Assignment - Novel Journal Assignment

In Assignment, you were asked to complete a literature study and choose a novel for study. The novel choices were as follows:

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Fiction)
• Erebos by Ursula Poznanski (Fiction)
• Obasan by Joy Kogawa (Fiction)
• An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (non-fiction)

Now that you have read your novel it is time to complete your first assignment on the novel you have chosen.

Assignment - Novel Journal Assignment - Instructions

Your task is to complete 10 responses (one page or more double spaced) to what you are reading. Divide your novel roughly into ten sections. For each entry include the date and the pages read.

Below are some topics, ideas, activities to choose from. You may also choose any of the questions on the previous "Guided Reading" pages pertaining to your novel and so choose a good selection of topics between the guided reading questions on the previous course page and/or questions below.

1. Describe an experience you (or someone else you know) had that was like the experience of a character in the book.

2. Explain how a character in the book changed or is starting to change in the section you are responding to.

3. Explain why you would like to have one of the characters as a friend.

4. Create a diagram showing the setting of some part of the story. (I'm marking for detail and accuracy not drawing talent!)

5. Sketch a scene in the book depicting a part of the plot (link) and explain why you chose to draw this scene.

6. Describe a feeling or emotion that you experienced as you were reading this section and what caused this feeling.

7. Write your opinion to a character's action or reaction. What would you have done?

8. Write about a connection to another book you have read (think of similar characters, plots, settings and themes.)

9. Write down a quote or passage that appeals to you. Describe why.

10. Write down three or four descriptive sentences that appeal to you and explain why.

11. Make a prediction of what is going to happen next.

12. Give your opinion of the author's writing style? What images captured your interest? How did the author create suspense?

Remember that if you have used any sources other than your novel for this assignment you must include in-text citations and a reference page, all according to APA style rules, with your assignment.