50 Ways to Report on a Book

Book Report Ideas 51 Ways to Report on a Book

1. Write the story in a book from a 26. Make a “roll-movie” different point of view. of the scenes of events from a 2. Write the diary a main character book. might have written. 27. Make an animation ++of a scene on 3. Write a character sketch of an adding machine tape. someone in a book. 28. Create filmstrip drawings of a 4. Rearrange a passage as a poem. story. 5. Write a parody of a book. 29. Print a design from a story in a book using a variety of materials. 6. Write a promotion campaign for a movie about a book. 30. Impersonate a character and tell an episode in a book. 7. Write a letter to the author of a book. 31. Discuss a book informally with one or two other students. 8. Put together a cast for the film version of a book. 32. Interview a character from a book. 9. Write a report of related 33. Conduct a small group discussion. information about one topic or 34. Compare biographies of a character person in a book. in historical fiction. 10. Make a new book jacket. 35. Compare versions of the same 11. Make soap or paraffin carvings story. about an event or person in a book. 36. Have a panel or round-table 12. Mold plaster relief designs. discussion of books on the same topic 13. Convert a book into a puppet show. 37. Pitch a sales talk for a book. 14. Do a “You Are There” news program. 38. Interview a book’s author. 15. Write and stage a television series 39. Portray a book character. episode. 40. Make a display of a book. 16. Prepare a television commercial 41. Draw a scale model of an item in a about a book. story. 17. Dress up in character costume and 42. Cook a food mentioned in your book. present a scene from your book. 43. Build a relief map of the setting of 18. Dramatize a scene from a book with a story. other children taking parts. 44. Design and make your own T-Shirt 19. Play charades based on various of an illustration about a book. books members of the class have 45. Construct a building from a story. read. 46. Make some costume dolls from a 20. Convert a book to a radio drama. display of characters in a book. 21. Do a dramatic reading 47. Complete scale drawings of rooms in (Reader’s Theater) of a scene. a book. 22. Make a life-sized paper-stuffed 48. Learn to play a game mentioned in a animals, people, or objects found in book. a book. 49. Ask others in the class to design 23. Make hand looms and weavings that and stitch a square for a quilt. portray a design in a book. 50. Convert the events of a story into a

ballad or 24. Create a batik design with wax and song. old sheets of tie-dye materials. Can’t decide…? 25. Fashion a mobile from items related You 51.can. always to a story. create your own idea!