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PUPPETS!

Make a puppet based on a character

featured in a book that you are reading or a

movie that you have seen lately. Make

sure you think about any features that are

mentioned about them in the text, and

include these on your puppet. For

example, Count Olaf only has one

eyebrow, so you wouldn’t give him two!


SAME STORY, DIFFERENT WORDS.

Prepare a version of the story you are reading that

would be suitable to read to children who are

younger than you. Remember to think about what

sort of books these children would be reading, and

change words and ideas that might be difficult for

them to understand. You might like to write your

story as a picture-story book, complete with

pictures.


PICTURE MOBILE.

Construct a mobile of your favourite book’s

characters. Write a paragraph below each character

explaining who they are and why they are

important in the book so that people who haven’t

read the book can appreciate your mobile. Make

sure your pictures are double sided, so that when

they spin around your characters can still be seen!


MODEL BUILDING.

Build a model using materials you can find

around the classroom to demonstrate your

favourite part of a book that you are currently

reading. Be sure to use details that you can find

within the story to make your model as accurate

as possible.


Word puzzles.

Invent mixed-up word puzzles using key words

from the book that you are currently reading.

Write some clues for each word so that somebody

else can figure out what your words are.


Wanted!

Make a wanted poster for a character from a book or a movie that you have read or seen lately. Make sure you include information

about the character that would help the public recognise the character, and give a detailed description of what they have done

to get them in trouble, and therefore wanted by the police.


So you want to be a poet…

Create a poem that describes key details that

occur in the story you are reading or movie you

have seen recently. It is your choice whether it

rhymes or not, but it must follow the basic

guidelines for poems.


Letter to the publisher.

Write a letter to the publisher giving your

impressions of the book that you are reading to help spread the word. Make

mention of whether you liked the book or not, where you think it could be improved or areas of the book that you think are

good.


LETTER TO A FRIEND.

Send a letter to a friend to spread

the word about the book that you

are currently reading. Don’t forget

to include reasons why your

friend may or may not like the

book.


FALSE ADVERTISING?

Write a newspaper

advertisement for the

book. Remember that you

are trying to get

people to buy the book

– what can you

advertise that will

make them want to rush

out and buy the book?


RADIO PLAY. Rewrite a part of the book that

you are reading as a radio play.

Remember that when you are on

the radio the listeners cannot

hear you, so concentrate on what

you are saying!


GOING TO THE THEATRE.

Make up a reader’s theatre script

for the story. Make sure you make

a note of who will say each thing,

and give instructions for when

they should be moving around,

standing still and so on.


DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

They say that you

should never judge a

book by its cover, but

unfortunately a lot of

us still do. Design a

new cover for the book

that you are reading.

Remember that you want

as many people to read

it as possible.


PERSONALITY PLUS.

Imagine that you had to describe a character from the book that you

are currently reading. Write a character description for others to read so that they can know what

the character is like.


ILLUSTRATIONS.

Design some new

illustrations for the

book that you have

read. Make sure that

they are relevant to the

story.


COLLAGES.

Using pictures and

images cut from

magazines, create a

collage or a mosaic

that shows a scene from

the book that you are

reading.


LARGER THAN LIFE.

Make life-size characters

from the book you are

reading by tracing around

each other.


TIMELINE.

Make an illustrated

timeline of events that

occur in the book that

you are reading.


FABLES.

Compose a fable based on the book that you are

reading. A fable is a story that has a hidden

meaning or moral. For example:

The Tortoise and the Hare.

The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I

have never yet been beaten,” said he, “when I put forth my full speed. I

challenge anyone here to race with me.”

The tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.”

“That is a good joke,” said the hare. “I could dance around you all the

way.”

“Keep your boasting until you’ve beaten me,” answered the tortoise.

“Shall we race?”


So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out

of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the

tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded

on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing

the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race.

Moral of the story? Plodding wins the race.

CROSSWORDS.

Develop a crossword puzzle based on names and events from the book

that you are reading.


TV ANYONE?

Write a television

commercial advertising

the book. Make sure


that you make your ad

as positive as possible

to try and encourage

people to read the book.

IN CHARACTER…


Pretend that you are one

of the characters from a

book that you are

reading and write a

letter to the class.


I’ve lost my

page!

Make an illustrated bookmark for the book that you are reading. Make sure that your bookmark is relevant to the

contents of the book.


I agree!

Make a cumulative book

review by adding a sentence as students finish a chapter of a

book.


THEY DID WHAT?!

Write an imaginary autobiography of a book

character. Make it as interesting as you like,

but make sure to include some details from the

book.

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