INDIVIDUALIZED READING

KEY WORDS

PREREADING

PREDICTIONS

POST READING

  1. Make a timeline chart to fit the story.
  2. Write a paragraph describing one scene.
  3. Choose one character in the story.
  4. What was the main problem of the novel? How was the problem resolved?

WRITING

  1. Make a book report for this story. Include the following:
  2. Choose two characters in the story. Compare the characters in the following categories:
  3. Write a letter from one character in the story to another.
  4. Make 10 true or false questions about the story for a partner to answer. Be sure to record the answers.
  5. Make a television or radio broadcast about this story. Include your credits and an advertisement.
  6. Create a readers'- theatre. Prepare dialogue cads for the characters.
  7. Write an expository paragraph explaining haw something is done or constructed.
  8. Design a postcard that you would send to a character.
  9. Conduct an interview between one character and another. Make a list of questions to ask and record possible answers.

CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING

  1. Do you believe the problem was solved in an effective way? Would you have solved it differently? Why?
  2. What would you ask the author about- dais story?
  3. What dad you learn from reading this book that you hadn't thought about before.? What was the special way the author used language in this book?
  4. Was inhere anything unusual about the style of the book?
  5. Choose a quotation from the story. What was the significance of this quote?

EXPRESSING THROUGH THE ARTS
VISUAL AND ORAL REPRESENTATION

  1. Make illustrations of the main characters in the story. Write a caption. to accompany each drawing.
  2. Advertise -the story in poster form. Add materials such as wool, cloth, buttons.
  3. Illustrate the part of the story you enjoyed the most. Add a title and caption.
  4. Design a book cover. Write a brief summary of the story. Include a biography of tine author.
  5. Picture the main events as a sequence in a filmstrip, play, tableau or movie script.
  6. Choose a scene as a setting for a peep slaw or diorama.
  7. Create -a comic strip with captions.
  8. Make a puppet show with stick puppets, paper big puppets or marionettes.
  9. Compose a song, rap or musical accompaniment to this story.
  10. Create masks for the main characters.
  11. Design a personalized license plate for one of the characters.
  12. Select ,your favourite part of the story and make a tape recording.