Independent Reading Creative Writing Choices for 2nd six weeks

  1. Independent Reading Alternate Ending: Write an alternate ending about your chosen Independent Reading book. Using imagery and detailed character dialogue, create an imaginative story that differs from the original ending in a significant manner. (Required Content and Format 2-pages, typed, double-spaced, 12-font, Times New Roman, Title, Revise for grammatical errors and proper syntax, Appropriate content (No explicit language or references), The ending must be related to the story. Even though the ending is different, there must be details that show the reader actually read the original book. (For Example: In the popular book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, re-write the ending if Cato won the games instead of Katniss.)
  2. Write and perform an original song that tells the story of the book.
  3. Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather/setting 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.
  4. Rewrite a chapter of your book from a different perspective (point of view). For example, if the chapter was told from Bella’s point of view, retell the story from Edward’s point of view. Would this character react the same as the original character? How would the story change with the different character as the narrator?
  5. Retell the story of your book in the form of a comic book or children’s book or graphic novel.
  6. Write your story in the form of a play and with a group, video tape the performance to show to the class.
  7. Compose five different poems that exemplify different aspects of your novel(i.e. theme, character, setting, conflicts, etc.) and then explain their significance to your novel.
  8. Keep a diary of the protagonist while you read the novel. After events happen in the novel, pretend you are the protagonist and write diary entries from his/her point of view. Include physical and emotional response to the events in the novel. You must have at least 10 entries. If your book is historical fiction, include the dates.
  9. Write the prequel chapter. Write the chapter that happened before the novel began.
  10. Who is the antagonist? Retell the events of the novel through the antagonist’s point-of-view. Make the reader feel sympathy for the antagonist. Give extra background information that may account for the antagonist’s bad behavior.
  11. Write a Dear Abby Column. It is an advice column that appears in newspapers. Identify one of the characters who made some bad choices in the novel. Have the character write into Abby for advice describing his/her wrong choices. Write as Abby in reply to the character and give advice on how the character could have made better choices.