1. Role Play Response Creative ways of responding to reading

2. Be a critic… Write a review of this text for your local paper, or school website.

3. Be an advertiser… Sell this text to your friends.

4. Be an illustrator… Draw a character or setting using the text details to make sure it’s an accurate representation.

5. Be a publisher… Write a blurb to go on a new edition of this text.

6. Be a writer… Write the prequel, sequel, next article…

7. Be a librarian… You are a creating sections of similar texts / authors; where would this one fit and why? What other books / authors would go in the same section?

8. Be a researcher… Extract the key information from this text into bullet points. What else might people want to know about this subject?

9. Be an editor… There isn’t room for all of this text; edit it to fit a certain number of lines – without losing any of the key information or spoiling the effect!

10. Be a designer… This text is being turned into a game; create some possible ideas and plans for it.

11. Be a cartoonist… Change this text into a comic strip version.

12. Be an actor… Perform a monologue from the viewpoint of one of the characters. Make notes on what you’re going to say.

13. Be a detective… Interrogate the text, looking for specific features (e.g. punctuation use, powerful vocabulary, imagery, hidden meanings) and the reasons for their use.

14. Be a reporter… You have been sent to interview one of the characters or the author of this text; write your questions and their responses.

15. Be a film maker… A DVD is being made of this text; create a story board of scenes you will include.

16. Be a playwright… Convert part of this text into a play script for stage, screen or radio.