Literature

LITERATURE HOMEWORK

 Lit 1:  Write a paragraph that summarized the pages you read. Be concise and include only the important details. If it is part of a selection, 20 words max. If it is the entire story, 40 words max.

Lit 2: Select the most important section of the pages read, and write a dialogue in today’s vernacular that paraphrases the action.

Lit 3: Write a two-sentence summary of the assigned pages. Then CREATE A CHANGE in an event. Describe the change and how things advanced differently because of the change.

Lit 4: Write a one or two-stanza poem or limerick that CLEVERLY tells what occurred in the pages you read.

Lit 5:  Create an outline as you read. Use a different Roman numeral for each different scene, dialogue, or conflict. These should be in sequential order. Under each Roman numeral, briefly describe what happened.

Lit 6:  Select two of the characters you read about, and write a short paragraph that compared their situation with the predicament faced by two people in a movie, television show, or different book. Explain how they are the same.

LLit 7:  Copy a paragraph from the story that clearly  shows its point of view (1^st, 3^rd, or omniscient). LABEL THE POV. Then write the same paragraph in a different POV and LABEL that POV.

Lit 8:  Draw an aerial view of the setting of the pages you read. FOR CREDIT YOU MUST HAVE a Legend, Lines/arrows, a Caption. Develop a legend (key) for different characters or groups, and then draw lines with arrows to show how these characters moved about the scene. Include a CAPTION to explain your drawing.

Lit 9:  Write a letter to a character. You must use proper letter format and it must be at least three (3) complete paragraphs. Tell the character why you chose to write to him/her/it. Comment on something that happened in the story. Tell what you would have done if you were in the story.