Type of Project

What to Do

What it Includes

Art Smart

Using the major events from your story, create a collage of pictures to retell your story. Use any art form you wish.

____ Retelling accurate

____ Colorful

____ Summary

Music Smart

Think about your favorite part of your novel. As the teacher reads the novel, choose musical instruments or sounds to set the reading to music.

____ Music matches story

____ Written copy of instruments/sounds used

____ Summary

Word Smart

Choose 12 words from your book that are important (character names, places, events, vocabulary). Describe why those words are important to understanding the novel.

____ List of words

____ Descriptions of words are accurate

____ Summary

Logic Smart

Make a time line of events in the story. Include at least 8 events, in the correct order.

____ 8 events in order

____ Time line format

____ Summary

Nature Smart

Focus on the setting of the story. Choose a part of the story and in a paragraph or so tell how the story would be different if it happened in a different place.

____ Name different settings

____ Changes explained

____ Summary

Self Smart

Think of a part in your novel that you can relate to. In a paragraph or two, explain how the novel relates to you. Give at least 5 comparisons in your paragraph.

____ Paragraph

____ 5 clear reasons

____ Summary

People Smart

List 6 characters from your novel. List reasons why the character was important to the story.

____ List of characters

____ Importance in   novel

____ Summary