Ship+Logs

Ship Logs
For each chapter that we read in //Treasure Island//, you are responsible for writing a ship log that will be collected in your portfolio. By the end of the unit you will have 34 ship logs. At a minimum, each ship log must be at least half a page in length and must include a summary of the chapter from the perspective of one of the characters in that chapter. You can choose practically any character as long as he or she shows up and plays some part in that particular chapter.

Since Jim Hawkins is the narrator of most of the story, many students choose to write the ship logs from his perspective, but I encourage you to have fun and imagine what other characters in the book might be seeing, thinking, or feeling as the story unfolds. Again, any character in the chapter is fair game.

If you do not write from the perspective of one of the characters, I will read your summary very closely and check it against summaries that you might find on the internet. I will check very closely to see if you copied. If I find that you have, you will receive on the entire section.


 * Some additional things to be warned about. __If I catch you doing any of the following you WILL receive a 0 on the entire section__. Better to do nothing than this: **
 * ** Do not simply copy text from the book **
 * ** Do not copy summaries that you may find on the internet **
 * **Do not copy other student's work**

Remember, the important things about the ship logs is that:
 * You must write one for each chapter
 * It must be collected and organized in the Ship Log section of your binder
 * You must write at least 1/2 a page for each one
 * You must write from the perspective of a character in that chapter

Extra credit is available if you write more than 1/2 a page, and take the initiative to include additional creativity such as:
 * ideas, thoughts or feelings that the character may have had but are not communicated in the book
 * sketches
 * maps
 * other ideas you may have above and beyond the requirements.