Year 7 Novel Homework Project

Week One Task

Based upon the novel that you are reading in class, design a new front cover. Try to show what the book is about and make people want to read it! You can draw your cover or use ICT.

Week Two Task

Choose a place from the novel- it could be someone’s house, a school, a shop or any place that is in the story. Write a description of the place, use details from the novel but also your imagination. Remember to use the descriptive skills you have learnt! Illustrate if you wish.

Week Three Task

Choose two characters from your novel. Imagine them having a conversation about something important that happens in the story and write a script of this conversation.

Week Four Task

Choose a chapter from the novel that you have particularly enjoyed and write a summary of what happens and also try to explain why you enjoyed it- was it exciting, sad, funny etc?

Week Five Task

Find out about another book by the same author. You could use the library or internet. If you can, read an extract of the book or the blurb on the back. Explain what is it about? Does it sound similar to the novel you’ve been reading in class or very different? Would you want to read it? If not, why?

Week Six Task

Imagine a different ending to the story- what could have happened differently? Try and write an alternative ending! Depending on how much you want to change you could write a summary of what happens or write the final chapter or pages.  Discuss with your teacher.

Week Seven Task 

Come up with ten quiz questions, (and the answers!), about the novel you have been reading. Try to make them challenging and try them out your questions on your classmates!