LCP Ep 8: Essential Guide to Out of the Box Book Report Ideas and Literary Study
Running out of ideas for what to do when your learner finishes reading a book?
Are you looking for book report ideas or ways to conduct a literary study and keep your learner interested?
Visit Katie’s website for more fun ideas and tips to use in your homeschool at Katie’s Homeschool Cottage or her Facebook Group.
Join Katie Glennon as she shares tons of fun and creative out of the box Book Report and Literary Study Ideas to get even your most reluctant reader excited about reading.
You’ll be surprised and excited by the ways you can use your child’s strengths, interests, learning styles, and talents to capture their interest in reading and conducting a literary study while learning about literary devices and story elements and practicing different kinds and levels of thinking skills at the same time.
Show Notes
I usually present to my students and my own children different choices of activities after reading a book where I want them to do some of kind of literary analysis or learn specific skills and concepts. The activity would focus on that skill and concept, but the type of activity would be geared to the learners’ learning styles, personal interests and talents so that they will be motivated and interested.
These activities are geared toward specific skills or concepts that are included in the literary and story elements for the book, but are of a nature to make sure to capture the interest of the learner.
The ideas below are just a list of ideas that are fully explained in the Podcast and summarized with descriptions in this printable handout – Descriptions of Out of the Box Book Report and Literary Study Ideas to Motivate your Readers pdf
Book Report and Literary Study Ideas Geared toward the Visual Learner
Construct a mobile
Write an advice column
Character email or letter exchange
Character Facebook Page
Journal or Diary
Character Resume and Cover Letter
Character Dossier
Retell the story from a different point of view
Symbolic Time Capsule or Museum Exhibit or Suitcase or Collection
3 D Relief Map or a Diorama (For Hands-on learner as well)
Photo Album
Foldable Display Board
Drawing Projects (Book Jacket, Comic Strip, Collage, Flip Book or Trading Cards)
Mini Quilt
Charts (Timeline, plot map, analogy chart, Literary Devices Chart, Compare and Contrast Books or Authors)
Wordle
Ideas for the more Auditory Learner
Drama (Acting as a character or author, a monologue, a speech, a dramatic reading, a mock trial, puppet show)
Write poetry, songs, or raps
Book Club (just discussions, a tea, a party centered around a book with costumes as characters, theme games and refreshments)
Audio or Video Recording (talk show interview as a character or an author)
Radio Play (Imitate an old fashioned radio show with sound effects and character voices of a scene)
Videos – (News report, movie trailer, commercial, sales pitch – recording video or using animation software or creating movie with Power Point or Prezi)
Ideas Geared toward Hands-on Learners
Games – (Create board game or a game to play, or scavenger hunt)
Cooking and Baking
Be sure to comment in the Comments box any ideas you’d like to share that your family has used in engaging your reluctant reader! Any great book titles or authors to suggest? I would love to hear from you!
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