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English 121: Humanities Literature — Task: Web Book Advertisement

Assignment Overview

Pick 1 book you might like to read for the class. Your book must meet these criteria:

  • the book must be fiction
  • the book must be at least 150 pages long
  • the book may not be required for any other IUP class
  • the book may not be something commonly required for high school (such as Huckleberry FinnTo Kill a MockingbirdFarenheit 451)
  • the book must be one you have not read before
  • the book must appeal to at least one other reader in the class
  • the book must be approved, eventually, by Dr. Pagnucci

Assignment Guidelines

Write a short web advertisement describing why this book would be good to read. Your ad should contain the following information:

  • Book Title
  • Author’s Name
  • Page length
  • Brief description of what the book is about
  • Brief explanation of why you think this would be a good book to read

Novel Information

You can get good book information from these sites:

Directions for Creating Your Web Page Ad

Create your web book ad using Microsoft FrontPage.

Design
You will probably want to jazz up your web book ad by including:

  • color
  • a picture of the book’s cover
  • a picture of the book’s author (if you can find one)

Links
Link the web book ad to your home page. You might also want to create a link from your ad to a web site with additional information about your chosen book.