Book Report Alternatives

Book Reports? Ugh!

So, maybe your experience is different from mine, but I have had subzero success in assigning book reports, either oral or written. And I HATE grading them. Makes me want to scream!

Here is a list of alternatives to traditional book reports. Hope you find something you can use.

1. Reading Journal

2. Booktalk Presentation

3. Book Posters

4. Quotation Booklet

5. Story Timeline

6. Book Review

7. Character Poems

8. Stage an author's day.

9. Create a board game based on the book.

10. Reading fair

11. Have a bookseller's day.

12. Create a diary from one character's perspective.

13. Design a quiz for your book.

14. Write a scene from the book from another character's perspective.

15. Create an obituary for one of the book's characters.

16. Create a scrapbook for the characters in the book.

17. Create a collage for your book.

18. Create a powerpoint presentation for your book.

19. Create a comic strip for your book.

20. Interview a character from your book.