A to Z Book for the novel. 26 sentences—A-Z—that "capture" the book and its characters, themes, plot, lessons to be learned, etc. - Illustrated! Bonus for good use of vocabulary words. - Use Comic Life, or a wikispace
Make a complete family tree for each of the stories main characters - use Inspiration
Video a scene from the play
Create a theme song for The Pigman. Perform it or tape it. - Possibly use Audacity on PC or Garageband on Mac
Write a story about what John and Lorraine will be doing in the next 10 years - this can be a collaborative project using Google Docs
Have students create a website dedicated to the book, focusing on themes, characters, symbols and activities
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat - Non-fiction novel
IDEAS
Create a wix website about the novel with questions and activities for greater understanding: here is a student example wix site http://www.wix.com/fordss/ncf
Research about wolves and present the information in a Prezi to the class
Develop and film a movie trailer for the novel
Film a public service announcement about the preservation of wolves, using examples from the story to help you
Create a Popplet of the themes seen in the novel as a class
Skype with a biologist, conservation officer, ecologist or another scientist (possibly one who knows about wolves) to make connections with the novel and have students come up with questions to ask them
Create a new book cover for the novel using Comic Life
Have each student find 5 websites about wolves that are informational and have them say why they think so, and share it with the class
Write a blog post/diary from Mowat's perspective as he went into the Arctic
Using Inspiration, create a timeline of the events in the novel
Pretend you are a travel agent and plan an Eco-Adventure to Canada's North. Design either a poster (Comic Life) or a brochure (MS Publisher) for this trip or use Glogster to create an interactive poster
Write up a job posting advertising for a biologist to replace Mowat. Make sure to include a job description and what the government's expectations are for the replacement. Then have your classmates prepare a fictitious resume and covering letter to respond to the posting
ELA 9 Novels
ELA 9 Novel Study - Grade 9
The Pigman by Paul Zindel - Fiction novel
Study Guide for The Pigmanhttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/pigman.pdf
IDEAS
Create a new book cover using Comic Life
A to Z Book for the novel. 26 sentences—A-Z—that "capture" the book and its characters, themes, plot, lessons to be learned, etc. - Illustrated! Bonus for good use of vocabulary words. - Use Comic Life, or a wikispace
Make a complete family tree for each of the stories main characters - use Inspiration
Video a scene from the play
Create a theme song for The Pigman. Perform it or tape it. - Possibly use Audacity on PC or Garageband on Mac
Write a story about what John and Lorraine will be doing in the next 10 years - this can be a collaborative project using Google Docs
Have students create a website dedicated to the book, focusing on themes, characters, symbols and activities
Here is a student example:
http://www.wix.com/superman12345/pigmanIDEAS
Create a wix website about the novel with questions and activities for greater understanding: here is a student example wix site http://www.wix.com/fordss/ncf
Research about wolves and present the information in a Prezi to the class
Develop and film a movie trailer for the novel
Film a public service announcement about the preservation of wolves, using examples from the story to help you
Create a Popplet of the themes seen in the novel as a class
Skype with a biologist, conservation officer, ecologist or another scientist (possibly one who knows about wolves) to make connections with the novel and have students come up with questions to ask them
Create a new book cover for the novel using Comic Life
Have each student find 5 websites about wolves that are informational and have them say why they think so, and share it with the class
Write a blog post/diary from Mowat's perspective as he went into the Arctic
Using Inspiration, create a timeline of the events in the novel
Pretend you are a travel agent and plan an Eco-Adventure to Canada's North. Design either a poster (Comic Life) or a brochure (MS Publisher) for this trip or use Glogster to create an interactive poster
Write up a job posting advertising for a biologist to replace Mowat. Make sure to include a job description and what the government's expectations are for the replacement. Then have your classmates prepare a fictitious resume and covering letter to respond to the posting