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English II YOUR TASK IS TO READ THE NOVEL DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH AND COMPLETE TWO OF THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW: 1. DIVERGENT TAKES PLACE IN A FUTURISTIC VERSION OF CHICAGO. THOUGH DIFFERENT, MANY PARTS OF IT ARE FAMILIAR. CREATE A COLLAGE OF IMAGES THAT REPRESENT DIVERGENT‘S VERSION OF CHICAGO USING PHOTOS, MAGAZINE CLIPPINGS, ORIGINAL ART, ETC. USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY EACH IMAGE. MUST HAVE 8-10 IMAGES. 2. WHAT ELEMENTS MAKE UP EACH OF THE FIVE FACTIONS IN DIVERGENT? USING MIXED MEDIA, CREATE FIVE PIECES OF ART — EACH REPRESENTING THE VALUES OF EACH FACTION. 3. ESSAY - PART OF CHOOSING A FACTION IN DIVERGENT CAN BE COMPARED TO CHOOSING YOUR GROUP OF FRIENDS IN SCHOOL. DISCUSS THE WAY PEOPLE — TEENS, ESPECIALLY — FIT INTO SOCIAL CIRCLES. COMPARE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL “CLIQUES” WITH THE FACTIONS IN DIVERGENT. MUST BE 1-2 PAGES. 4. SELECT A CHARACTER FROM THE BOOK. THEN SELECT 10 QUOTATIONS FROM THE TEXT THAT YOU FEEL REVEALS THE CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY. YOU MUST EXPLAIN WHAT EACH QUOTATION/SENTENCE TELLS YOU ABOUT THE CHARACTER. 5. THIS NOVEL WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE - WATCH THE MOVIE. WRITE A 1-2 PAGE ESSAY COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE. WHAT ABOUT THEM WAS DIFFERENT? WHICH ONE DID YOU LIKE BEST? WHY? DUE AUGUST 27TH. THIS PROJECT WILL BE WORTH TWO FORMATIVE GRADES AND EXTRA CREDIT TOWARDS YOUR FIRST SUMMATIVE. FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT: GENESIS ROMAN - TEAM LEADER [email protected]

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Page 1:  · Web viewEnglish II YOUR TASK IS TO READ THE NOVEL DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH AND COMPLETE TWO OF THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW:1. DIVERGENT TAKES PLACE IN A FUTURISTIC VERSION OF CHICAGO

English IIYOUR TASK IS TO READ THE NOVEL DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH AND

COMPLETE TWO OF THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW:

1. DIVERGENT TAKES PLACE IN A FUTURISTIC VERSION OF CHICAGO. THOUGH DIFFERENT, MANY PARTS OF IT ARE FAMILIAR. CREATE A COLLAGE OF IMAGES THAT REPRESENT DIVERGENT‘S VERSION OF CHICAGO USING PHOTOS, MAGAZINE CLIPPINGS, ORIGINAL ART, ETC. USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY EACH IMAGE. MUST HAVE 8-10 IMAGES.

2. WHAT ELEMENTS MAKE UP EACH OF THE FIVE FACTIONS IN DIVERGENT? USING MIXED MEDIA, CREATE FIVE PIECES OF ART — EACH REPRESENTING THE VALUES OF EACH FACTION.

3. ESSAY - PART OF CHOOSING A FACTION IN DIVERGENT CAN BE COMPARED TO CHOOSING YOUR GROUP OF FRIENDS IN SCHOOL. DISCUSS THE WAY PEOPLE — TEENS, ESPECIALLY — FIT INTO SOCIAL CIRCLES. COMPARE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL “CLIQUES” WITH THE FACTIONS IN DIVERGENT. MUST BE 1-2 PAGES.

4. SELECT A CHARACTER FROM THE BOOK. THEN SELECT 10 QUOTATIONS FROM THE TEXT THAT YOU FEEL REVEALS THE CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY. YOU MUST EXPLAIN WHAT EACH QUOTATION/SENTENCE TELLS YOU ABOUT THE CHARACTER.

5. THIS NOVEL WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE - WATCH THE MOVIE. WRITE A 1-2 PAGE ESSAY COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE. WHAT ABOUT THEM WAS DIFFERENT? WHICH ONE DID YOU LIKE BEST? WHY?

DUE AUGUST 27TH. THIS PROJECT WILL BE WORTH TWO FORMATIVE GRADES AND EXTRA CREDIT TOWARDS YOUR FIRST SUMMATIVE.

FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:GENESIS ROMAN - TEAM LEADER

[email protected]