Student Name:__________________________________

Partners Name:_________________________________

Informational Text Container Project

This project is your response to the article that you were required to read this week.
Read the following directions and complete by the required due date. You will share your
projects with the class!
The Outside:
1)
Choose any container for your project: a folder, manilla envelope, paper bag,
plastic bag, can with a cover, bucket with a lid, box, or any other container that you can
come up with.
2)
Decorate the container with details appropriate to the articles or containers
contents. (+10)
The Inside:
The inside of the container should include the following materials and activities
pertaining to the book:
1. Quiz - Create an original 10-question, multiple choice quiz of the article.
Be sure to supply an answer key. You may look at the ones from the reading as
examples, but you must create your own questions. (+10)
2. Cast of Characters Create a list of the main characters/speakers and
supply a two-sentence description of each. Some details to include might be the
individuals appearance, personality traits, interests, and so on. (+10)
3. Important Items Choose five items that depict the article in some way.
These items may be actual items or student created replicas. Place these items in
your container. On another piece of paper, explain in a paragraph why you chose
to include these items, their importance within the story, their meaning to the
speakers/characters, etc. (+25)
4. Letter How would Bigger respond to the information in your particular
article? Write a letter from Biggers perspective to the person who wrote your
informational text. How would he respond? Keep it rated G. (+15)
5. Connections In at least 1 paragraph, respond to the following
questions: How does the information presented in your article relate to Native
Son? What similarities do the texts share? What differences do they have? How
did your article help with your understanding of the novel? (+12)
6. Literary Elements With your partner, complete the Literary Elements
Graphic Organizer as it relates to your assigned article. (+18)

Student Name:__________________________________
Partners Name:_________________________________
Literary Elements Graphic Organizer

Literary Element
Main Idea
The story's ideas? Author's attitude towards
those ideas? Author's "statement" about
those ideas? The story's message or main
point? Your attitude?

Conflict
What
people/forces/ideas/interests/values/instituti
ons oppose each other? What decisions must
the characters make? Between what two
things is he/she deciding? What do these
things represent?

Symbolism
What concrete, specific objects have been
used to represent abstract ideas? What
colors, names, settings, recurring objects
have been referred to? What ideas do these
represent?

Setting
Setting refers to TIME and PLACE: Time:
of
day, year, era/age? Place: city, country?
Outside, inside? Dark or light? Dangerous
or safe? The weather? how does all this
affect meaning? What feelings (atmosphere)
are evoked just by the setting?

Style
The way the writer chooses to arrange his
sentence structure (syntax) as well as the
words (diction) he chooses. What is
the overall effect of the way he writes?
Simple, involved,
poetic, humorous, pedantic, child-like?
How does it contribute to the authors
message and the overall effect the author
wishes to create?

Tone
The authors attitude towards what (s)he is
writing that translates into your attitude: or
-what is the
feeling of the whole work and the
writing/artist's craft?

Student Response

Peer Evaluation Form for Group Work

Your name ____________________________________________________
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the
statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree). Total the numbers in each
column.
Evaluation Criteria

Group member:

Group member:

Group member:

Group member:

Attends group meetings regularly

and arrives on time.

Contributes meaningfully to
group discussions.

Completes group assignments on

time.

Prepares work in a quality

manner.

Demonstrates a cooperative and

supportive attitude.

Contributes significantly to the

success of the project.

TOTALS

Feedback on team dynamics:

1.

How effectively did your group work?

2.

Were the behaviors of any of your team members particularly valuable or detrimental to the team? Explain.

3.

What did you learn about working in a group from this project that you will carry into your next group experience?

Student Name:__________________________________
Partners Name:_________________________________

Container Project -- Completion Rubric

The Outside:
Container?
Decorated with details
appropriate to content
Quiz:
10 question quiz
Answer key
Cast of Characters:
Main Character/Speaker
List
Descriptions of
Character/Speaker
Important Items
Choose five items that
depict the article
Explanation
Letter
Biggers Response to the
article
Connections
How does the information
presented in your article relate to
Native Son?
What similarities do the
texts share?
What differences do they
have?
How did your article help

____/5
____/5

____/5
____/5
____/5
____/5

____/20
____/5

____/15

____/12

with your understanding of the

novel?
Literary Elements
Literary Elements Graphic
Organizer

____/18

Additional Rubric:
http://classic.eastpennsd.org/teacherpages/braub/myimages/Generic%20Project%20Rubric.pdf