More Written Responses to Novels
- Pretend you are a character in the book and write a diary.
- Write and perform a play based on the story.
- Make a timeline of the events of the story. Explain it.
- Write and perform a TV commercial to sell the book.
- Make a comic book based on the book.
- Make a series of 5 drawings depicting the major points. Describe them.
- Create another character for the story. Tell how things would change withthis character's presence.
- Research and prepare a report on the author's life. Present it to the class.
- Rewrite your favorite part of the book using yourself as a character and afavorite place as a setting.
- Put together a display of other books the author has written. Tell aboutthem.
- Write and record a radio advertisement that will make people want to readthe story.
- Make a friendship quilt of the story. Each student sews or draws a squaredepicting an incident from the book. As a class put them in sequence intoa quilt.
- Create a poster advertising the book. Explain it.
- Play a game with others. Ask 10 questions about a character in the book.By the end of the 10th question or before, they should guess the character.
- Construct a crossword puzzle of words and their definitions from the story.
- Write and illustrate a poem about the story.
- Perform a puppet show of the story.
- Design the front page of a newspaper with headlines and a story about whathappened in the book.
- Draw a movie poster advertising the story, and cast a real actor in eachcharacter's role. Explain it.
- Pretend you are a movie critic. Criticize the book as if it were a movie.
- Write and tape-record an interview with one of the characters in the story.
- Sketch a portrait of a character and write everything about him or her.
- Make a map of the area where the story took place. Indicate where eachevent occured and be sure to include a key.
- Make a display of items mentioned in the books. Explain their significance.
- Design a word search puzzle using words from the story.
- Demonstrate how to make/do something learned from the story.
- Construct a scrapbook of your favorite character. Explain it.
- Write out and sing songs mentioned in the book.
- Put together a bulletin board of the story. Label the parts.
- Construct a mural about the book. Tell about it.
- Write and illustrate a children's book summarizing the story for someoneyounger.
- Prepare a recipe from something mentioned in the book.
- Put together a collage of the story from magazine pictures. Describe.
- Study the life cycle of an animal mentioned in the story.
- Write a letter from a character to the reader explaining his or her actionsin the story.
- Write a letter to a character telling about your reaction to him or her inthe book.
- Create a painting of a scene from the story. Tell about it.
- Graph student reactions to critical decisions in the book.
- Write a letter to the author giving your reactions to the book.
- Explain how the story would have been different if some major event hadhappened differently.
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