3 Student Choice Projects: The Catcher in the Rye Lara Porte

Chapters 1-5 Comic Strip: Students will use their creative, artsy juices to create an artistic
stylized comic strip of the first 5 chapters in the novel. It must include at least one comic square
for each chapter and must have great detail. Students can put it on poster board or a long piece of
paper.

2 Resources to help:

https://www.canva.com/create/comic-strips/

http://www.apperto.com/typorama/

Total points: 60 points

Chapter 1-5 Video Role Play using VoiceThread or YouTube (can have pictures or live recorded
acting)

2 Resources:

https://voicethread.com/products/k12/

Richard Byrne on How to Create a YouTube Slideshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-

IiGnrjZ1o&index=2&list=PLtx-qUNKJwDyv0dEKa8VCclYnjgaGyoJ3

In this multimedia project, students will feature some of the main dilemmas or tough situation,
the protagonist runs into. Students will re-enact them in a different way than the characters in the
story to find a better outcome and way to handle the scenario.

Total Points: 100

Chapters 1-5 Creative Short Story

Students will write a 5 page short story about Holden with a completely different life at his high
school age or about Holden as an adult, based on what we know about his character in the story.

2 Resources:

https://blog.bufferapp.com/science-of-storytelling-why-telling-a-story-is-the-most-powerful-
way-to-activate-our-brains

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/short-story-tips-_n_3947152.html

https://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/creative1/shortstory/

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them and paste here.