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//Old Yeller // Projects =BECOME A MUSIC PRODUCER= 1) Go to the library (or use the internet) and look for traditional cowboy or folk songs that might have been played during the 1860s. Select 6 songs (3 songs to represent different characters; 3 songs to represent scenes). In addition to the 6 songs, you should select an overall theme song (total of 7 songs). Create a CD cover and inside include the titles of each song. **On a separate typed** **document, include each song title and **e**xplain in a few sentences how each song relates to** **the book (characters, scenes, and overall theme). ** 2) Design an __updated__ soundtrack for //Old Yeller.// Again select 7 songs according to the above specifications. **On a separate typed document, include each song title and** e**xplain in a few**
 * sentences how each song relates to the book (characters, scenes, and overall theme). **

=BECOME AN ILLUSTRATOR= Pick out what you feel was the “essence” or “spirit” of each chapter and draw a picture showing that scene. Therefore, all 16 chapters of //Old Yeller// should have an illustration. You are going to scan these pictures and put them in a mixbook. You will want to explain in a sentence or two what is happening in the pictures so that a child would be able to understand. Make sure your drawings are 8 x 10’s.

BECOME A PUBLISHER (chapter titles and book cover)
1) This novel does not have chapter titles. For each chapter, write a title that will “grab” the reader, suggest the major ideas, or motivate the reluctant reader. You may list the chapter titles vertically as a table of contents would appear, but I would also like a 1 - 3 sentence explanation for each chapter title. 2) Design a book cover for the novel //Old Yeller//. The illustration should relate to an important aspect of the novel. Please include a five to seven sentence enticing scene snippet or a summary grabber on the back. You should include 2 book reviews as well. Take a look at some of your favorite books for ideas. You will use mixbook to create this project. Student has exceeded the expectations of the assignment. 40 Student has completed the assignment with extra effort. 37 Student has completed all parts of the assignment. They accomplished the minimum, but could have spent more time on the project. 34 Student has not worked to the best of  his/her ability. Student did not complete all parts of the project. Evidence of rushing and not taking time to be thorough. 31 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Project Rubric: Total Points 40

=BECOME AN ARTIST= <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1) You will use the school cameras to take pictures and scan them for this project. Using your pictures, create an important scene from the book (make it colorful, creative, and include 2-3 characters in the scene). Give a title to your work. Either below or on a separate piece of paper, you should type a paragraph (hook, topic sentence, 2 supporting details, clincher) that reflect on what is happening in the scene and why it is important to the book. <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2) Create 2 abstract works of art (using []<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">). The first will use symbolism to represent the theme of a bildungsroman; and the second to represent the important parts of the plot (exposition, 2 rising action events, climax, falling action, and resolution).

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PREZI __ <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1) Using []<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">, create a presentation that focuses on the figurative language used in //Old Yeller//. You should include at least 5 elements of figurative language and each should be supported with 2 different examples in the text where the figurative language is found. (Ideas: symbolism, metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, descriptive language, personification, alliteration, hyperbole.)

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">CARTOON STRIP __ <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1) Create a cartoon strip that depicts an alternate ending to a scene from Old Yeller. Maybe you can change the scene with the wild boars, the lone wolf, the scene with the bear, or when the bull wrecks the fence. Make it creative and use complete sentences in the bubbles and/or narration. You comic should be at least 6 panels. You may sketch these cartoon strips and then scan them into the computer, OR you may create a digital cartoon using <span style="color: red; font-family: 'century schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">[].