Writing Projects
All writings should
be at least one page! |
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10
dollars |
Rewrite your
favorite part of the book using yourself as a
character and a favorite place as a setting. |
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10
dollars |
Create another
character for the story and describe him/her.
Give details about what he or she looks like and
acts like and what is going on in their life.
Tell how things would change with this
character's presence. |
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10
dollars |
Write a book
review that might be published in the newspaper.
Or you can pretend you are a movie critic.
Criticize the book as if it were a movie. |
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10
dollars |
If you had
written this book, what part would you have
written differently? Explain what would have
happened if some major event did happen
differently. |
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10
dollars |
Write a one
page letter
to the author giving reactions to the book.
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10
dollars |
What object,
person, or animal from this book would you most
want to have at your house? Explain why. |
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10
dollars |
Write a one
page letter
to the main character of the book asking
questions or making complaints about the
situations in the book. |
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10
dollars |
Write a one
page letter
from the character to the reader explaining his
or her actions in the story. |
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10
dollars |
If you could
change places with one of the characters, who
would it be and why? |
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10
dollars |
Which character from the book would make a good
friend? Why? |
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10
dollars |
Write about one problem in this story and how
the character(s) solved it. Was it a good
solution? Why or why not? |
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10
dollars |
Why did the author write this story? Express
your opinions. |
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10
dollars |
Describe the setting of the story, where and
when it took place. Think about the setting of
this story. Why about why you would or would not
like to spend a week visiting this place. |
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10
dollars |
Choose one character in this story. Think about
what the character was like at the beginning of
the story. Write about how the character has
changed by the end of the story. What events led
up to the changes of the character?
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10
dollars |
If the main characters from two different novels
could actually meet, who would you want to meet
with whom? Why? What would their meeting be
like? |
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10
dollars |
Plan a party
that your characters would want to attend from
your book. Where would they enjoy going, what
kind of food would they want to eat, what would
they wear, what would they do? Explain. |
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10
dollars |
Pretend you
are a newspaper reporter whose job is to
interview one of the characters. Write your
interview. This must be at least 10 questions. |
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10
dollars |
Compare and contrast your story with another you
have read for class this year or last. Remember
to include how the novels are alike and how they
are different. |
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10
dollars |
Pretend that you have been chosen to write a
sequel to this story. Write a brief summary of
the sequel. Include information about the
sequel's plot, setting and main characters. |
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10
dollars |
Write the same
story plot, only use a different setting (time
and place). |
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30
dollars |
Create a
newspaper page for your story. Summarize the
plot in one of your articles. Cover the weather
in another. Include an editorial (opinion
writing on a topic) and a
collection of ads that would be related to the
story. |
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30
dollars |
Write an advise column for all of the characters
in your story. Respond to their problems. |
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30
dollars |
Pretend you are a character in the book and
write a diary entry (1/2 page each) for each of the chapters.
(4-6 chapters) |
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40
dollars |
Pretend you are a character in the book and
write a diary entry (1/2 page each) for each of the chapters.
(7-10 chapters) |
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50
dollars |
Pretend you are a character in the book and
write a diary entry (1/2 page each) for each of the chapters.
(11 or more chapters) |
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50 dollars |
Re-write and illustrate the book, as if it were
meant for a first grader. |
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Drawing Projects |
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5
dollars |
Draw a picture of your favorite part of the
story. Add a caption (few sentences) explaining what is
happening in your picture. |
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10
dollars |
Summarize the plot of your story by creating a
cartoon version of the story. Use about 6 to 8
frames. |
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10 dollars |
Create a painting of a scene from the story.
Write a short explanation. |
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10
dollars |
Draw a picture time line showing the important
events in your story. |
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20
dollars |
Redesign the front and back cover of your novel.
Include the important information as well as the
short summary on the back. Draw 1 picture to put
on the inside of your novel. State where in the
story your picture would go. |
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20
dollars |
Draw a movie poster advertising the story, and
cast a real actor in each character's role.
Which real life actor/actress would best play
the main characters. Explain. |
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20
dollars |
Sketch a portrait of a character. Write
everything about him or her. Make up a poem
about your character. |
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25
dollars |
Make a series of 5 drawings showing the major
events in the story. Describe them. |
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25
dollars |
Make a travel brochure inviting tourists to
visit the setting in your book. |
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Graphing Projects |
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10
dollars |
Which character in the story is most unlike you
and which is most like you? Make a Venn Diagram
showing how you are not alike and how you are
alike! List at least 15 reasons.
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10
dollars |
Make a graph of the personalities of all of the
characters in your book. |
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10
dollars |
Make a graph of your favorite parts and
your least favorite parts in the book. |
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20
dollars |
Think about the three most important decisions
that different characters made during the book.
Interview at least 20 people asking if they agree
or disagree with the characters' decisions. Then
graph your results. |
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Arts and
Crafts Projects |
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5
dollars |
Make a bookmark illustrating this story. On the
back of the bookmark, write at least 5 words you
would use to describe the story. |
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5
dollars |
What award would you nominate this story for?
Most exciting? Most likely to make you laugh
your head off? Design and make an award for this
story! |
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5
dollars |
Make jewelry a character in your story would
want to own. Explain your choices. |
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15
dollars |
Use a cereal box to tell about your book. Cover
your box with paper. Write a new title, place
that on the front of the box. Place an short
explanation of the book on the back. Add catchy
phrases about the book all over to get people to
want to read the book. Include the author,
copyright... |
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20
dollars |
Put together a collage of the story from
magazine pictures. Describe. |
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20
dollars |
Make a diorama of a scene from your story. |
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25
dollars |
Make a display of items (at least 5) that would
explain your story from beginning to almost the
end. Make cards to explain the items in your
display. |
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30
dollars |
Construct a scrapbook of your favorite
character. Explain it. (must be at least 3
pages) |
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35
dollars |
Design and make a sample of a magazine, (names
of articles, title, authors...) that a
character(s) would enjoy reading from your
story. |
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Demonstration
Projects |
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5
dollars |
Demonstrate how to make/do something learned
from the story. |
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10
dollars |
Put together a display of other books the author
has written. Tell about them. |
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10
dollars |
Invent something new that you could add to the
story to make it more interesting. Explain how
your invention could help a character with a
conflict, change the event in the story... |
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15
dollars |
Prepare a recipe from something mentioned in the
book. Show the class how to make it and give
them a taste! |
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20
dollars |
Construct a dream house for one of the characters in
your book from a shoe box or anything creative! Share with the class.
(This is not a drawing, but an actual
construction) |
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25
dollars |
Make a time capsule for one of the characters
with at least 10 objects.
Explain what is in the capsule. |
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50
dollars |
Create a power point presentation of the story
elements from the story. Share with the class. |
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Music,
Dance, Drama Projects |
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15
dollars |
Choose a familiar melody, such as Mary Had a
Little Lamb, and change the lyrics so they go
with the story. |
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20
dollars |
Create a dance that is set to music that
explains the mood of your story.
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30
dollars |
Write out and sing three songs relating to the
story. These can be songs you made up, or
popular songs that just make you connect to the
story. |
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40
dollars |
Rewrite a portion of your novel as a play.
Perform the play in class. |
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40
dollars |
Make three or four simple puppets of the
characters in the book. Write a puppet show
about your favorite part of the book. Plan to
perform your puppet show for the class. |
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Community Projects |
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60 dollars |
Do a community project that relates to the book.
Explain it to the class. |
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Video, Tapes, Photography Projects |
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20
dollars |
Write and record a radio advertisement that will
make people want to read the story. |
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60
dollars |
Pretend you are a news reporter. Make up some
stories, based on the book and report it using a
video camera. Add a commercial in between
stories. Sell something one or more of the
characters in the story would want to buy. |
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60
dollars |
Pretend you are a news reporter and two main
characters in different stories meet. What type
of news would take place from their meeting?
Make a video with news stories of their meeting
and what happens as a result. |
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60
dollars |
Write and perform a TV commercial, or video, to
sell the book. |
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60
dollars |
Rewrite a chapter section of your story from
another character's point of view. Record it on
tape. Add sound effects to your recording. Play
it in class. |
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60
dollars |
Take photographs to represent someone in your
story and the changes that person goes through.
For example, if a character is sad all of the
time at the beginning of the book you could take
a picture of something blue as a symbol to
represent being sad. If an event changes the
character to make him happy you might want to
take a picture of a something that makes you
think of happiness. Paste your pictures in a
book and explain. |
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Poetry Projects |
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10
dollars |
Write a poem about your story. Include
characters, setting, plot, and theme. |
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10
dollars |
Pretend you are a character in your story and
write a poem from that person's point of view.
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10
dollars |
Write a poem about a specific event that
happened in your story. |
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10
dollars |
Write a poem about the most important person in
your story. Explain your reasoning for choosing
that character. |
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Research Projects |
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30
dollars |
Research to find some additional facts that
would relate to your book. Tell the facts and
explain the relationship to the book. |
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30
dollars |
Study the life cycle of an animal mentioned in
the story. Write a short report. (at least one
page) |
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30
dollars |
Research and prepare a report on the author's
life. Present it to the class. |
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