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Summarize the book through your own poem with a rhyme scheme, meter, and some form (minimum 20 lines). Reflect theme and depth of insight in your poem. 2. Discuss in depth the relevance of the title. NOTICE: In depth. Defend your reasoning. 3. Write a letter to the author or character. Capture the depth or awareness in your response. Support and defend your choices. For the character: Be specific. What are the characters needs? Elaborate. Explain your ideas of the authors purpose in your response. 4. Use outside sources - book, internet or otherwise - to research and fully understand two global ideas in The Poisonwood Bible / The Grapes of Wrath / etc. Explain in your own words (and using citations when necessary) why these two issues are necessary knowledge for the reader and explain what each issue brings to a deeper understanding of the text. 5. Research the author and synthesize your findings. Explain how the findings connect with or illuminate the text for you. Authors lives weigh heavily in their texts and youre looking for clues. Although you may be tempted to do it first, dont complete this until youve read most of the text. 6. Q & A - Pretend you're interviewing a person from the book. Write your interview in question and answer format. Write insightful questions. Provide answers that have support from the text. Dig for depth and understanding. 7. Compare and contrast the book with another you have read. Add details from both as support for your points of comparison. Address the authors big ideas. 8. Discuss cause and effect relationships you found in the book. For each support your answer with details from the book. 9. Editorials are from the Opinion page of a publication such as The New York Times. Write an editorial based on a controversial issue in the book. You may need to do some research. Make a specific claim and then support with insight and details from the text. 10. As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book. Think about why readers need to read this book. Use details from the text to support your position. 11. Top 10 List - list ten things you learned from this book. Explain each choice and defend with text support. 12. Design a time-line for events in the book, which will be helpful for assimilating the major events and the narrative frame / structure. Why did the author choose this time frame? Think about the authors purpose.