Independent Reading Project Independent Reading Project Rubric

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Among the Betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#3). Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#5). Among the Enemy by Margaret Peterson Haddix  ...
Independent Reading Project Second Semester Due: ___________________________ Assignment: This semester, you will need to read a dystopian novel. See the end of this packet for a list. After reading your book, you will create a display and information sheet. Display: Create a folder on your book that will be displayed to other students. Instead of a presentation, you will have an opportunity to do a gallery walk of the projects. Below is the information that is required for the project. Be creative with the presentation of your information. I.

On Front of the Folder A. Picture that depicts that book B. Rating out of five

II.

Inside the Folder A. Left side: 1. Description of favorite scene 2. How this book fits the description of a dystopian novel B. Right side: 1. Title 2. Author 3. Number of pages 4. List of major characters with descriptions (physicality and personality) 5. Summary of novel

III.

Back of the Folder A. Who would like this book? Why? B. One quote from a reviewer

TurnItIn.com: All components of your folder must be submitted on TurnItIn.com (put everything in one Microsoft Word document to upload). All of your work should be original!

Independent Reading Project Rubric Points Earned

Project Component Information • Includes all required informational components • Contains no written quality errors • Thoughtful analysis/reflection Display & Creativity • Display follows placement requirements • Aesthetically pleasing (neat, easily legible font(s) and sizing, colorful) • Picture(s) not pixilated/stretched • Creative use of the folder space Total Points Earned

Points Possible 35

15

50

Popular Dystopian Novels Young Adult: Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#4) Among the Betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#3) Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#5) Among the Enemy by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#6) Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#7) Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#1) Among the Impostors by Margaret Peterson Haddix (#2) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (#2) Cinder by Marissa Meyer Crossed by Ally Condie (#2) Divergent by Veronica Roth Exodus by Julie Bertanga Extras by Scott Westerfield (#4) Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick Genesis by Bernard Beckett Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines Gone by Michael Grant (#1) Hollowland by Amanda Hocking How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (#1) Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Matched by Ally Condie (#1) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (#3) Pretties by Scott Westerfield (#2) Requiem by Lauren Oliver Specials by Scott Westerfield (#3) The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (#1) The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (#2) The Death Cure by James Dashner (#3) The Declaration by Gemma Malley The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau (#4) The House of the Scorpions by Nancy Farmer The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (#1) The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick The Maze Runner by James Dashner (#1) The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau (#2) The Profit of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau (#3) The Resistance by Gemma Malley The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (#2) The Secret Under my Skin by Janet McNaughton The Silenced by James DeVita The Sky Inside by Clare B. Dunkle This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer (#3) Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (#1) Unwind by Neal Shusterman Wither by Lauren DeStefano Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien

Non-YA 1984 by George Orwell A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Anthem by Ayn Rand Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury In the Country of Last Things by Paul Astuer Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut That Hideous Strength C.S. Lewis The Children of Men by PD James The Chrysalids by John Wyndham The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Iron Heel by Jack London The Running Man by Richard Bachman (actually Stephen King) The Scarlet Plague by Jack London The Time Machine by H.G. Wells We by Yevgeny Zamyatin We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The link below has a list of 50+ YA Dystopian Novels and some blurbs; many of them are on the list above. http://www.bartsbookshelf.co.uk/2009/09/30/update-best-dystopian-ya-novels-redux/