BOOK TASKS
1. Draw a series of pictures illustrating the story you have read. Add captions/quotations.
2. Write a letter to one of the characters relating to the events of the story.
3. Hold an interview with one of the characters asking questions about events in the book. It may be recorded.
4. Draw a map showing where the story takes place; describe what happens in each spot.
5. Write a song or poem about the book.
6. Have a mock trial dealing with an injustice in the book.
7. Design a new jacket for your book. Add an inviting summary so others will want to read it.
8. Write a letter to the author, asking questions about how, why and where the book was written. Write to the author about what impressed you about the book.
9. Write a diary for one of the characters.
10. Do a summary of the story in comic strip form.
11. Write an advertisement trying to sell the book.
12. Compare and/or contrast to another book you have read: plot, characters,theme, style, etc. (Note: this is a difficult task.)
13. Write a continuation of the story.
14. Write or record a dialogue between two or more characters.
15. Make up a different ending or beginning.
16. Rewrite the story in a different genre - a newspaper article, for example.
17. Describe one or two of the characters you liked best, you liked least, you would like to be, you would like to add to the book.
18. Make a diorama. A diorama is a scenic representation in which figures and lifelike details are exhibited in a shoe box. Explain how this scene is important to the story.
19. Write a brief play using characters from the book.
20. Make a puppet of your favorite character. Give a puppet show about the book.
21. Make a picture book about your book.
22. Write a book review for a newspaper.
23. Role play an interview with the author of the book and tape it.
24. Make a costume for one of the characters of the book. Explain your choice.
25. Choose music to go with the book. Explain your choice.
26. Draw a picture of a scene from the book. Explain your choice.
27.Make a mobile or collage about the book (characters, scenes, etc.) Add quotations from the story.
28. Write about:
- things in the story that could NOT happen in real life
- things in the story that COULD happen in real life
- thingsin the story you would LIKE to have happen to you
- thingsin the story you would NOT like to have happen to you
29. Make a time-line of events in the story.
30. Do research relating to an issue raised in the book.
31. Write a news report about an event that took place in the book