Appetizer: (select one)

❖ Design a story map that includes the characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end of the story.
❖ Create a book trailer that gives a synopsis of the story to interest your classmates to read your
book.
➢ Both of these activities will ask students to pull the main ideas and themes from their
book. Students will learn how to summarize and recognize key elements of a story.
Students will have the opportunity for a personal response to the book they chose to read
because students can ask them questions about their presentation.

Main Course: (select one)

❖ Create a presentation to persuade a publishing company to publish the book. Include visuals,
selling points, intended audience, and how it relates to science.
➢ Students will be able to explain and identify the main ideas and how science material can
be included in a literary context.
❖ Create a presentation on why teachers should include this book in their classroom library. Include
how it connects to the school curriculum and what students will learn from the book as well as
how the book will interest students
➢ Students will show how their book elements relate to the school curriculum and are able
to understand how fictional books can incorporate true scientific concepts.
❖ Research the scientific elements in your story and create a presentation.
➢ This project will have students further investigate the scientific elements in their story.
Students will be able to show their understanding of these scientific concepts by having
to analyze and communicate the concepts.
❖ Create a presentation on any scientific misconceptions from your story. Why did they believe
what they did? When and how were these misconceptions proven wrong?
➢ By addressing the misconception in the story, the students will be able to understand how
misconceptions are developed and how we can address them.

Dessert: (select one)

❖ Create your own book cover for the book using elements from the story.
➢ By creating a book cover for the book, students will have to incorporate key elements and
characters from the story. This will show a student’s comprehension of the story.
❖ Redesign the ending of your story. Based on what you read about in your story, go back and
design an alternative ending that would impact the story in a unique way.
➢ By redesigning the ending of a story, the students are using their prior knowledge in order
to connect ideas from the story with their own new ideas.