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BOOK CHALLENGE PORTFOLIO

1. The author’s biography (in brief, no more than 500 words). Try to work on it creatively, do not just copy the entering section of some Wikipedia article, visit the official page of the author or synthesize several sources.
2. Character sketches. Who are the main characters (their appearance, character, occupation, etc)?
3. 30 examples with active vocabulary. This semester we study  Unit 2, 3 and 4. You can look through the essential vocabulary of these Units and search for the words in the book you have chosen. Please, do not just copy the words. Here is an example for you:
1)  mix (Unit 2) – to put together

• There was never a time during my years as block superintendent when all six cells were occupied at one time—thank God for small favors. Four was the most, mixed black and white (at Cold Mountain, there was no segregation among the walking dead), and that was a little piece of hell. 

4. 30 useful words and expressions. Sometimes you read a book and some phrase catches your attention so you can’t help thinking “Wow, that’s a curious way to express this idea”, so in situations like that you are required to list these combinations or separate words in your Book challenge file. Please, choose something interesting and practical! Do not include words like “love, friendship” and so on, I will never ever believe you haven’t known or used them before. Here’s an example:
1) keep up a good front – to react to or face difficulties, setbacks, or adversity with high spirits or good cheer 

• I kept up a pretty good front at first. I was waiting for the right moment. And then I found it. Max and Gabriel went into the garden, and got the barbecue going.

5. a list of 25 words pertaining to the main topic of the book. For example, if the book is set in a hospital, it might have a lot of medical vocabulary. Maybe in the book you have chosen there will be some topical vocabulary concerning education, legislation, culture or art, theatre, crime, etc. You have to single out some specific terms or phrases.
1) condemned - sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.

• If you looked inside it, you would see a circle of sponge, cut just right to fit the metal cap. Before executions, it was soaked in brine to better conduct the charge of direct-current electricity that ran through the wire, through the sponge, and into the condemned man's brain.

6. 10-15 realias (places, events, personalities, interesting facts, etc,). In every modern novel there are countless examples of culturally-loaded words: the names of cars, places, famous people, products, allusions and so on. In this case we need only definitions, contexts are not necessary.

• Alcestis - the mythical queen of Thessaly, wife of King Admetus, who came to personify the devoted, selfless, woman and wife in ancient Greece.

7. Translation of a passage (300-350 words). You can choose any part of the book you especially liked. In your Book Challenge file there should be first an original version and then your translation.
8. Review. Your own impressions. No limitations here. Imagine that you’re writing for goodreads.com: explain what you liked or disliked about the book and whether you would recommend it to anyone and 
why. Don’t forget that any written task should be well-structured.
9. 5-7 quotes. Something that really appealed to you, sank into your heart or stuck in your memory.
11. Crossword puzzle. Optional. If you feel like being creative.
12. Illustrations*. The same. You can create something yourselves or just find some examples of art that can serve as good illustrations for the book you’ve chosen.

List of criteria for book selection

• Written by a modern English-speaking author 
• At least 350 pages long

Possible topics:

1. A book set in an educational establishment (school, college, university)
2. A book about war (any war)
3. A book set in the country of your dreams
4. A book with something edible in the title
5. A book with a mentally ill protagonist
6. A book about the Holocaust/genocide or other human rights violations
7. A book about art and artists
8. A book with a colour in the title
9. A diary/epistolary novel/ journal, etc.
10. A book written by a female author
11. A book that was turned into a film
12. A book about books/bookshops/writers/publishers, etc.
13. A book which won a literary award
14. A classic
15. A spy novel
16. A book with a season/month/day of the week in the title
17. A dystopia
18. A book set in the future
19. A book dealing with an environmental problem (pollution/energy/endangered species, etc.)
20. A book about film-making/cinema/actors, etc.
21. A book centred on some kind of sport
22. A book about family matters
23. A book published the year you were born
24. A book with a question as the title
25. A book about an animal