No Manuals, but there is a handout available.
** Fair Entry – You MUST register your 4-H project in Fair Entry if you plan to exhibit at the 4-H Fair. See page 21! **
Exhibit Introduction
The 4-H Reading project is based largely on choice. Your reading selections will not be censored by Purdue Extension staff or its volunteers. Appropriate subject matter is an interpretation that belongs to families. Members are asked only to keep in mind the positive youth development aspect of the 4-H program. Books must be read between the previous 4-H Fair and check-in date for exhibits in the current 4-H program year.
The participant will read:
Level A (Grades 3 & 4) — 3 books - Two books of your choice, PLUS at least 1 from the Indiana Recommended Reading list within or above your project grade level. All 3 selections may come from the recommended reading list.
Level B (Grades 5 & 6) — 3 books - Two books of your choice, PLUS at least 1 from the Indiana Recommended Reading List within or above your project grade level. All 3 selections may come from the recommended reading list.
Level C (Grades 7-9) — 5 books - Three books of your choice, PLUS at least 2
from the Indiana Recommended Reading List within or above your project grade level. All 5 selections may come from the recommended reading list.
Level D (Grades 10-12) — 5 books - Three books of your choice PLUS at least 2 from the Indiana Recommended Reading List within or above your project grade level. All 5 selections may come from the recommended reading list.
For a copy of the Indiana Recommended Reading List, please call, 747-7732, or come to the Extension Office. You maybe able to Google the list.
All levels:
- Fill out a Book Information Sheet for each book read and a Project Record Sheet. (Only requirement to complete project.)
- At your option, an exhibit may be entered in the 4-H Fair. NOTE: Project completion and fair exhibition are TWO ENTIRELY different things. You do not have to enter an exhibit to complete the project, but a 4-H fair exhibit is necessary for champion consideration.
Exhibit Options:
(For ribbon and champion consideration.)
- Make a poster that tells about a book you liked (follow Poster Guidelines).
- Make a poster that would encourage people to read (follow Poster Guidelines).
- Design a book jacket for a book that you especially liked.
- Make a mobile that contains characters from favorite books.
- Make a time line showing the works of one author.
- Make a map that shows the locations or settings of favorite stories from one land or from around the world (example — Harry Potter/London)
- Make puppets or masks of favorite book characters in a particular story using paper maché, old socks, cloth, paper bags, or other materials.
- Make a diorama by placing small paper characters from a story in a show box that has a peephole or by gluing characters in a scene from a story in stand-up fashion on heavy cardboard.
- Interview a character. Write at least 10 questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. Present your interview by writing it out with answers you think the character might give.
- Write a different ending for your story.
- Use information in a book to make a scrapbook about the subject of the book.
- Write a book review as it would be done for a newspaper. (Be sure you read a few before writing your own.)
- Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer trying to get that person interested in making your book into a movie. Explain why the story, characters, conflicts, etc., would make a good film. Suggest a filming location and the actors to play the various roles. You may use only books that have not already been made into movies.
- Videotape yourself and others re-enacting a scene from a book you’ve read. The tape should be 3-5 minutes in length.
- Write a report (biography) on one of your favorite authors. You may want to include pictures as well as a list of his/her books. Exhibit your report in a binder.
- Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object. An explanation of how this character fits into the book should accompany the sculpture.
- Dress as one of the characters and act out a characterization.
Create a 3-4 page newsletter for your book. Summarize the plot in one article. Write a feature story on one of the more interesting characters in another. Include an editorial and a collection of ads that would be pertinent to the story
