I keep a running list of things students can do when they finish their reading early. Here are a few of them. 1. Create an illustration of one of the scenes in the book. You may use drawings, words or a collage to recreate the scene. 2. If you were a reporter, what questions would you like to ask the author if you were interviewing hi/her for a national newspaper, magazine or TV talk show. 3. Create a marketing strategy to advertise and sell this book to a group of your peers. 4. Write an outline for a movie or play of this book. What events would be most important and what events would you like to add. 5. What music would you use for the movie version and which actors/actresses would you cast as the main characters? 6. Use a media of your choice to compare this book with another by the same author or a similar book from the same genre. 7. Re-write the ending of the book to reflect the perspective of another character. For example, write the ending of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Katrina's point of view or rewrite Dear Mrs. Larue from Mrs. Larue's perspective. 8. Imagine that you were asked to give a 60 second book talk about this book and create three good solid sentences that would serve as a 'hook" to get the attention of your listeners and arouse their interest so they will rush to the library to get this book immediately. Hope this helps, June _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
