Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“Illustrate a Terrifying Ride from Full Tilt”

After reading about Blake’s struggle to face the fears embodied in each of the amusement park’s rides, students develop a visual response to one of the rides and the fears it represents.

Full Tilt includes some truly frightening rides—and each one specifically targets one of Blake’s personal fears. In this activity, you will choose one of your favorites to illustrate. In your illustration, you will include key text from the novel that demonstrates how this ride targets Blake’s fears and how Blake copes with the experience. Finally, you will give your illustration a caption that summarizes what this ride conveys about where Blake is in his journey toward Finding Balance, Overcoming Trauma, or overcoming his Fear of Change.

1. Choose a ride. Make yourself a three-column chart, labeling the columns “Ride Details,” “Blake’s Fear,” and “Blake’s Response.” Go to the section of the text where the ride is discussed and fill in your chart, listing quotes and the page numbers where they occur.

2. Use the details from the “Ride Details” column of your chart to create an illustration of the ride.