So this year I am taking a leap of faith; having students read for the fun of it and share their opinion of the book - novel idea I know. So instead of a craft project, how about...
- Create a genre bulletin board where students can add a review about their book
- Have students read two books within a genre and do a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two books? Or read two books by the same author?
- Blog about your book; reflect, ask questions, see if others have read it
- Create a wordle about the word associations you had with the book
- Write a Haiku about the book
- Use glogster to create a collage about the book and references in it
- Read aloud the most interesting part, trying to get others to read it and then explain why you chose that part
- Do a book talk with a partner or the teacher
- Prove to the class in 5 minutes or less that you really read the book
- Sell the book to your classmates, how can you get them to read it - written or oral - try this even if you did not like the book, can you still convince others?
- Act out your character
- Write a letter/email to the author (even if no longer alive). Tell them what you thought of their book.
- Blog about what you learned from the book.
- Surf the net looking for pictures of references made in your book
- Do a book review in the style of a movie critic - thumbs up or thumbs down
- Venn Diagram characters in your book
- Do an author study alone or with a partner
- Create a VoiceThread discussing your book's message
- Pretend you are the author on a Voki and tell us about your newest project
- Search for reviews of the book on the internet and add your own review
- Write to a penpal about your book and why you chose it
- Participate in the Global Read Aloud Project
- Create a book trailer
- Video tape the book talk
- Use Shelfari to post the book and then explain why you chose to post it
- This idea comes from Mrs. Pilver - use a Voki Book Hook , so cool
Anymore ideas? My students will greatly appreciate them...
