. Imagine you are one character in the book. Describe how you feel about the other characters. 9. Write and draw a character profile of a character.
 * __ CHARACTERS __**


 * __ SETTING __**
 * 1) Make a map of the setting of your book.
 * 2) Compare where you live with the neighbourhood or town in your book.
 * 3) Complete a drawing of part of the setting of your story (eg. Castle, forest, street, etc).
 * 4) Make a brochure advertising the country or town in your book as a holiday spot.
 * 5) Was your story set in another time (past, future)? If so, describe how the setting is different from what we could expect now.

1. Write to the author and explain how you felt about his/her book. 2. Make up five interview questions (with answers) for the author. 3. Pretend you are the author and explain why you chose the title for your book. 4. Pretend you are the author and describe the part that was the most fun to write. 5. Research your author to find out what else he/she has written.
 * __ AUTHOR __**

1. Compare your book with another book you have read. 2. Describe an experience you have had that was like the experience of a character in the book. 3. Compare your book with a movie or TV show which is similar. How are they similar?
 * __ COMPARISONS __**

1. Design a book cover for your book. 2. Draw a comic strip about your book. 3. Create a poster for your book. 4. Write the title in a decorative, artistic way. 5. Cut words or pictures from newspapers or magazines to make a collage about your book. 6. Make any kind of illustration about your book (drawing, chart, graph, etc).
 * __ ART WORK __**


 * __ CREATIVE WRITING __**
 * 1) Write a poem about your book or about one of the characters.
 * 2) Write a letter to a friend describing the book.
 * 3) Write a different ending for your book.
 * 4) Write a diary for your favourite character.
 * 5) Write about any special thoughts or feeling this book gave you.


 * __ VOCABULARY __**
 * 1) List fifteen interesting words from your book, describing WHY each is interesting.
 * 2) Make a small dictionary (between 20 and 25 words) of difficult or tricky words from your book – remember a dictionary has meanings and words are listed alphabetically!
 * 3) Write a list of words you hadn’t come across before. Give their meanings.
 * 4) Write a list of twenty proper nouns (names, places, movies, etc) in your book. State which page they are on.

Write a brief evaluation of the book. Did you enjoy it? Why or why not? Who would you recommend it for? Why? Would this book be a good book to read to a whole class, or is it more suitable for individual reading?
 * __ EVALUATION __**