Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Projects by Haley Golembiewski, Chloe Idoni and Abby Mitchell
Written Response
After reading Charlotte’s Web, students will write a 1-2 page alternative ending for the story. The students alternate ending/final chapter should pick up after chapter 20, and replace chapters 21 and 22. The alternate ending must include dialogue and include main characters and settings from the story. The alternate ending must flow with the rest of the book using specific dialogue, word choice, theme, and sentence structure that the author uses.
Podcast
After reading Charlotte’s Web, students will work in pairs to create a podcast. One student will be Charlotte and the other will be one of Charlotte’s children. Throughout the podcast, Charlotte and her child will discuss different events that occurred throughout Charlotte’s life in the story. These events and interactions should showcase a minimum of 3 overarching themes that are seen throughout the book. These themes should be presented as Charlotte giving life lessons/advice to her child of the things that she has learned.
Digital Story
After reading Charlotte's Web, students will work in a group of 3 to create a digital story of ‘the day in the life’ of one of the following characters of their choice: Templeton, Wilbur, and Charlotte. The students are to have at least 3 main events in the day that are supported by text based evidence. Students are to describe the characters thoughts and feelings throughout the day using similar word choice in the book. In this digital story, the students can make use of body language and facial expressions to support the characters' thoughts and feelings. Students should include at least 1 interactions between their character and any other character in the book. The events and interactions should be reasonable and ‘makes sense’ based on how the author portrayed these characters. This story should be atleast 5 minutes long. Students can choose to act their story out, create an online book or create a stop motion to bring to life their story.
Infographic
After reading Charlotte’s Web, students will work to create an infographic of a map of the barn described in the book, as well as an alternate escape route if Charlotte's plan did not work. The students are to include 4 details in their map that are supported and described in the text. Students are then to draw out their escape plan, and write small steps to execute the plan, with their reasoning. The plan must include 2 other characters to help Wilbur escape and have 5 steps to it. For each step, there should be a spot on the map that illustrates that step.