The assignment refers to four categories of articles you are to write. Below you will see descriptions of each, along with due dates.

Plot
Due: Wednesday, January 31st
These are two ways of asking the same question - pick whichever one helps you best, or answer one and then answer the other - it's up to you. Just make your reflection flow consistently as a united piece.

• Predict the ending of your book, or predict what an event will cause to happen. Be sure to base your predictions upon things that have already happened.
   

• Find a conflict or conflicts in your story, and explore how you think those conflicts will play out. If the conflicts already played out, explore whether they played out like you thought they would.

Example: a junior reading The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True

Character
Due: Tuesday, February 6th
This is your only choice, but remember you get to write back to your character.

• Make yourself an advice columnist and have a character write to you needing advice on a problem she/he faces.

Example: a junior reading Go Ask Alice

Setting
Due: Thursday, February 8th
People find this topic difficult, so I'm listing a number of ways to consider setting. Please begin with the first question, and if you run out of things to say too early, move to the others.

• Discuss the importance of the setting. Why might the author have chosen this setting? How would the book be different if the setting were entirely different?
   

• Compare and contrast two settings in the book. Where did the bad things happen and where did the good things happen? How were the places different?
   

• How does the setting affect the main character? What has a good influence and what has a bad influence on the character?
   

• Does the setting change? What is the purpose of the change? Does it correspond with the development of the plot?

Example: a junior reading A Separate Peace or a junior reading My Sister's Keeper

Final article
Due: Tuesday, February 13th
For this, you have a choice, though the topics are basically the same, stated in different ways.

• Compare your book to another book you have read, and discuss the differences. Which one was better? Why?
   

• Do you think students will enjoy reading your book fifty years from now? Why or why not?
   

• Write a recommendation for your book. In doing this, think of someone who would or would not want to read your book. Explain why they would feel that way - be sure to reflect on characteristics of your book as well as characteristics of your person.