Fun With Book Reports

First, I want to introduce you to a wonderful web resource.  It's a Scholastic site for teachers called:   Classroom Activities: 25 Book Report Alternatives.  Ideas for Grades K-8!  Here are a few examples:

v Create a travel brochure for the setting of the story or scrapbook pages about key characters

v Write a different ending for the book

v Pretend you are a talk show host and interview the main character

v Create a book jacket, including illustrations, an enticing synopsis, author bio, and favorable reviews

v Write a news article about an important event from the book

v Dramatize a scene from the story with other students or using puppets

v Prepare a television commercial about your book. Act out the commercial for your classmates

v Draw a classroom mural depicting a major scene(s) from the book

Back to one of my favorite books for school librarians: The School Librarian's Grab Bag by Nancy Polette. On pages 36-39, she takes you through several wonderful ideas. For instance:

 - Summarize a book using an acrostic poem using the book's title.

 - Write the Who, What, When, Where, Why Report

 - How about Story Boards?