Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Reading Into the Wild is a great way to not only get inside the mind of "crazy" people such as Chris McCandless, the subject of the book, but this book also serves as a great tool for looking at the style and structure of a non fiction piece.
Photo Album Project
Into the Wild Project:
Photo Album Narrative
A couple of weeks ago you wrote a narrative. In the Into the Wild, Chris McCandless keeps a photo album to tell of his own narrative. Your task is to create a fictional narrative in which you use pictures and one sentence captions to tell a story. The photos can be ones you find on the Internet or you can take your own photos with you or your friends as the “actors.” I prefer the latter idea; I think it’d be fun. Others in class will be “reading” these photo album narratives, so make it something that you’d be proud of.
Requirements:
- 15 photos with short captions
- Cohesive story (not all over the place; has a point)
- Must use a binder, photo album, or scrapbook
- Designed cover that reflects your narrative’s theme
- Title page
- One-page, typed, double-spaced reflection on your project. Although you don’t have to answer all of them, consider the following questions:
o How did you come up with your ideas?
o What is your story’s strength?
o What is your weakness? How can you make this part stronger?
o If you did this project again, what would you do differently?
- Include this rubric
Item (possible points)
Points
Photos (15)
Cohesive, creative, well-planned storyline (15)
Used binder, album, or scrapbook (5)
Creative cover (10)
Title Page (5)
Reflection (10)
Rubric included (5)
Total (65)
Photo Album Narrative
A couple of weeks ago you wrote a narrative. In the Into the Wild, Chris McCandless keeps a photo album to tell of his own narrative. Your task is to create a fictional narrative in which you use pictures and one sentence captions to tell a story. The photos can be ones you find on the Internet or you can take your own photos with you or your friends as the “actors.” I prefer the latter idea; I think it’d be fun. Others in class will be “reading” these photo album narratives, so make it something that you’d be proud of.
Requirements:
- 15 photos with short captions
- Cohesive story (not all over the place; has a point)
- Must use a binder, photo album, or scrapbook
- Designed cover that reflects your narrative’s theme
- Title page
- One-page, typed, double-spaced reflection on your project. Although you don’t have to answer all of them, consider the following questions:
o How did you come up with your ideas?
o What is your story’s strength?
o What is your weakness? How can you make this part stronger?
o If you did this project again, what would you do differently?
- Include this rubric
Item (possible points)
Points
Photos (15)
Cohesive, creative, well-planned storyline (15)
Used binder, album, or scrapbook (5)
Creative cover (10)
Title Page (5)
Reflection (10)
Rubric included (5)
Total (65)
