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Binnenkort ga je (weer) een verslag schrijven van een boek dat je gelezen hebt voor je boekenlijst van Engels. Er bestaandaarvoor de standaardformulieren. Voor elke afdeling van Havoen Vwo is er in Teletop bij vakinformatie, de plaats waar je hetstandaard formulier kunt vinden.Voor de meer creatieve geesten is er een mogelijkheid om hetverslag op een alternatieve manier in te leveren op deafgesproken tijdstippen.

Hieronder vind je een lijst van mogelijke andere opties.Indien je kiest voor een van de alternatieve opties moet jezorgen dat je een kwalitatief sterke prestatie levert. Indien nietaangegeven op welke manier je het vorm moet geven moet je

er rekening mee houden dat minstens 1,5 A4 met max.anderhalve regelafstand en max. lettertype grootte 12 gebruiktwordt.Twijfel je over de opdracht zorg dat je tijdig je docent vraagt omhulp.Elke alternatieve opdracht mag je slechts 1x per schooljaargebruiken. Variëren dus. Op Havo 4 mag ook in het Nederlandsgewerkt worden.

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1. Business Card Book: Write the story in the most compelling way you can on paperthe size of a business card.

2. Postcard: Write to a friend, the author, or to a character about this book. Write as if

you were the character or author and write to yourself. One side has a picture ofcourse.3. Mapmaker: Draw a map of the book's setting.4. Moviemaker: Write a one page "sales-presentation = pitch" to a producer explaining

why the story would or would not make a great movie.5. Trailer: Movie previews always offer a quick sequence of the best moments that

make us want to watch it – storyboard or narrate the scenes for your trailer. Focus onverbs.

6. Billboard: As in the movies, take what seems the most compelling image(s) andcreate an ad.

7. Adjective-i ti s: Pick five adjectives for the book or character(s), and explain how theyapply.

8. Collage: Create an individual or class collage around themes or characters in thebook.9. Surf the Net: Prior to, while, or after reading a book check out the Web and its

offerings about the book, its author, or its subject. Make it into something of your own.Do not just copy and paste. Should be something individual.

10. Timeline: Create a timeline that includes both the events in the novel and historicalinformation of the time / period. Try using Post-Its on a whiteboard!

11. Picture This: Bring in art related to book's time or themes. Compare, describe, anddiscuss in short additional essay.

12. Draw!: Translate chapters into storyboards and cartoons; draw the most importantscene in the chapter and explain its importance and action.

13. Character Analysis: Describe a character as a psychologist or recruiting officermight: what are they like? Examples? Why are they like that?

14. Time Machine: Instead of travelling into the book, write a scene or story in which thecharacter(s) travel out of the book into today.

15. Biography: Write a biography of one of the characters who most interests you.16. Autobiography: Have the character that most interests you write their autobiography

of the time before, during, or after the story occurs.17. P.S.: After you have read the story, write an epilogue in which you explain – using

whatever tense and tone the author does – what happened to the character(s) next.18. Dear Classmate: Using email or some other means of corresponding, write each

other about the book as you read it, having a written conversation about the book.Print the emails you have been sending each other.

19. Convention Introduction: You have been asked to introduce the book’s author to aconvention of English teachers. What would you say? Write your speech.

20. Sing Me a Song: Write a song/ballad about the story, a character, or an event in thebook.

21. Executive Summary: Take a 3x5 card and summarize what happened on one side.On the other, analyze the importance of what happened and the reasons it happened.

22. Publication: Based on everything you know now in the story, how would you designa new cover for the book. Make sure it can be used as a cover of the book youborrowed and have read.

23. Storyboard: Create a storyboard for the chapter or story.24. Interactive Story: Create a multimedia, interactive version of the story. A great

challenge for ICT fans. Try to get beyond the usual PowerPoint presentation. Make it

really interactive. Send the completed product as an attachment to your teacher’semail address or burn it onto a CD.25. Make Your Own Test: Create your own test or essay questions about the text.