Dinner Menu for Rocket Boys by Homer Hickman

Use this as a culminating project for the novel Rocket Boys (October Sky movie) by Homer Hickman. This assignment uses differentiation by letting students choose from a variety of activities that add up to 100 points.

Some teachers require students to pick a minimum of one assignment per section, or you could let them figure out their points however they wish.

The assignments try to incorporate traditional writing tasks, to research, and more creative venues of assessment.