Reading+Projects

Reading Projects and Extensions = = = What is your favorite genre? =

Heroes [|fictional-heroes]

Try making a flip book as a project or a way to show what you have learned.

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What do you think happened next? Make a prediction and then read the ending.

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Mystery, Horror, Realistic Fiction, Historic Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Biography, Non-Fiction, Poetry = =

Select any book in the library to read and get started right away!
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= = = Library Activities with Books - Fiction = == Select a fictional story to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete. == ===1. Write a letter to one of the characters giving them advice on how to solve their problem.=== ===2. Write a new ending for the story.=== ===3. Draw a picture map of the story depicting the sequence of events.=== ===4. Change the setting of the story and tell how the story would be different.=== ===5. Rewrite the story from a different perspective (i.e. a fly on the wall, the protagonist viewpoint, a reporter, etc.). (Summarize)=== ===6. Choose on of the characters and make a character web about them.=== ===7. Change the time period in which the story is set and explain how the story would be different.=== ===8. Make a flip book of chapter summaries.===

= Library Activities with Books – Non-Fiction = == Select a non-fiction book to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete. ==

1. Write a letter to the person the biography is written about.
===2. Write an explanation of why you would or would not want to change places with this person.=== ===3. Write an explanation of how that person’s life would have been different if they lived in a different era.===

= Library Activities with Books – Non-Fiction = == Select a non-fiction book to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete. ==

History
===1. Tell whether or not you would have wanted to live during the time period which the book is about.=== ===2. Write an explanation of how the situation in the book would have differed if it had been set in modern times.=== ===3. Write a story “A Day in the Life of ___” using a person from the times the book is set in.===

== Here are some great alternatives to book reports. There are some terrific projects. It is just great fun! == media type="custom" key="12271902"

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Can't decide what to read next? Do you want to know what a book is about? Watch a book trailer. book trailers for readers







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 * Now write your own tall tale. Make sure you use plenty of exaggeration. **

Click to read myths and legends.

Identity

Who are we? What makes us who we are? Are we only a product of our environment? Are we born with a personality? The age old argument of //**Nurture vs. Nature**// comes into play when we look at identity.

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"How old she was was hard to say...No one knew for sure, least of all the girl herself, who knew no home and no mother and no name..."

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