Memorable Assignment

The assignment that I liked most this year was the Outside Reading Project first semester. I really liked this because it gave us some freedom from which to choose what we wanted to do. I read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. I liked that we got to read it at a pace set by our specific group so that we could all talk about it together. I liked that there were multiple books to choose from so instead of talking to the whole class about it we had our little groups to discuss with. That was fun because I got to really enjoy the book with a smaller group rather than the big class where I don't get to talk about it as much.
  The Bean Trees was a pretty easy book to get through, but in my group some people were having trouble keeping up with the reading because of their extra-curriculars and other homework. I maintained being able to read and became sort of a leader for my group because I was always done with the readings. When I was always prepared it was fun for me to come to class to talk about the book because I was up to date. This project was my favorite thing all year because it gave us freedom within the restrictions to do what we wanted. Since we could choose the book we wanted to read, it was more fun to talk about with the other people who wanted to read the book. It's not always as fun to discuss a book when half the people don't like, or want to read it. When everyone in the group want to read the book its much more enjoyable to discuss!