The Literary Critics Award. Set up a panel of at least three or four critics from students in your class or another class. Discuss and record your responses to two or more novels on a particular genre. The critics’ ultimate goal is to bestow, after much thought and analysis, a book award. You could video the panel discussion.

Select two or more books on the same theme, but using different genres and present your findings.

A detailed study of one genre based on wider reading and extensive research of that style. The presentation may lend itself to a scripted radio program or entertainment style T.V. program.

Web Page or “study guide book” that serves the same purpose as Neap or Wizard notes. Students can devise chapter summaries, character and theme discussion and questions.

PowerPoint presentation of your chosen genre comparing the themes, characters and settings of two or more books.

Devise a topic, for example “The Uninvited”, and create your own short story based on the genre that you have read widely in. Evidence of a keen understanding and extensive study of the genre should be evident.

Present a detailed comparison of how different authors engage an audience using different styles within the same genre.

Present a detailed study of books that use the same themes, but different genres.

Script a scene from one of the books that you have closely studied this term, for the purpose of presenting it on film or stage.

Create a collage using collected reviews on one of the novels you have read and then write your own professional review. Paste your own review amongst these, and note how well your review sits in such company.

Compare an event or a character to a similar event or character from real life. A television or radio news report may be an option for presentation.

Present an anthology of poetry that you have written, based on a novel you have read.

Censorship issues: for example, trend to “darker” genre of young adolescent literature such as Hartnett, Clarke, etc. and suitability as ‘recommended’ reading for these age groups.

Produce games, literary webquests, literature ladders related to your wider reading.

Detailed exploration of specific issue or theme.

Investigate Book Awards e.g. CBC, Miles Franklin, etc. for criteria, judgements, changes over the years, etc. Create your own MHS book award.