Creative Projects for The Fall of Rome
We all know that music speaks to us across cultures and generations. In fact, interestingly enough, in The Fall of Rome, both Jerome and Jana share a love for Motown Artists including Stevie Wonder. This assignment allows you to demonstrate your understanding of PIVOTAL scenes, characters and elements of conflict by creating a PLAYLIST of at least 10 songs (no more than 14) to demonstrate the personality, background, conflicts, outlooks as well as moments of tension or happiness in the novel, The Fall of Rome. Essentially, this is in many ways a Character AND Song Analysis. Songs should match characters, themes, generations and genres. This means at least 20% of the songs you choose should NOT all be the same genres. For each song you select, type a justification that includes the Name of the Song, Performer/Artist, and a 3-6 sentence rationale which may point to symbolism, connections, and themes found in the song. Type up this list and print to turn in. Be sure that your list includes the name, artist, and song title, as well as the genre.
Interested in writing a letter to the author, Martha Southgate? Be sure that your letter first follows the conventions of letter writing. This means you must have a salutation/opening, that you introduce in the first paragraph your name, who you are, and that you attend King Drew Magnet High School. Introduce that you read the novel as part of your English class. Then, compose a well written LETTER in which you discuss the following--not necessarily in this order: What di you like about the novel? How did you react/relate to the characters? What lesson does the novel teach us? What specific themes does the novel address? What does the novel teach 21st century readers who have witnessed the racial injustices during the summer of 2020? Which characters or situations did you relate to? Why? Your letter si STILL a demonstration of your reading! NO letters under two typed pages will be accepted.
