Unique and Fun Book Reports:
Projects, Ideas, and Lesson Plans For Teachers
What activities do you provide your students with after
they have read a book on their own or together as a class?
Are the reading projects and responses that your students
complete fun and engaging?- Do your activities focus on reading comprehension?
- Are your students eager to use their best effort to complete their reading projects?
- Do your activities focus on the entire process of writing a first draft, editing, revising, and then completing a polished final draft?
- Do you use a grading rubric for both you and your students to evaluate their work?
- When your students have finished their projects, are they proud of their work and do they provide eye catching displays on your classroom bulletin boards?
- Are your students eager to begin reading their next books so that they can start working on their next reading response activity?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, then you have found the right
place to find unique and engaging book report ideas to use with your students!
I have been teaching for 22 years, and I love teaching reading and trying
to make it engaging and fun for my students.
The reading response projects that I have created provide students with a
unique way for them to respond to the books that they have read.
Whether you are a beginning teacher or an experienced veteran, all
teachers are looking for new teaching ideas and teaching resources
to promote reading and writing in their classrooms.
I have found a fun and successful method of having my students respond to the
books that they have read.
Most importantly, my students love completing
these fun projects that I have designed, and they do not even realize that I am
also emphasizing the writing process and teaching vital writing skills
at the same time.
What is the "key" that I use to get my students
to love reading and writing about literature?
- I use engaging and creative book report templates.
- Each of my students have a reading sticker chart to record the number of books that they have read.
- I display all of my students' finished projects in my classroom.
It really is that simple and most importantly, it works!
My students are excited to read books independently
and complete their fun reading projects!
Step #1:
Provide your students with a variety of unique book report projects.
The students in my class read a new book and complete a reading response project every two to three weeks. My students produce a polished final draft that is unique in style, shape, and content. Since my students find these response templates fun and challenging, they are engaged and interested in using their best effort to complete their projects.
My templates emphasize reading comprehension and the writing process, and they also include an art component.
Step #2:
Give each student a reading sticker chart to record
the number of
books (or genres) that each student has read.
All of my students are given an individual reading file. Inside their reading files are: their book, reading sticker chart, book mark, and their first draft worksheets for their book projects. Students proofread and edit their first drafts on their own, with a partner, or with me before they begin on their final draft templates.
When students have completed the final drafts of their reading projects, they receive a sticker on their reading sticker charts.
Step #3:
Display all of your students' projects in your classroom or in the
hallway.
I believe that every child's work should be displayed, not just the "best" ones. I have found that this motivates all of my students to use their best effort.
Since my reading projects are large and colorful, and I provide a free display banner for you to use on your bulletin board, it is easy to make a brilliant bulletin board display of your students' work!
My students are proud of their final drafts and enjoy evaluating their own work using my grading rubrics. They love to see their projects displayed in the classroom, and they later place them in their educational portfolios to show to their parents with pride.
Fun Cheeseburger Reading Projects
All of my reading response sets
include the following components:
- assembling directions
- first draft writing worksheets (the writing lines on the first draft worksheets match exactly with the writing lines on the final draft book report templates)
- final draft book report templates
- color final draft book report templates of the project for you to use as a finished example to show to your students
- grading rubric for both the students and the teacher to fill out
- five page color banner to display on your bulletin board
- most of these sets include bonus accent pieces for you to use as decorations for your classroom bulletin board display
Examples of Book Report
Project Templates:
Below: The reading response projects that I have created come in a variety of different shapes, sizes, and themes. Your students will find these uniquely shaped book report projects fun and challenging to complete.
Above: The writing responses are different for each book report set and are related to the project's shape and theme.
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- Game Board
- Star Shape
- 1st Place Trophy / Favorite Book
(Ideal for a beginning or end of year activity.)
I hope that your students have
completing these one of a
kind book report projects!
Reading Sticker Charts:
If you are interesting in using sticker charts to motivate your students to read, be sure to check out my reading sticker charts page. By using reading sticker charts, you can easily track how many books each student has read.
Reading sticker charts are a great motivational tool to encourage your students to read books and to read across a variety of different genres of literature!
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