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Name: ________________________________________________
Due: Tuesday March 22nd (B Day) and Wednesday March 23rd (A Day)
NOVEL STUDY CHOICE BOARD ACTIVITY
Directions: • Each square you do will replace your lowest classwork grades first and then your lowest homework grades.
• You are required to complete at least one square, but you may do as many as you like.
• Use the checklist for each box to make sure you have each component needed for each assignment.
Please circle or highlight on the choice board which box(es) you completed.
Novel Study Choice Board
1. Character Cartoon
2. Comic Strip
3. Connections
4. Predict
5. Compare and Contrast
6. Interview
7. Problem Solve
8. Character Spy
9. Summarize
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Square 1 Draw a picture of the main character, and then write five words that
describe the main character. There are many characters you can choose from. Use the character traits sheet in your literature circle folder to help
you. Words to describe _____________________________ (character name)
WORD 1 ________________________________________ WORD 2 ________________________________________ WORD 3 ________________________________________ WORD 4 ________________________________________ WORD 5 ________________________________________
Student Checklist
• Did you write the name of the main character you chose? ____________ • Did you draw a detailed and colorful picture of the character you chose? ____________ • Do you have at least 10 words describing the character? (use the character traits
sheet in your literature circle folder to help you) ____________
Square 2 Design a comic strip that shows the sequence of events in the story.
1 2 3
Please write a one complete sentence description of each event/scene from the story. Event 1______________________________________________________________________________________ Event 2 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Event 3 ______________________________________________________________________________________
Student Checklist • Do you have at least six parts of the book drawn? ____________ • Are your pictures detailed and colorful? ____________ • Did you put the parts of the story in order of how they happened in the book? ______ • Did you write one sentence describing each comic strip box? ____________ • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 3
Make connections to the story, including a connection to your own life, to another book you have read and to the real world. Please write in
complete sentences.
Connection to your own life ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Connection to another book ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Connection to the real world __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Student Checklist
• Did you write at least one sentence describing a connection to the book and yourself? ____________
• Did you write at least one sentence describing a connection to the book and another book? ____________
• Did you write at least one sentence describing a connection to the book and the real world? ____________
• Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 4 Write three predictions about what you think will happen after the story ends. Please write in complete sentences. Prediction One: ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Prediction Two: ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Prediction Three: ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Student Checklist
• Did you write three predictions about what will happen after the story ends? ________ • Did you write at least one sentence describing a connection to the book and another
book? ____________ • Did you write at least one sentence describing a connection to the book and the real
world? ____________ • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 5 Create a graphic organized comparing and contrasting two characters in the story.
Student Checklist
• Did you write the names of the characters you chose? _________ • Did you write three ways the characters were the same? ________ • Did you write three ways the characters were different? _________
Character 1: _________________________ Character 2: _________________________
Square 6
Write an interview for one of the main characters. Ask at least 3 questions and write the answer you think the character would give.
Please write in compete sentences.
Character ________________________________________________
Question 1: ________________________________________________________________ Answer: ____________________________________________________________________
Question 2: ________________________________________________________________ Answer: ____________________________________________________________________
Question 3: ________________________________________________________________ Answer: ____________________________________________________________________
Student Checklist • Did you write the name of the character you are interviewing? _________ • Did you write three questions for that character? _________ • Do your questions end in a question mark? _________ • Did you write the answer you think the character would give in a complete
sentence? __________ • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 7 Pick three problems from the text and suggest a solution. Please write in
complete sentences.
Problem 1: ________________________________________________________________ Solution: ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Problem 2: ________________________________________________________________ Solution: ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Problem 3: ________________________________________________________________ Solution: ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Student Checklist • Did you write three problems that happened in the story? _________ • Did you write a solution for each problem? _________ • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 8 Choose three different characters and imagine you walked into his/her
room, what did you find and why?
When I walked into ___________________’s room I found…
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When I walked into ___________________’s room I found…
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When I walked into ___________________’s room I found…
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Student Checklist • Did you choose three different characters from the story? _________ • Did you think of an item (a different item for each character) that each character
would have in their room? _________ • Did you explain why you chose the item you chose for each character? • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________
Square 9 Write a 5 sentence summary about the book.
____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Student Checklist
• Did you write a sentence introducing the book, including the book title and author? ________
• Did you write a sentence describing the beginning of the book? _________ • Did you write two sentences describing the middle of the book? _________ • Did you write a sentence describing the end of the book? _________ • Do you have capital letters and end punctuation in all your sentences? ____________