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By Joan

1. Read two non-fiction books on the same subject and compare and contrast them.
2. If you read a book that has been made into a movie, write an essay comparing the movie version with the book.(Caution: it must have been
a book FIRST. Books written from screenplays are not acceptable.)
3. Write and perform an original song that tells the story of the book.
4. Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a feature story on one of the more interesting characters in another. Include an editorial and a collection of ads that would be pertinent

to the story.
5. Do a collage/poster showing pictures or 3-d items that related to the book, and then write a sentence or two beside each one to show its significance.
6. Make a book jacket for the book or story. Include a summary for the back of the jacket.
7. Make a mobile about the story.
8. Compare and contrast two characters in the story. Include colored drawings of those characters.
9. Sketch a favorite part of the book--don't copy an already existing illustration. Write a paragraph describing why this was your favorite part.
10. Make a flow chart of all the events in the book.
11. Compare and contrast this book to another.
12. Build a miniature stage setting of a scene in the book. Include a written explanation of the scene.
13. Make a poster advertising your book so someone else will want to read it.
14. Make a newspaper about the book, with all a newspaper's parts--comics, ads, weather, letter to the editor, etc.
15. Make a cutout of one of the characters and write about them in the parts.
16. Write a book review as it would be done for a newspaper. ( Be sure you read a few before writing your own.)
17. If you read a non-fiction book, tell at least 5 things you leaned while reading the book.
18. If you are reading the same book as one or more others are reading, dramatize a scene from the book. Write a script and have several rehearsals before presenting it to the class.
19. Make a travel brochure advertising the setting of the story.
20. Rewrite the story, and divides into 8 parts. Make this into a little book of 3 folded pages, stapled in the middle (Outside paper is for title and author of the book.)
21. Make a game board using problems from the book as ways to get ahead or to be put back.
22. Make several sketches of some of the scenes in the book and label them.
23. Dress as one of the characters and act out a characterization.
24. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer trying to get that person interested in making your book into a movie. Explain why the story, characters, conflicts, etc., would make a good film. Suggest a filming location and the actors to play the various roles. YOU MAY ONLY USE BOOKS WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES.
25. Construct a diorama (three-dimensional scene which includes models of people, buildings, plants, and animals) of one of the main events of the book. Include a written description of the scene.
26. Write a FULL (physical, emotional, relational) description of three of the characters in the book. Draw a portrait to accompany each description.
27. Make a poster about the book using two or more of the following media: paint, crayons, chalk, paper, ink, real materials.
28. Write a one sentence summary of each chapter and illustrate the sentence.
29. Make a bookmark for the book, drawing a character on the front, giving a brief summary of the book on back after listing the title and author.
30. Rewrite the story for younger children in picture book form.