Final Project: Songs for a Teenage Nomad DUE MONDAY, OCT. 7

Found Poem

The task is to capture the Essence of a story, chapter, theme from the book, or a character from the book, by drastically editing the text. 

You must adhere to the following guidelines:

     1. Select several phrases (groups of words) from the text.
         ♦ Each phrase must be at least 2 words long, but no phrase should be more than 10 words long.

2. The phrases you select should then be used to create a poem of at least 15-20 lines.
   
   • ♦  You may combine phrases into one line of your poem, but remember that no line in your poem should be more than 15 words long.
     
   • ♦  Remember that it is easier to create a strong found poem if you have several phrases to choose from rather than just finding the minimum number of lines you need for the activity
     
     
3. You may use the phrases in any way you like – For example, you may repeat words or clusters of words throughout your poem.
   
   
4. You may not change the order of the words in the original text.
   
   
5. You may not add any words of your own. All the words in your poem have to come
   from the text.
   
   
6. You may leave words out of the phrases you select to create a more poetic feel/ sound
   to your poem.
   

Final Draft should be typed or written in calligraphy, polished and perfected, and proof-read for spelling errors.

Creative Character Journal

In the novel, Calle’s voice is the constant narrator. For this assignment, you will write two journal entries in the voices of two other characters in the novel (e.g. Alyson, Eli, Sam, Cass, Jake, etc.). The goal of this assignment is to show understanding of the novel from a different perspective.

Each entry must:

• ♦  be at least 250 words (1 page) typed and double spaced
  ♦  focus on specific events from the novel, but retell the events from your
• interpretation of the way this specific character would have responded to the
  events (you are creating a new perspective for the same event)
  
• ♦  focus on creating sensory description to recreate the event – really put the
  reader into the situation with descriptive detail
  
• ♦  focus on being true to the voice of this character – how does Cass speak, how
  does Sam speak? – this should be reflected in the writing.