Teachers in Tiaras

Book reports can be so mundane and repetitive for students. These are some alternative ideas for students to write about books.

• Write a letter to one of the characters in the novel
• Write a sonnet summing up the novel
• Make a poster advertising the novel
• Put 5-10 items in a shoe box to represent items the protagonist would take on a deserted island
• Make a wanted poster for the antagonist
• Create a possible, short trailer if the novel were to be a movie
• Write an epilogue (5-20 years in the future)
• Write a prologue
• Write a missing chapter of the novel (at beginning, middle, or end)
• Write a letter to the protagonist as if you were his or her best friend to help him or her through the central conflict