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Act out a scene from your story that shows the main idea, problem, or interesting part.

Build 3-D diorama showing the scene, the problem, or an interesting part. Make moveable parts for more points.

Create a big book illustrating some of your favorite scenes in the book.

Design a TV that shows important scenes from your book that lead up to the problem and shows the resolution. As it turns it shows the different scenes.

Create a book bag by drawing a colorful cover design on the outside of the bag, matching the book, and filling the bag with items that tell about the book.

Create a paper book quilt where different squares represent different parts of the book.

Host a book party creating invitations that match the story lines and have treats that somehow connect to the story.

Create a poster that would sell the book and show some of the important characters and parts of the story.

Make a 3-D model of a character or part of the book using clay, fimo, paper mache, etc.

Write and perform a song for the class telling about your story.

Write a poem about some of the characters or main idea of the story. Illustrate the poem and recite it to the class.

Write one more chapter to the book . Change the ending in some way.

Create math problems using characters and objects from the story and illustrate the page or pages.

Create a PowerPoint presentation including pictures to tell about the book.

Make a stuffed animal of a character in the book.

Make a 3-D dummy of the main character in the book and write a letter written from that character's point of view to read to the class.

Create a puppet show acting out some scenes from the book.

Create a mini art museum celebrating the book that might have a picture, a sculpture, a pencil drawing, etc. showing main parts of the book.

Make a kite with a design on it that shows the main idea of the story and a tail that holds other parts like author, characters, etc.

Create a mobile with a branch and have different characters, scenes, etc. hanging down from the branches with string.

Create a game with game pieces that are characters in the story. Have the game idea or game cards based on the main idea of the story.

Create a map of the story showing where everything is happening and how it moves along from place to place. Illustrate the map like a treasure map might be illustrated.

Write a letter to one or more of the characters in the book explaining what you were thinking or feeling about them as you read the book.

Create some baseball-type cards for the characters in your book . Have picture on the front and some statistics on the back about the character. (Eg. Charlotte in Charlotte's Web might say spider, writes words using her web, friend to Wilbur the pig, etc.)

Write a letter to the author of the book asking questions, pointing to parts you liked, etc. Mail the letter after sharing it with the class.

Write a part of the story from a different person's point of view and then share it during a read aloud session.

Create a maze showing main parts of the book. Students find their way through the maze in the order the events took place in the story.

Create a video of a favorite part of your book . Find a scene that fits the book and then use brothers, sisters, friends, etc. to be the characters in the video.

Create a brochure with the computer about your book, telling about the characters, setting, main idea, and more.

Create an advertisement using the computer that would tell people about the book, similar to an advertisement for a movie.

Create a worksheet using the computer to ask your friends questions about the book.

Create a slide show on the computer using the digital camera to take pictures of scenes you create or have drawn that can be timed with your presentation about the book .