NAME ______DATE ______PER. ______

2013-14 BOOK PROJECT/PRESENTATION IDEAS

You will present your project to the class as an oral book report.

Complete the presentation notes before you present to the class.

  1. Movie Script -- Create a movie script for a favorite scene from the book. At the top of the script, assign real-life TV or movie stars to play each role. Act out the scene for the class (with help from friends) or make a video. Explain the story and the importance of the scene chosen. Minimum script: 2 typed pages, single space, written in script dialog format.
  2. Map It -- Create a detailed, illustrated, and colorful map highlighting places described in the book. The map will show the setting of the story (immediate neighborhood or community where the story takes place) and then indicate the characters’ travels on the map (to other neighborhoods, countries, etc.). Explain the story using the map. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  3. Children’s Book -- Create a colorful, illustrated children’s book based on the story. Must have an attractive front cover page and a simpler back cover page. Explain the story through your creation. Minimum: 10 pages of text and illustrations.
  4. TV Commercial -- Create a TV commercial that advertises the book. First, promote the book, and then include a dramatized scene from the story – one that is important to the story so that it captures the reader’s interest. Videotape the commercial and play it for the class. Explain the book to the class after the presentation. Minimum length: 1 minute.
  5. Interview -- Conduct an interview with two of the main characters in the book. The two should be significant to the story (hero/villain; friend/foe) and your interview questions should address their differences. You are the host and will conduct the interview with the two characters (friends/classmates). You will prepare the questions and the responses to them. Minimum of 5 questions and responses per character. Script must be typed. May be videotaped or performed live in front of class.
  6. Once Upon a Timeline -- Create a detailed, illustrated, and colorful timeline for the events in the book. You may use images from the Internet or your own illustrations. Information should be legibly typed. Font may represent the time period or style of the story. Use a ruler/yard stick for neatness. Explain the story using the timeline. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  7. Board Game -- Design a board game that takes the main character through the obstacles he or she encounters before reaching the final outcome of the story. You must include game pieces, rules, and chance cards. Explain the story through the moves on the game board. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  8. Newspaper Front Page -- Create the front page of a newspaper that tells about the events and the characters in the book. Include weather reports, an editorial, cartoons, ads, and pictures relevant to the story. You may use clip art, pictures from magazines, the Internet, or preferable your own drawings). The news clips should highlight dramatic scenes from the book. Must be typed, using appropriate newsprint font. The title of the newspaper should be something appropriate to the book. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  9. Create a Collage -- Create a colorful collage with clippings of words or pictures from magazines, newspapers, or the Internet that chronologically depicts the story. Explain the book through the pictures and words in the collage. The poster must show quality work. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  1. Rewrite the Ending -- Create an alternate ending to the story. It must make sense in relation to what actually happened as the plot built up towards the end. It must be in your own words and typed. Orally summarize the book, tell the original ending, and then read us your version. Minimum length: 2 double-spaced, typed pages.
  2. Comic Book--Create a colorfully illustrated comic book with a beginning, middle, and “leave-you-hanging-and-wondering” ending (in other words don’t tell the ending). Use comic-style illustrations and dialogue bubbles. Minimum length: 10 pages and two covers (5 pages, drawn on both sides, front cover and back cover).
  3. 3-D Model -- Create a three-dimensional model of a critically important scene from the story. It should be detailed and carefully constructed. Use small props/toys or cutouts. Explain it to the class. Minimum size: large shoebox-size.
  4. Letter to the Author -- Write a letter to the author, sharing your reactions to the story. Ask him/her questions that came to your mind when you read the book. If the author is still alive, you will actually mail the letter. Hopefully you’ll get a response – many authors do respond, or someone responds for them. Minimum length: 1 ½ typed pages, single-spaced letter with proper heading and salutation.
  5. Glossary and Word Search -- Create a glossary of 10 words that are specific to the book’s tone, setting, or characters. Define each word (as used in the book) and write the sentence from the book that includes that word. Separately, create a word search puzzle that uses the definitions as clues.The word search itself would contain the actual words. Challenge your classmates to read the definitions and then find the related words in the puzzle. Minimum length: 2 typewritten pages -- one page with glossary, definitions, and sentences from the book and one page with the word search puzzle formatted in Word.
  6. Now You’re Cooking -- Create an edible book report. Locate a recipe for a food dish that plays a role in the story or one that represents the setting of the book. Prepare the dish at home with assistance. Then share the food and the recipe with your classmates. Explain how the dish relates to the book when you orally summarize the story. Minimum: one food dish (enough for the entire class to sample) and a copy of the recipe.
  7. PowerPoint/Prezi/or Glogster Book Report -- Create a colorful PowerPoint /Prezi/or Glogsterpresentation chronologically summarizing the story with text and pictures that will motivate others to want to read the book. Creatively use PowerPoint/Prezi/or Glogster tools (i.e., transitions, sounds, animation).
  8. Adjective-ly Speaking -- Focus your attention on the author’s descriptive writing talents. Locate 10 sentences in the book that include excellent adjectives/descriptions. Read aloud each sentence and explain how it relates to the story and how it exemplifies a good example of descriptive prose (how does it draw a picture in our minds). Minimum length: 10 typewritten sentences, size12 font, double-spaced between sentences.
  9. Acrostic Poem -- Create an illustrated and colorful acrostic poem demonstrating your understanding of the sequence of events in the book. The title of the book, the character’s name, the setting, the plot, or the genre can all be used as the base for the poem. Neatness is essential. Large typed font or neat hand-writing is required. Minimum size: poster-size, but it does not need to be on poster board.
  10. Wanted Poster -- Create a colorful, creative, and highly descriptive wanted poster for the main character or antagonist of the story. Poster must be typed, or very neatly handwritten, and illustrated: font size and style must be legible, and should be large and creative. Give lots of details using the book’s description of the character. Make sure to add a border to the wanted poster. Minimum size: poster-size,but it does not need to be on poster board.
  11. Field Trip -- Describe a field trip you would like to take because of the book. Where would you like to go, what would you expect to see there and what would you like to do because of the book? Include drawings or pictures of the “imagined setting.” Minimum: 2 typed pages, double space not including illustrations.