Illustrate: Scan a chapter or selection of the book and illustrate it as if it was a picture book. Pay attention to things like setting, time period, etc. This project can help students to see the book visually to make sense of what happened.

Parody a Scene: Have the students video tape a scene or chapter from the book where they reenact the scenes. The video can take place in the time period (with traditional clothing, vocabulary, accents, etc) or they can make it a present adaptation (ie: Shakespeare in modern speech and clothing) to tie it to their lives.

Child Book: Have the students rewrite the book for a seven year old child. Have them look for what elements they would leave out or simplify. This forces students to look for the main points in a story and paraphrase it.

Create a Quiz or Essay Question:  With specific requirements, have the students write their own quiz, exam, or essay questions. Make sure the student include major literary elements, so you don’t get questions like “What color was Jamie’s coat?,” etc.

Character Reaction: Look at five current events or issues. Have the students decide how the characters of the novel would react to what is going on. Have the students look at how the main characters are similar and how they would differ on their opinions or reactions.

Points of View: Rewrite a portion of the book from the point of view of a character in the novel different than the narrator. Ask the students to look at how that character would react, interpret, and describe the scene differently.

Promotion:  Make a marketing campaign for the movie version of a book. Have the student pretend that the film version of the movie is being release and they are head of marketing. They can create a poster, email blast, trailer, radio ad, etc., highlighting the interesting or positive about the storyline.

Casting Call: Have the student create the cast for the film version of the novel. They can choose anyone they want, but have the student include a picture and a description for why the individual would be perfect to play the character in the book.

Scrapbook or Memory Box: Have students compile a scrapbook or a memory box that includes pictures, small mementos, quotes, etc., that one of the main characters might have.

2.5 Minute Oral Defense: Give the students 2.5 minutes to tell the major details of the book and whether or not they liked it. The students must defend why the did or did not like it with examples and details from the book.