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Role Play
Choose a scene from the text where there is action or conversation; rewrite this scene as a drama. Your
script should include a minimum of two characters. While it needs to be based on the text, it should
be your own original work. It should be at least one page in length!
Alternate Ending
Rewrite the story’s ending; you may either continue from where the story ends or redo the current ending
of the text. In your story be sure to use what you have learned about the characters to continue your story.
It should be at least one page in length!
Comic Strip
Draw at least 3 comic strips that highlight at least three important events in the text. Make sure the
dialogue is realistic for the characters. Illustrations should be neat and in color.
Information Cube
Make an information cube about the book with the following on the six different sides of the cube: title,
characters, setting, plot, favorite part and illustration of a scene. Create your cube by folding paper or
covering a Pop Tart or mac and cheese box.
Time Line
Make a time line sequencing 10 important events spanning through the book including, beginning, middle
and end. Be sure to include important details in the plot. A picture and sentence is needed to represent each
event you include.
Write a letter
Write a letter from one character to another about something that happened in the book. Take on the point
of view of the character as you write a letter that is at least two paragraphs. Be sure it is original.
Book Cover
Create an alternate book cover to illustrate the text and persuade people to read the book. Write a new blurb
on the back to entice or tempt the reader- the blurb should be a brief summary - don’t be afraid to give away
the ending. Must include the: title, author, awards etc… Make it colorful!
Cast the Movie
Pretend you are a Hollywood director and you are casting The Great Gilly Hopkins as a movie.
Create a list of the characters and what Hollywood actors you would select to be that character. Explain
why you chose that actor to play the character. Extra credit if you include a picture of the actor.
Soundtrack
Produce a sound track (music that goes with a movie). Select 5 songs that represent the text. Include a brief
explanation of how each song represents the characters or events in the text as well as what place in the text
your song choice would be played.
Reading Log
Please record additional books you have read here. Also, have staff from the various sites
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Suggested Reading List (6-8)
Stories
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time
Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising
Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Hamilton, Virginia. “The People Could Fly”
Paterson, Katherine. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Cisneros, Sandra. “Eleven”
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Black Ships Before Troy:
The Story of the Iliad
Drama
Fletcher, Louise. Sorry, Wrong Number
Goodrich, Frances and Albert Hackett.
The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play
Poetry
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Paul Revere’s Ride”
Whitman, Walt. “O Captain! My Captain”
Carroll, Lewis. “Jabberwocky”
Navajo tradition. “Twelfth Song of Thunder”
Dickinson, Emily. “The Railway Train”
Yeats, William Butler. “The Song of Wandering Aengus”
Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken”
Sandburg, Carl. “Chicago”
Hughes, Langston. “I, Too, Sing America”
Neruda, Pablo. “The Book of Questions”
Soto, Gary. “Oranges”
Giovanni, Nikki. “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long”
Informational Texts: English Language Arts
Adams, John. “Letter on Thomas Jefferson.”
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself
Churchill, Winston. “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat:
Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.”
Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the
Underground Railroad
Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
United States. Preamble and First Amendment to the
United States Constitution. (1787, 1791)
Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember
Isaacson, Phillip. A Short Walk through the Pyramids
and through the World of Art
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire
Greenberg, Jan, and Sandra Jordan. Vincent Van Gogh:
Portrait of an Artist
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and
Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
Monk, Linda R. Words We Live By: Your Annotated
Guide to the Constitution
Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and
Technical Subjects
Macaulay, David. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
Mackay, Donald. The Building of Manhattan
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus. The Number Devil:
A Mathematical Adventure
Peterson, Ivars and Nancy Henderson. Math Trek:
Adventures in the Math Zone
Katz, John. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode
the Internet out of Idaho
Petroski, Henry. “The Evolution of the Grocery Bag”
“Geology.” U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science
“Space Probe.” Astronomy & Space:From the Big Bang
to the Big Crunch
“Elementary Particles.” New Book of Popular Science
California Invasive Plant Council. Invasive Plant Inventory