Project+Ideas

1. Choose one character from the story. 2. Write at least 5 sentences about your character. (Use your book to gather details.) 3. Illustrate your character. 4. Record your paragraph on VoiceThread.
 * __Project 1: Character VoiceThreads__**


 * __Resources:__**

http://voicethread.com/#home

1. John Midas 2. Mr. Midas 3. Mrs. Midas 4. John's sister, Mary 5. Susan Buttercup 6. Spider Wilson, the bully 7. Storekeeper 8. Dr. Cranium 9. Miss Plimsole 10. Mrs. Quaver
 * __Characters:__**

1. Write a script and act out your favorite part of the book. 2. Record your skit with the flip video camera
 * __Project 2: Skit__**

__**Project 3: PowerPoint**__ 1. Research chocolate using the Internet. 2. Create a PowerPoint presentation to show what you have learned.  [|History of Chocolate] from the National Confectioners Association [|History of Chocolate] from Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee [|The Sweet Science and Lure of Chocolate] from Exploratorium.com [|How Chocolate Is Made?] from Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee [|Cacao] from the Science Museum of Minnesota [|Making Chocolate] from the Hershey Company [|History of Chocolate] from the Field Museum in Chicago [|How Chocolate Works] from HowStuffWorks, Inc. [|Chocolate Glossary] from the Nut Factory
 * Resources:**

__**Project 4: Poster**__ 1. Make a poster showing all of the things that turned to chocolate in the book “The Chocolate Touch”. 2. Look back in your book, and make sure you include them all. 3. Scan your poster and post it to the class website using bubbleshare.

__**Project 5: Chocolate Cookbook**__ 1. Design a cover for your cookbook. 2. Include 10 typed recipes. 3. Bring in a sample for the class to try. http://hersheykitchens.hersheys.com/
 * Resource:**

1. Create a podcast to share your favorite part of the story. 2. You must write your script before you record.
 * __Project 6: Podcast__**