Game Board Book Report Projects
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Game Board Book Report Projects: Do you want an exciting and challenging book report project idea for your
students that also involves them designing a game about their books?
These game board shaped graphic organizers will provide you with all of the teaching
resources that you need for your students to create property names and trivia cards for a
game based on their books.
This fun book report project will involve your students in creating 22 property
names and 15 question and answer trivia cards. I have designed the templates for this project to be similar to the
popular board game Monopoly.
The written responses that are required of students for this project will make them have
to think about their characters and settings in a whole new way! When these unique book report
projects are completed, your students can have fun playing each others'
games before you display them on your classroom bulletin board.
This uniquely shaped book report project contains four worksheet templates that
assemble into a game board. The finished game board project measures 15 inches in width and 12 inches in height.
(see example below.)
Everything that you need to complete these game board book report projects is included in this
set of teaching resources. All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
There are 20 printable worksheets and template pages in this set of reading resources, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner.
These finished game board book report projects will make a colorful and dynamic bulletin board display of your students' work.
Traditionally, requiring students to write questions and answers about a story is a task most students
find quite boring. By using this creative book report project idea that contains Monopoly style graphic organizers,
your students will be anxious to roll the dice and play each others' fun game board book reports!
Game Board Book Report Projects
What's Included?
This set of teaching resources includes assembling directions on how to prepare and assemble this game board book report project. Below
is an example of the two assembling directions worksheets.
A book report grading rubric is included in this set of teaching resources.
I believe that it is important for students to evaluate their own work, so my book report rubric contains
an assessment section for both students and teachers.
When students evaluate their book report projects, they
color in the faces on their grading rubric worksheets.
When a teacher evaluates the projects, the teacher circles the small numbers inside each
box on the printable worksheets.
Below is an example of my game board book report grading rubric.
I believe that the writing process is important and that teachers should use process writing whenever
possible.
For this reason, my students never begin their book report projects by writing on their final draft
game board templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets.
Next, my students edit and revise their written work on their
own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
For this game board book report project students complete the following tasks:
- Choose 22 property titles based on the settings and characters in the book
- Write 15 questions
- Write 15 answers to the questions
Due to spelling differences in English, there
are two separate sets of teaching resources for the printable worksheets and final draft game board templates.
You can select the version that contains the
spelling that is used in the country that you live in. (Examples: color / colour and favorite / favourite)
This set of teaching resources contains three printable worksheets for students to write their first drafts on.
First Draft Worksheet #1: Students write the title, author, and genre of the book.
Students choose 22 property titles based on the settings and characters in their books and
write them in the boxes on the first draft worksheet.
First Draft Worksheets #2 and #3: Students write 15 questions and answers based on the characters and plot of their books.
This book report project contains 4 templates that are cut out and glued together to form a game board
that measures 15 inches in width and 12 inches in height.
Inside the two stars, students draw and color pictures of their favorite parts of the book.
Below: Game Board Black and White Templates
(4 printable worksheets that are cut out and then glued together to form a game board.)
This game board book report set includes 15 Trivia Cards, 4 cards are shown are below.
Students write their questions on the front of the cards and their answers on the back of the cards.
When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important
for them to have a visual example of what a completed project looks like.
I always complete an example of this game board book report project before I introduce
this assignment to my students.
Before my students begin writing their first drafts, I show them my finished game board project. This visual example immediately
grabs my students' attention and they are excited to start working on this project from the very beginning.
My students also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report project on. This is also a wonderful opportunity to
share a book that I would like to encourage my students to read.
To save you time in coloring your example that you show to your students, I have included color
game board templates in this teaching resources set. I display my finished game board book report at the front of my classroom
so that students can refer to it as they are completing their own projects.
Since this project is time consuming to complete a teacher example of, I have included
a completed version of my example using the book Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Below: Game Board Color Templates
(4 printable worksheets that are cut out and then glued together to form a game board.)
I know that it takes teachers a lot of time to design and assemble their classroom bulletin board displays.
Many teachers spend their valuable time cutting out large display letters or making a banner at home on their own computers.
In order to help save you time in assembling a bulletin board display featuring your students' game board projects,
I have designed a 5 page banner that is included for free in this set of teaching resources.
If you have access to a laminating machine, I recommend that you laminate your banner so that it will be more durable
and you can use it again in the future.
Below: Game Board Bulletin Board Banner
(5 printable worksheets that are glued together to form a bulletin board display banner.)
You will be able to design a colorful and dynamic classroom bulletin board display using your
students' finished game board book report projects.
These game board graphic organizers are a unique and fun way to get your students excited
about completing a writing assignment about the books that they have read. Your students
will enjoy thinking up unique property titles for their games, as well as writing
challenging questions about their books.
My students have enjoyed playing each others' games when they have finished these game board book report projects.
We keep these finished game boards in the classroom all year long. When students
finish reading a book that another student has designed a game for, they can play
the game that was created for that specific book.
This is a great activity for students to do when they have finished their work
early, and it doesn't involve you creating a game for each novel. I hope that
your students enjoy creating and playing these game board book report projects!
The Bridge to Teribithia by Katherine Paterson.
(Please note that I have made a few updates and improvements to these
templates since I last had my students complete this book report project.)
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