The Fall

A Thematic Collage

This project must be on a poster board with a minimum size of two feet by two feet.

Place a complete heading on the back of the board.

The student will create one theme based on the novel and choose ten excerpts from the novel. Remember, a theme is a statement, not a single word or phrase. This theme will be prominently written on the board and the excerpts assembled around it.

Pictures, objects and/or artwork may adorn the board.

The student may add 3-d objects to create an effect.

The project will be graded on the relevance of the excerpts to the theme and the visual presentation.

“A” grades will also present the collage as a concept that creatively reinforces the theme. For example, if the theme is “Man demands justice in the universe,” you may use a visual design that presents the ten excerpts on objects associated with justice: gavels, scales, et cetera. Or, if the theme involves duplicity, one excerpt may be on the front of a door that opens up to reveal an excerpt beneath it that contradicts the one on the door. You would then have five such pairs of excerpts. In other words, be creative and logical in the creation of the visual concept you apply to the poster.

Students may use a computer to generate text and artwork.

No textual or graphic citations are necessary.

This project has a value of one hundred points and is due at the end of our study of the novel.