Literacy Group Activities.pdf
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PUPPETS!
Make a puppet based on a character
featured in a book that you are reading or a
movie that you have seen lately. Make
sure you think about any features that are
mentioned about them in the text, and
include these on your puppet. For
example, Count Olaf only has one
eyebrow, so you wouldn’t give him two!
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SAME STORY, DIFFERENT WORDS.
Prepare a version of the story you are reading that
would be suitable to read to children who are
younger than you. Remember to think about what
sort of books these children would be reading, and
change words and ideas that might be difficult for
them to understand. You might like to write your
story as a picture-story book, complete with
pictures.
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PICTURE MOBILE.
Construct a mobile of your favourite book’s
characters. Write a paragraph below each character
explaining who they are and why they are
important in the book so that people who haven’t
read the book can appreciate your mobile. Make
sure your pictures are double sided, so that when
they spin around your characters can still be seen!
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MODEL BUILDING.
Build a model using materials you can find
around the classroom to demonstrate your
favourite part of a book that you are currently
reading. Be sure to use details that you can find
within the story to make your model as accurate
as possible.
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Word puzzles.
Invent mixed-up word puzzles using key words
from the book that you are currently reading.
Write some clues for each word so that somebody
else can figure out what your words are.
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Wanted!
Make a wanted poster for a character from a book or a movie that you have read or seen lately. Make sure you include information
about the character that would help the public recognise the character, and give a detailed description of what they have done
to get them in trouble, and therefore wanted by the police.
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So you want to be a poet…
Create a poem that describes key details that
occur in the story you are reading or movie you
have seen recently. It is your choice whether it
rhymes or not, but it must follow the basic
guidelines for poems.
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Letter to the publisher.
Write a letter to the publisher giving your
impressions of the book that you are reading to help spread the word. Make
mention of whether you liked the book or not, where you think it could be improved or areas of the book that you think are
good.
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LETTER TO A FRIEND.
Send a letter to a friend to spread
the word about the book that you
are currently reading. Don’t forget
to include reasons why your
friend may or may not like the
book.
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FALSE ADVERTISING?
Write a newspaper
advertisement for the
book. Remember that you
are trying to get
people to buy the book
– what can you
advertise that will
make them want to rush
out and buy the book?
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RADIO PLAY. Rewrite a part of the book that
you are reading as a radio play.
Remember that when you are on
the radio the listeners cannot
hear you, so concentrate on what
you are saying!
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GOING TO THE THEATRE.
Make up a reader’s theatre script
for the story. Make sure you make
a note of who will say each thing,
and give instructions for when
they should be moving around,
standing still and so on.
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!
They say that you
should never judge a
book by its cover, but
unfortunately a lot of
us still do. Design a
new cover for the book
that you are reading.
Remember that you want
as many people to read
it as possible.
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PERSONALITY PLUS.
Imagine that you had to describe a character from the book that you
are currently reading. Write a character description for others to read so that they can know what
the character is like.
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Design some new
illustrations for the
book that you have
read. Make sure that
they are relevant to the
story.
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COLLAGES.
Using pictures and
images cut from
magazines, create a
collage or a mosaic
that shows a scene from
the book that you are
reading.
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LARGER THAN LIFE.
Make life-size characters
from the book you are
reading by tracing around
each other.
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TIMELINE.
Make an illustrated
timeline of events that
occur in the book that
you are reading.
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FABLES.
Compose a fable based on the book that you are
reading. A fable is a story that has a hidden
meaning or moral. For example:
The Tortoise and the Hare.
The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I
have never yet been beaten,” said he, “when I put forth my full speed. I
challenge anyone here to race with me.”
The tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.”
“That is a good joke,” said the hare. “I could dance around you all the
way.”
“Keep your boasting until you’ve beaten me,” answered the tortoise.
“Shall we race?”
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So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out
of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the
tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded
on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing
the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race.
Moral of the story? Plodding wins the race.
CROSSWORDS.
Develop a crossword puzzle based on names and events from the book
that you are reading.
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TV ANYONE?
Write a television
commercial advertising
the book. Make sure
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that you make your ad
as positive as possible
to try and encourage
people to read the book.
IN CHARACTER…
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Pretend that you are one
of the characters from a
book that you are
reading and write a
letter to the class.
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I’ve lost my
page!
Make an illustrated bookmark for the book that you are reading. Make sure that your bookmark is relevant to the
contents of the book.
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I agree!
Make a cumulative book
review by adding a sentence as students finish a chapter of a
book.
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THEY DID WHAT?!
Write an imaginary autobiography of a book
character. Make it as interesting as you like,
but make sure to include some details from the
book.
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