Novel Study : Responding to English Text.

We are using Blooms Taxonomy to allow us to work at the various levels of thinking students in 10DA operate at.

Our task is to do a minimum of 3 activities in Remember and Understand and 2 in Apply and Analyse.

Select a Novel from the choices supplied. Should you have one already that has your interest, discuss and negotiate with the teacher to use that one.
Read the novel thoroughly.

REMEMBERING

• Make a time line of events in the novel.
• Answer factual questions on characters or events. (Classmates and /or Teacher will supply.)
• Describe a character or event.
• List all the characters or locations.
• Write a chronology for one character.

UNDERSTANDING

• Tell a section of the Novel in your own words.
• Who are the main characters? Who are the secondary characters?
• Choose part of the novel you enjoyed and draw a picture of it.
• Explain the differences between two characters.
• Choose your favourite character and explain your choice.
• Explain how or why a particular event occurred.
• Draw a cartoon strip showing the sequence of events.
• Pretend that you are the main character and introduce the other characters to the class.
• Make a map of the setting.
• Write 10 discussion questions on the novel.
• Explain why the novel begins or ends as it does.

APPLYING

• Make up a board game based on the novel.
• Create a diorama to illustrate an event.
• Write an acrostic poem about a character, event or the whole novel.
• Make a poster to advertise the novel in the library.
• Re-write the novel in a simple form for young children. Include appropriate illustrations.
• Devise 5 interview questions (with answers) for one of the characters.
• Make a collage of words and pictures based on the novel.
• Re-write a scene to show a different character's point of view.
• Write a script of part or all of the novel.

ANALYSING

• Identify and explain the major theme.
• Explain how you feel about the major issues dealt with in the novel.
• Explain why the the characters or events are either credible or unlikely.
• Investigate the response of others to various aspects of the novel. Compare these to your own.
• Draw a diagram to show how the characters relate to each other.

Thanks to Michael Pohl for these activities.