Interesting reading activities for students

This is what I gave to my students since we are participating in the Reading Challenge program.
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Congratulations!

You have completed your independent reading book!

Directions: After finishing a book, complete one activity from the list below. You may not choose the same assignment repeatedly. Be sure to include a heading on your paper. Then you will submit your completed reading activity to your homeroom teacher. 

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Student name___
Teacher___
Date___
Name of book and author___
Total number of pages___

1. Pantomime (dramatization/skit): Act out a scene from your book. You must have appropriate props to support your presentation.
   
2. Book cover: Design a new cover for the book. The picture must be colorful and related to the story.
   
3. Postcard or interview: Write to a friend, the author, or a character about this book. Write as if you were a friend or an enemy of one character. ~OR~ Interview one of the characters.
   
4. Mapmaker: Draw a map of the book's setting. Include the page number of the setting you are sketching.
   
5. Storyboard: Choose your favorite parts of the book and create a storyboard. You will draw those scenes and write captions for each picture. Use strong verbs (Johnny screeched).
   
6. Characterization: Draw a picture of one of the characters. Use strong verbs and adjectives to describe the characters. Focus on what the character is thinking, saying, seeing, hearing, going, doing, feeling, looking, etc.
   
7. Collage: Create an individual collage around themes, characters, or conflicts in the book.
   
8. Haiku/Limerick: Create one about a character.
   
9. Figurative language: Write similes, metaphors, idioms, personifications, and alliterations about your book.
   
10. Timeline: Create a timeline about the events of your book. Include page numbers to support your answer.
    
11. Connection: Compare or contrast your book to another book (You may also connect the story to yourself and the world). You may use a Venn diagram or another graphic organizer for this activity.
    
12. Time machine: Have one of the characters travel to the school. How would this event change the story. You may also travel to the setting of the book and explain how the story would change.
    
13. Biography or autobiography: Write a biography of one of the characters who most interests you ~OR~Choose one character and have the person write an autobiography about him or herself.
    
14. Board or card game: Design a board game based on the story then play the game in class. Think of games like Candy Land, Checkers, card games, etc.
    
15. Poetry or song: Find a poem or song that best shows the theme of your book. ~OR~ You may write and sing a song about your book.
    
16. Create a diorama: Create a diorama of one important scene in the book.
    
17. Judicial system: Think of the conflict of the story. Now bring one of the characters to court. You must have a judge, lawyer, witnesses, jury, and reporters.
    
18. Debate: Find another student, tell him or her about your book. Now discuss how you two will debate the issues in the story. You will share your debate with the class.  

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