Novel AssignmentONE

Mrs. Savage-Owens

English 10

So, what’s so special about this book?

• It’s exciting!• It’s modern…• It won both the Hugo

and Nebula Awards!• It’s got a great PLOT!• It’s got great Characters!• It’s got great THEMES!• It’s got great SEQUELS!• Your assignments aren’t

done and waiting on the web

(©Carlson/Ender Cover)

IMAGINEIMAGINE• You are the best of the best.  • You are unbeatable.  • What you lack in stature you more

than make up for in intellect.  • You are also the youngest, which

means that everyone else--all the older kids in your class--hates you.  hates you.  

But you have to be the best…  

 

You see, the entire world depends on you for its survival.  It's not enough that you just "get by"

or that you are adequate; you have to excel in everything,

everything.  You have to go above and beyond what is expected

because there is always going to be someone who wants to show that you are nothing,

that he is better than you.  But he's not.  

No one ever is.  

If someone could beat you just

once,maybe the pressure would finally be off,

and you could go home to your parents,

to the brother you hate,

and to the sister you love.  

You are being pushed beyond your limits

and it is almost more than you can bear.  

After all, you're only six years old.

You're all alone, and if you don't prove yourself worthy,

the entire world will be destroyed.

(BOOKTALK Qtd. Teaching Enders’s Game)

YOUR

ASSIGNMENTFor Ender’s Game

Should you decide to accept it…(and even if you don’t)

Option 1: Newspaper and Novel Presentation

Option 2: Theme Park Brochure and Presentation

OPTION ONENewspaper

• Pick a date either before, during, or after the third invasion, and create the front page of a newspaper covering the events in the novel Ender’s Game that may have occurred on that day.

• Articles must be typed, but may be compiled or arranged on poster-board.

• You must include headlines and bylines• You MUST include at least one front page

story of no fewer than 150 words.• You Must include at least one picture.• You may include, but are not limited to the

following:– Ads– Interviews– Weather reports– Obituaries

Presentation• In addition to your front page, you must

prepare one of the following PowerPoint presentations:

– Character sketches of at least six characters (Of course one must be Ender, but at least one must be an adult) Make sure they are not too brief.

– Interesting Sci-Fi technology in Ender’s Game

– Demosthenes’ history of Ender and the Buggers

– Themes in the novel such as:• Compassion/Ruthlessness• War/Peace• Innocence and the loss thereof• Relationships:

– Friends/Enemies– Children/Adults

Option Two

Amusement or Theme Park• Design a slideshow for an

amusement park or theme park that would be suitable for the plot, theme, characters, and setting Ender’s Game. Your slideshow must be presented and designed with Power Point.

• Be certain that attraction names are suitable. Include refreshment stands, rest stops, and any other features suitable for a theme park. This is to be accompanied by an advertising brochure for your park

• For a sample PPT click here:

Brochure• Create a tri-fold brochure to

advertise your theme park• You will have six sections on

which to describe – Rides

– Entertainment

– Food

– Prices

– Accommodations

– Etc.

• For a Sample Brochure click here:

MIX and Match

• You may choose to do part of each project.

• You may do so only if you choose one written assignment (brochure or front page) AND one presentation (Theme Park or Analytical)

This presentation will self-destruct in

TEN SECONDS.

Works CitedCard, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. New York: T. Doherty

Associated, 1985.Carlson, Patricia A. Ender\'s Game by Orson Scott Card. 18 Oct.

2001. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. 16 June 2003 <http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~bournebk/books/ender.html>.

Garbis, Michelle. Group projects. 2002. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 16 June 2003 <http://www.teachnlearn.org/endergroup.htm>.

-- PowerPoints. 2002. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 16 June 2003 <http://teachnlearn.org/EndersPark_files/frame.htm>.