Name: _____________________________________________________

Section: ___________
Performance Task #1: Investigative Reporting
You are an investigator hired by the elders of Jonass community to discover why Jonas
chose to leave the community. The elders want to know - what went wrong? What made
this boy rebel against the norms? They would like to use this information to fix their
community to make it truly ideal. You will discover this information by interviewing
people who interacted with Jonas. Once you have performed the investigation, you will
submit a final report to the Committee for their perusal.
Your

final report for the elders MUST include the following:

A cover page (which includes a title and your name)
Copies of the interviews (minimum of THREE)
A summary of your findings, which should include:
o Identification of major turning points in Jonass thinking and/or feelings
o Explanation of Jonass motivation for leaving
Suggestions for the elders to improve their community

Below is an interviewing template that you can use as you conduct interviews. When
you interview a person, you must base it on what is written in the book. (In
other words, you cannot make something up entirely.) You will include any interviews
you conduct in your final report to the elders.

Transcript of Interview
Personal Information about the Interviewee
Name:
Job:
Age (approximate):
Possible Questions:
1. When did you first meet Jonas?
2. What subjects did you talk about?
3. Did Jonas ask many questions? If so please tell me what they were.
4. How often did you talk to Jonas?
5. Did Jonas mention any dissatisfaction with the way things were? If so what did he say?
6. Was Jonas a happy boy? What made you say that? Did he show any signs of joy or unhappiness?
7. Did Jonas question things (not accept things as they are? If so what did he question (not accept)?
8. What did you think of Jonas as a boy?
9. What good qualities did he have? Did he have any negative qualities? What were they?
10. Why do you think he did what he did?
11. What other information can you provide me that would help the investigation?

Name: _________________________________________________
Date: _____________

Section: ___________

Performance Task #2: Scrapbook

For this project, YOU are Jonas. You have been keeping a scrapbook of all of your
experiences starting from right before the Ceremony of Twelve until the night of your escape.
This scrapbook should consist of both journal entries written in 1 st person (from Jonass point
of view) AND drawings with explanatory captions (short phrases beneath the picture to
explain what it is). Be sure there is a good mix of both journal entries and drawings in your
scrapbook! If you would like to include other genres in addition to journals and drawings,
you may do so as well.
Within the entire scrapbook, the following must be addressed:
Important events/experiences in your life
Major turning points in your thinking / feelings
An explanation of your decision to leave
Flaws that you are realizing in the community
When reading the scrapbook, your audience should have a very clear picture of what
happened to Jonas and the emotions he was feeling. Be sure that your entire scrapbook
reflects this! Every entry should be purposeful.
The design of the scrapbook is up to you. Be creative!