For their final exam in English writing, I asked my students to make a book, a compilation of their homework and articles.

1. The Book Project
(Final Exam)
By Joei Villarama

2. For the final exam, you will
collect and compile all your
homework and make a
BOOK.
This book will be submitted to
me on the week before the
final exams.

3. You can bind your
book in different
ways. Choose
what is
appropriate for
you based on
your design and
budget.

4. You can
have a
lot of
fun with
the
cover
and the
binding.

5. Let your creativity run wild!

6. What’s on the cover?
Title of the book -- make your own
title
Your English and Chinese name,
student number and class number

7. Table of Contents
Page
Acknowledgement 1
Introduction 2
Articles and Stories 3 - 22
Works from Other Classes 23 - 29
English Inspiration 30 - 35
First Drafts (original homework) 36 - 42
This is just an example. You can make your own
Table of Contents the way you want.

8. Under English Inspiration, you can
put the following:
• Articles that you found on the internet that
you like and that you find inspiring
• Websites and video links that you like and
enjoy
But make sure you put an introduction
explaining why you like the articles, website
and video links that you include.

9. If you want, you can also include
some of your English works from
other classes that you feel you
want to include in your book.
If you have an English diary,
include your
diary entries.

10. DO NOT WORRY IF YOU
LOST OR THREW
AWAY SOME OF
YOUR HOMEWORK.
You can re-write your homework.
If you do not remember the
topics, ask me.

11. DO NOT WORRY IF YOUR
articles are too short or if you
just have a few pages of
homework for the book.
You can write a daily diary to make
your book longer. You can add more
pictures and put sentences to label
the pictures.

12. Timetable(Wednesday Class)
First Draft
Second Draft
Start typing your
articles and start
preparing your
book.
Final Submission

13. First Draft
Second Draft
Start typing your
articles and start
preparing your
book.
Final Submission
Timetable(Friday Class)

14. Timetable(Monday Class)
First Draft
Second Draft
Start typing your
articles and start
preparing your
book.
Final Submission

15. Don’t worry about the drafts.
You can show me whatever you have.
It doesn’t have to be finished. It will
NOT be graded. You will show it to
me so that I can help you work on it
and improve it and make sure you
can make the final book as best you
can.

16. Deadlines(Wednesday Class)
First Draft – December 3
Second Draft – December 24
Final Submission – January 7

17. Deadlines(Friday Class)
First Draft – December 5
Second Draft – December 26
Final Submission – January 9

18. Deadlines(Monday Class)
First Draft – December 8
Second Draft – December 29
Final Submission – January 5

19. What you should do
NOW
• Start typing NOW
• Start thinking about your
book
• Prepare & conceptualize

20. Feel free to include pictures, drawings
and whatever you like in your book.
Make sure it is an expression of
YOURSELF. Be creative.
Be wild. Have fun!

21. Calculation of Grades
Your daily performance will be the average of ALL your homework.
Your final exam will be based on the book. The grade will be your daily
performance average grade PLUS your book grade.
This means that, if your daily performance grade is
60 – you can get 61 – 70 final grade depending on your book
70 – you can get 71 – 80 final grade depending on your book
80 – you can get 81 - 90 final grade depending on your book
90 – you can get 91 – 100 final grade depending on your book
So your grade can ONLY get HIGHER if you submit a book. It
cannot be lower. It will only be lower if you do not submit a book
or if you do not put any effort on the book.

22. PLEASE NOTE:
After I grade the books,
they will be submitted to
the English Department.
I do not know if they will give you back the books. I will
also ask some of you to give me an electronic file of your
book. I will ask some of you to save your book on a USB
so I can save it on my laptop.

23. Goals of the Book Project
• Develop the skill of editing
• Develop an awareness of grammar
mistakes, Chinglish, bad sentence structure
• Ensure that there is improvement in your
writing
• Practice helping each other
• Express yourself and be creative

24. Get a partner and ask other people to
help you check your work. You can
ask your classmate or even people
from other classes or year levels.

26. Make a book that you
would be proud of
and that you would
be proud to show
your parents and
your future children.