Independent Reading Projects

for Language Arts and Reading classes

Art Gallery

Blueprint

Board Game

Ceramics

Charcoal Sketch

Chart

Collection with Illustration

Collection with Narrative

Comic Strip

Computer Program

Costume

Dance

Debate

Demonstration

Detailed illustration

Diary

Diorama

Display

Drama

Dramatic monologue

Editorial

Essay

Etching

Experiment

Fable

Fairy Tale

Family Tree

Filmstrip

Graph

Graphic Design

Greeting Card

Guest speaker

Haiku

Interview

Illustrated Story

Journal

Labeled Diagram

Large Scale Drawing

Lecture

Letter

Letter to the Editor

Lesson

Limerick

Line Drawing

Magazine Article

Map with Legend

Maze

Mobile

Model

Montage

Movie

Mural

Museum Exhibit

Musical Composition

News Report

News Article

News Paper Page

Novella

Oil Painting

Package for a Product

Pamphlet

Pantomime

Pattern with Instructions

Photo Essay

Picture Dictionary

Picture Story for Children

Poem

Poster

Pottery

Prototype

Puppet

Puppet Show

Radio Show

Relief map

Sand-casting

Scrapbook

Sculpture

Silk-screening

Skit

Slide/Tape Presentation

Small Scale Drawing

Song

Sonnet

Stencil

Stitchery

Survey

Terrarium

Time Line

Travel Brochure

Travelogue

TV Documentary

TV Newscast

Video Game

Watercolor Painting

Write a New Law

The projects above may be completed for books read independently in Mr. Ott’s Language Arts classes.

One Project is due each semester and will constitute 10% of the semester grade in Language Arts.

Project Guidelines:

The title and author of the book must appear somewhere on the project. Likewise, a written connection between the book and the project should appear somewhere on the project. Written projects should be typed and/or presented on poster board. Students should not present any project that does not meet the criteria in the #3 column of the evaluation rubric on the reverse of this page. Since all projects must be approved prior to their presentation, they should be brought to school for review at least 3 days prior to the student’s scheduled presentation. This will give the student the opportunity to get constructive feedback in order to make improvements before a grade is assigned. All books read for projects should be approved by Mr. Ott prior to their reading, and appropriate reading log must be completed as book is in progress. Project grade will account for 10% of the Semester Language Arts Grade and will consist of two parts: 50% - physical project, 50% - classroom oral presentation. Note: No more than 2 projects will be scheduled per day. It is the student’s responsibility to pace the completion of his/her projects. Students will sign up for presentation times each semester. Presentation dates will be posted on the Class Website at least 6 weeks in advance of the first scheduled project. Failure to complete project on the chosen date will result in a loss of 5 points per calendar day that the project is not suitable for presentation. In addition to the acceptable product, on the date of their presentation, students will turn in a signed and completed reading log along with a typed copy of their oral presentation. Failure to possess any of these three elements on time will result in a late presentation of their work and will result in a loss of credit as defined above.