Good Reads: | Science Fiction & Fantasy
Horizon: Liferaft Student Handbook, pp. 56–57
Top Secret Files: Create a list of all the survivors for Brett Kurten of Homeland Security and Commissioner Patricia Widen of the NYPD, including notes about physical appearance, personality traits, and what they say happened. Sketch a Storyboard: Lights! Camera! Action! You have been chosen to direct a movie based on this book. Pick a scene, then sketch or use digital tools to create a storyboard to show how you would film it. You can draw or describe what happens in each frame and write the dialogue. Feel free to use the author’s words or express what happens in your own words. Skeleton Man Student Handbook, pp. 58–59 Skeleton Trailer: Imagine you are making a trailer for an upcoming movie of Skeleton Man . Write a script for the voiceover, or the voice you hear while scenes from the movie play. Use as many creepy words and phrases as you can to make people want to see the movie! Rewrite It: This story is told from Molly’s point of view. Choose one scene from the book and rewrite it from another character’s perspective. You might choose Ms. Shabbas, Dad, or even Skeleton Man himself. Before you begin, think about what this person knows—and doesn’t know—in the scene. Fortune Falls Student Handbook, pp. 60–61 Luck or Not: Imagine that Sadie comes to our world, where luck does not determine people’s fates. Would she prefer to live here? Write a two- to three-paragraph story in which Sadie visits our world and shares her opinion of it. Superstitions Everywhere: Make a list of superstitions that you know or have heard about it. What do you think of each of them? Do they affect your life in any way, either positively or negatively? Explain your answers. Last Gate of the Emperor Student Handbook, pp. 62–63 Bionic Beast: Imagine that you could create a bionic beast to protect you. What would it look like? What would it be able to do? Describe your beast in a paragraph and, if you want, include a drawing with the description. Secret Revealed: Write about a time that you discovered a secret about yourself or someone else. Include details about what happened when the secret was revealed, or why it never was.
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