Outside Reading Book Journal
Directions: Choose one assignment per category to work on in your book journal based off of ONE book you have read during the term outside of class. You will create the book journal using your Book Creator account.
Create
Character Cell Phone
A brief look Who’s on it? Who texted them? You decide!at the Author.
Memes!
Create Memes that reflect your response to parts of the book.
Character Obituary
How would you write a character’s Obituary?
Twitter Wars
If the Protagonist and Antagonist tweet each other, what would they tweet? And how would they respond?
Book Cover Design
Don’t just judge a book by its cover, design the cover!
Comic Strip
Draw a comic based off a scene or two from the book.
Research
Author’s Corner
A brief look at the Author.
It Its Time
A brief look at the time period the book was written and how it has helped shaped society.
Where in the World
A brief look at the setting the book takes place in compared to our world.
Blast from the Past
A brief look at the time period the book was set in.
The Future is Ours
A brief look at the technology in the book, and where we are today.
Literary Analysis
Text Talk – Theme
Video analysis of the theme and content of the book
Archetype
Analyze four key characters of the book
Characterization
Character analysis of the book
The Book
Plot Tent
Building a plot tent!
Spoilers
Spoil the book! Really, spoil it so others don’t have to read.
Click-Bait
Do you have what it takes to summarize the article in a click-bait article?
Extras
Rubric
Rubrics for each of the assignments
Reference Page
Creating the Reference pages that are required for specific assignments
Examples
Student work from previous years.
Archive Projects
Past assignments that are no longer relevant. (a teacher resource)
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