The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Final Project

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page

Materials

Common Materials

• journal
• note cards
• dictionary
• colored pencils or markers

Lesson 1

• watercolor paper
• fine-point mechanical pencil

Lesson 2

• deck of playing cards
• 3 quarters
• 3 sheets of white paper
• aluminum foil
• magician's wand, hat, and cape* (2.1 - optional)
• marker

Lesson 3

• Disney's The Little Mermaid* (3.2 - optional)

Lesson 4

• Legos™, Kid K'nex™, gears sets, or other building materials

Lesson 6

• colored pencils

Lesson 7

• drawing paper

Final Project

• art paper* (Final Project.optional)
• books related to the topic you select for your research* (Final Project.optional)
• myth of your choice
• old black and white movie
• paint and paintbrush* (Final Project.optional)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used