Your book report are tentatively scheduled
for the following dates:
October 30st,
December 12th, February 28th, and April 17th.
Creative Ideas
For each report you must choose a
different creative idea. Make sure that you put lots of time and effort into
your presentation as it represents a large portion of your final score. You
will be graded on the effort
you have put into your creation!!!!
1. Write a TV or
radio commercial advertising the book.
2. Prepare a skit
about your book and perform it for the class.
3. Design a book jacket (different from the one it already
has) illustrating your three favorite scenes. Include a summary on the inside cover. (Fully colored on large art paper. No computer images.)
4. Build a diorama of
your favorite scene or setting.
5. Design a map of
the area where the story takes place. Make sure to include a scale and
legend. (Fully colored on large art
paper. No computer images.)
6. Make an
illustrated time line for a historical book.
(Fully colored on large art paper.
No computer images.)
7. Design a vacation
or informational pamphlet about a location in the book. (Fully colored on large art paper. No computer images.)
8. Design an invitation to read the book. (Fully colored on large art paper. No computer images.)
9. Design a mobile, using pictures of characters or places
in the story. (Must have at least five
different attachments.)
10. Pretend you are a
book critic for a local newspaper or TV station and share your review of the
book.
11. Dress up like a
character in the book and describe the role that character plays in the book.
(Make sure to include props and other things to help us recognize your
character.)
12. Compose a song
about your book, an event in the book, or one of the characters and sing or
play it for the class.
13. Write a journal
entry from the point of view of one of the characters in the book (Pretend you
are your favorite character from the book and write at least 5 entries.)
14. Prepare and
perform a puppet show.
15. Make a collage
about your book
16. Write a letter to
one of the characters in the book, describing what you liked or did not like
about what he/she did in the book (at least six paragraphs in length).
17. Pretend you are an interviewer from the local news. Write at least ten interview questions you
would ask one of the characters in the book and what you think their answers
might be (full and complete answers).
18. Create a “Wanted”
poster for a character from the book.
(Fully colored on large art paper.
No computer images.)
19. Write a news
article on the book; answer Who?
What? When? Where?
How? Why? Pretend you are a newscaster and give us the
information in a live news broadcast.
20. Create a comic
strip. (Draw and fully color a comic
strip using characters from your book. No computer images. Must be at least 7
frames.)