Socorro Middle School
7th Grade Pre/AP ELAR
Independent Summer Project/Assignment Syllabus
Ms. Esther Holguin
Dear 7th Grade Students and Parents,
In order to be enrolled in the 7th grade Pre-AP ELAR class, you will have to complete a project during the summer on the novel “The Outsiders”. Final Projects can be turned in starting July 27, 2016. The very latest you can turn them in will be the first day of school which will be August 1, 2016. After August 1, students will not be able to turn in projects and will be dropped from the class. Make sure you turn in all the pieces of your project for your entry into Pre-AP 7th grade ELAR. So put your thinking caps on and start thinking OUT OF THE BOX!
This summer you will be reading the novel THE OUTSIDERS by S.E Hinton. You can either check it out from Socorro Middle School Library, your local library, or you might purchase it on your own.
“The Outsiders” has plenty of great quotes. You will do a double entry journal for each chapter. The double entry journal combines note taking with personal comments. Its purpose is to encourage careful reading and response. This is something you must do during the summer.
AFTER YOU FINISH READING, YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING..
1. Do you wonder what happened next? Write a sequel to The Outsiders where you predict what comes next in the lives of the characters. Pick 2 characters to talk about. Be sure to write it as a story, not just an essay explaining what you think. The story must show evidence that you understood the book and its characters. Quality is more important than quantity.
2. After the fire, a newspaper article is written about the boys being heroes. Write this newspaper article. Make the newspaper page including headlines, pictures, captions. Make it look like a real newspaper.
3. Create a book jacket! Design a “Special Edition” copy of The Outsiders.
a. Front Cover Directions: Create cover art for the jacket. Think about specific parts in the novel that are important to the plot, and use those ideas to work from. The cover MUST be relevant to the book, and may not be random or unrelated artwork. Make the cover as colorful and attractive as possible.
b. Inside Front Fold Directions: Describe an exciting scene from the book to try and entice students to read the book. Leave it as a cliffhanger! Why would a person want to read this book?
c. Spine Directions: The title of the novel(The Outsiders) and the author(S.E. Hinton).
d. Back Cover Directions: At the top, write a summary of the novel in your own words. Underneath the plot synopsis, include a review of the novel. This should be written in your own words. You may create reviews by fictitious or famous people. Get creative!
e. Inside Back Fold Directions: Your choice! Tell us about the author, add more “reviews,” or illustrations.
4. Create the soundtrack for The Outsiders: The Movie (2.0). Select five important scenes from the novel and choose a song from the era that you would include in the movie version for each scene. For each, describe the scene, the characters involved and why this song or artist is appropriate.
a. Burn a cd, put on a flash drive, save it on your phone the songs you’ve selected for your soundtrack or write the names of the song and when you present we can watch it in class.
b. Describe each scene and why the song or artist is appropriate.
c. Design the cd or album cover for the soundtrack.
5. Create 5 memes of any events presented in the novel. Be unique, creative and choose your words wisely.
The best way to contact me is through email which is . Have fun with your projects and get creative with them. I am looking forward to your presentations when school starts! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!
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