ENG1D1- Independent Study Novel Media Project

Creative Response to Fiction

Your first job is to decide which RAFT assignment you want to do. When reading the chart, make sure to read it going across by rows.

1.	The first column identifies the Role. A role is the person you are pretending to be. 

2.	Read the Audience that goes along with the role. The Audience is the person / persons for whom you are writing or creating your work. 

3.	The Format column tells you the way in which you will express your thoughts and understanding of the novel you read. Format is the way in which your assignment should be presented. If you are confused about the correct way to create the format (conventions etc), see your teacher.

4.	The next column is the Topic. The topic tells you what you are going to address in your assignment. 

5.	The final column is the Strong Word/Verb column. It contains strong words (verbs, adjectives etc.) that will help you to evoke emotion in your assignment. 

You will be given class time to work on this project, but you may also need to spend some of your time at home to create a polished final product. 

R
Role
	A
Audience	F
Format	T
Topic	S
Strong Words	

Publisher

	
Advertising Agent	
Movie Poster with non-obvious symbolic representation of themes that establishes character and mood.	
The novel as a whole. Inclusion of symbolic representation of themes – what the audience could learn about themselves from the novel.	
Persuade
Justify
Creative
Reflective	

Director

	
Viewing Audience	
Movie Trailer –promoting the adaptation of the novel to film	
Your novel is being adapted for film. Create a trailer promoting the themes.	
Enticing
Persuasive
Informative	

Musical Director

	
Artistic Director	
Musical Score – for the film version of your novel. You could create new music or create a real iPod playlist and explain each of your choices.	
You will create a blog  with an outline of the musical score to accompany the film of your novel.  You may create your own music, and/or chose from other selections. You must include actual media – links to songs/videos/recording  The lyrics must be related to themes in the novel.	
Emotional
Challenging
Supportive
Influential

Literary Critic

	
General Public	
Power Point Presentation –10 + slides. The focus should be on visuals NOT words. Slides to include colour, symbolism and visual imagery. 10 to 15 words /slide MAX!
Use transitions & animations intentionally. 	
A critique of the novel. What were the themes? What did the author want the audience to learn? Was the author successful? Who would it appeal to and why? What was good / bad and why? 	
Supportive
Criticism
Influential
Persuasive

**If you have a different idea for a media piece, please see me to pitch your idea!

You will need to submit a copy of your media to me. Make sure that you are able to share it with me as a link, saved on a jump drive, or as a concrete object.