Book Response Options
*ideas not listed must be approved by Ms. Shipley
Pick one of the following - somehow document the book response electronically so that you are able to post it.
1. Make a list of character traits each person has. Type them up. Make sure you support each trait with what the character says and does
2. Imagine that you are the author of the book you have just read. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer trying to get that person interested in making your book into a movie. Explain why the story, characters, conflicts, etc., would make a good film. Suggest a filming location and the actors to play the various roles. If your book has already been made into a movie, you may not choose this option.
3. Write a letter to a character in the book.
4. Do a book talk. Talk to the class about your book by saying a little about the author, explain who the characters are and explain enough about the beginning of the story so that everyone will understand what they are about to read. Finally, read an exciting, interesting, or amusing passage from your book. Stop reading at a moment that leaves the audience hanging and add "If you want to know more you'll have to read the book." If the book talk is well done almost all the students want to read the book.
5. Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object. A video taped explanation of how this character fits into the book should accompany the sculpture.
6. Be a TV or radio reporter, and give a report of a scene from the book as if it is happening "live". Ask someone to tape your broadcast.
7. Interview a character from your book. Write at least ten questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. Presenting your interview is up to you - you can use a "real" person to be the character or you can read your interview questions and answer as you are taped by someone.
8. Write a different ending for your story.
9. Make several detailed sketches of some of the scenes in the book and label them. Video tape the sketches as you explain what they are depicting.
10. Construct puppets and present a show of one or more interesting parts of the book. Ask someone to video tape your puppet show.
11. Make a mobile about the story. It must have a minimum of 5 hanging elements.
12. Make a time line of all the events in the book.
13. Write a letter (10-sentence minimum) to the main character of your book asking questions, protesting a situation, and/or making a complaint and/or a suggestion. This must be done in the correct letter format.
14. Create life-sized models of two of your favorite characters and dress them as they are dressed in the book. Crouch down behind your character and describe yourself as the character. Tell what your role is in the book and how you relate to the other character you have made. Ask someone to video tape you as you describe your character.
15. If the story of your book takes place in another country, prepare a travel brochure using pictures you have found or drawn.
16. Write a letter to the author of the book.
17. If your book has been made into a movie. (Caution: it must have been a book FIRST. Books written from screenplays are not acceptable.) Write an essay comparing the movie version with the book. Decide the best way to share this on your blog.
18. Create a mini-comic book relating a chapter of the book.
19. Write and perform an original song that tells the story of the book. You can perform your song or have someone else perform it for you. Videotape it. You can also just post the written song if you choose.
20. Compare and contrast this book to another.
21. Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather 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.
22. Write a diary that one of the story's main characters might have kept before, during, or after the book's events. Remember that the character's thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary. When you finish, read your diary entry out loud and have someone tape you as you read it.
23. Write a different beginning.
24. Write about one of the character's life twenty years from now.
Pick one of the following - somehow document the book response electronically so that you are able to post it.
1. Make a list of character traits each person has. Type them up. Make sure you support each trait with what the character says and does
2. Imagine that you are the author of the book you have just read. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer trying to get that person interested in making your book into a movie. Explain why the story, characters, conflicts, etc., would make a good film. Suggest a filming location and the actors to play the various roles. If your book has already been made into a movie, you may not choose this option.
3. Write a letter to a character in the book.
4. Do a book talk. Talk to the class about your book by saying a little about the author, explain who the characters are and explain enough about the beginning of the story so that everyone will understand what they are about to read. Finally, read an exciting, interesting, or amusing passage from your book. Stop reading at a moment that leaves the audience hanging and add "If you want to know more you'll have to read the book." If the book talk is well done almost all the students want to read the book.
5. Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object. A video taped explanation of how this character fits into the book should accompany the sculpture.
6. Be a TV or radio reporter, and give a report of a scene from the book as if it is happening "live". Ask someone to tape your broadcast.
7. Interview a character from your book. Write at least ten questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. Presenting your interview is up to you - you can use a "real" person to be the character or you can read your interview questions and answer as you are taped by someone.
8. Write a different ending for your story.
9. Make several detailed sketches of some of the scenes in the book and label them. Video tape the sketches as you explain what they are depicting.
10. Construct puppets and present a show of one or more interesting parts of the book. Ask someone to video tape your puppet show.
11. Make a mobile about the story. It must have a minimum of 5 hanging elements.
12. Make a time line of all the events in the book.
13. Write a letter (10-sentence minimum) to the main character of your book asking questions, protesting a situation, and/or making a complaint and/or a suggestion. This must be done in the correct letter format.
14. Create life-sized models of two of your favorite characters and dress them as they are dressed in the book. Crouch down behind your character and describe yourself as the character. Tell what your role is in the book and how you relate to the other character you have made. Ask someone to video tape you as you describe your character.
15. If the story of your book takes place in another country, prepare a travel brochure using pictures you have found or drawn.
16. Write a letter to the author of the book.
17. If your book has been made into a movie. (Caution: it must have been a book FIRST. Books written from screenplays are not acceptable.) Write an essay comparing the movie version with the book. Decide the best way to share this on your blog.
18. Create a mini-comic book relating a chapter of the book.
19. Write and perform an original song that tells the story of the book. You can perform your song or have someone else perform it for you. Videotape it. You can also just post the written song if you choose.
20. Compare and contrast this book to another.
21. Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather 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.
22. Write a diary that one of the story's main characters might have kept before, during, or after the book's events. Remember that the character's thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary. When you finish, read your diary entry out loud and have someone tape you as you read it.
23. Write a different beginning.
24. Write about one of the character's life twenty years from now.