Book Reports Choose 2 of the following for this 9 weeks!

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Book Reports Choose 2 of the following for this 9 weeks!

Book Report 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.

Book Report 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. However you choose to present your interview is up to you.

Book Report 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.

Book Report Prepare an oral report of 5 minutes. Give a brief summary of the plot and describe the personality of one of the main characters. Be prepared for questions from the class.

Book Report Give a sales talk, pretending the students in the class are clerks in a bookstore and you want them to push this book.

Book Report Build a miniature stage setting of a scene in the book. Include a written explanation of the scene.

Book Report Make several sketches (drawings) of some of the scenes in the book and label them. You could also recreate the book in the style of a shorter comic.

Book Report Construct puppets and present a show of one or more interesting parts of the book.

Book Report 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. YOU MAY ONLY USE BOOKS WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES.

Book Report Write a book review as it would be done for a newspaper. (Be sure you read a few before writing your own.)

Book Report Write a FULL (physical, emotional, relational) description of three of the characters in the book. Draw a portrait to accompany each description.

Book Report Write and perform an original song that tells the story of the book.

Book Report Compare and contrast two characters in the story.

Book Report Make a newspaper about the book, with all a newspaper’s parts–comics, ads, weather, letter to the editor,etc. You can find many Word and PowerPoint “newspaper” templates using Google or Bing.

Book Reports Create a movie “preview” for your book. You can film this yourself or use existing clips to create your preview.