Exhale Ideas and Planning

Two Things to Consider

There are two key things to consider when you plan your exhale:

1. What do you want to do?
2. How long do you have? Choose a less complex project for when you have less time (for example, you read a longer novel) and choose a more complex project for when you have more time.

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Constraints

• You can only do each goal once!
• You must have a significant written component and speaking and/or representing. Adding an artist statement exploring your choices is on way to include a significant piece of writing.
• There may be a situation where you might want to collaborate with a partner or a small group. These situations must be approved by your teacher, and every member of the group must create individual work within the collab.

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Goal #7 - Create Characters

Create major and minor characters and use techniques to show what motivates them and how they change.

You could…

• Write a short story in the same universe as the text you just finished, inventing new characters.
• Use a character in the text you just finished and put them in a new scenario (Fan fic!).
• Turn your text into another genre, like take a novel and turn it into a movie, writing a script, focusing on developing the characters and teaching your audience something new about them.

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Goal #8 - Genre

Choose a genre or form for the particular effect they will have on your audience and purpose. Explain what choices you made as a creator to achieve your particular purpose.

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You could…

• Write a short story in the same universe as the text you just finished, using a different genre.
• Use a character in the text you just finished and put them in a new story.
• Create your own text in the genre you just read.
• Turn your text into another genre, like take a novel and turn it into a movie, writing a script or filming a trailer or creating a Netflix landing page.
• Create propaganda or marketing using the same themes as the text you just read.

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Goal #9 - Retell a story from a different point of view

Retell a text or story from a different point of view or perspective. Organize your text to clearly communicate this different point of view.

You could…

• Retell the text you just read, changing the point of view. For example, you could tell it from the point of view of the antagonist or a minor character.
• Put the characters from the text you just finished in a different place or time. Design costumes that reflect their personalities. Write an artist statement exploring your choices and explaining why you designed the costumes in the way you did.
• Write a song or a poem from the point of view of one of the characters from the text you just finished.
• Change the worldview of your story by setting it in a different cultural context (ie Politically Correct Fairy Tales).

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Goal #10 - Share Opinions and Ideas

Create a text that develops your ideas and opinions with evidence.

You could…

• Write a review of the text you just finished. This could be an article, podcast, YouTube video… the sky’s the limit.
• Write an essay sharing your ideas about the text you just finished. Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.
• Create a persuasive speech connected to the topic of your text. Persuade people to do or not do something.
• Develop a social media campaign (instagram, youtube, tiktok, etc.) exploring a topic related to the text that you have an opinion on (ie. read Crossover and create a media campaign about the importance of youth sports).

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Goal #11 - Develop a Theme

Create a fictional text that develops a theme. A theme is your perspective about a topic and is usually a big idea about life.

You could…

• Write a poem or song on the same theme.
• Create a graphic novel that uses the same theme.
• Design a book cover series that explores different themes from the text.
• Create an album and album cover that have the same theme as the text you just read. You could create your own songs or use other peoples (mix tape).

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(We wouldn’t suggest you do this one until you learn about theme.)

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Goal #12 - Informational Text

Create a text that includes key information about a topic. Use quotation marks to include direct quotes from a person or text that supports your information. Use a consistent method to give credit for quoted ideas and information such as MLA or APA. You can use bibme.org to format your sources.

You could…

• Research something you care about about inspired by the text you just finished and create a documentary short on the topic.
• Interview people who are knowledgeable on a topic related to the text and create a podcast or video.
• Write a report about a topic inspired by the text you just finished that shares a new point of view or perspective on the topic.

(Don’t forget to keep track of your sources!)

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