Book Project Ideas

Book Project Ideas

1. Construct a Model:  Construct a model of one of the important settings in the book.  Present it to the class explaining what details from the book you incorporated into your model.
2. Book Recipe:  Cook a recipe of a food mentioned in the book or that otherwise relates to the book or a character.  Write down the recipe & copy it for the class.  Bring your prepared food & serve it to the class as you explain how the recipe relates to the story.
3. Design a Game:  Create a board game based on the story.  Design the board, playing pieces, and questions.  Write directions and make enough copies for your classmates to play the game.
4. Life-Sized Character:  Using butcher paper, draw out life-sized drawings of the front and back of one or more characters.  Use details from the book in designing your characters.  Paint the faces, clothes, etc.  Staple the front & back of the character almost all the way around.  Stuff the figures with shredded paper or cotton & finish stapling.
5. Mobile:  Create a mobile from items related to the story.
6. Roll Movie:  Put a series of pictures in sequence on a long strip of paper.  Attach ends to rollers and place in a cardboard box.  Print simple dialogue to accompany each frame.
7.  Create An Animated Movie:  Research stop motion animation on the Internet or at the library.  Use puppets or clay figures to create a stop motion photography animated movie of a scene from the book.
8. Character Impersonation:  Dress up like & impersonate one of the characters from the book and retell one of the scenes from the book from that character’ perspective.
9. Character Interview:  Prepare questions for other students to ask you & dress as the character to answer the questions in front of the class as if you were the character.
10.   Song or Ballad:  Convert the events of the story into a song or ballad.  Write the lyrics & music or adapt your lyrics to a melody written by someone else.  Teach the song to the class.
11.  Create a TV Commercial:  Imagine that the book is being made into a mini-series for television.  Prepare & present a television.  Prepare & present a television commercial that would make people want to tune in and watch it.
12.  You Are There!:  Do a “You Are There” news program reporting on a particular scene, character, or even in the book.
13.   Television Series Episode:  Convert a scene or chapter from the book into a tv series episode.  Tape or perform the episode for the class.  You can include commercials if you want.
14.   Further Research Report:  Imagine you are an investigative reporter.  Choose an issue or topic covered in the book and write an investigative report on the topic for a newspaper or tv news program.
15.   Book Jacket:  Create a new book jacket with an original cover design, an original summary of the book, information on the author and illustrator, and information about other books by the author.
16.  Rewrite from Different Point of View:  Rewrite a chapter or scene from the book from the point of view of two or 3 different characters. 
17.   Create a Cast List for the Film Version of the Book:  Imagine you are a casting director and the producer of the film version of the book wants you to cast it.  Decide whom you would cast.  Include photos and descriptions of each stars and why each is perfect for the part. Write a report to convince the producer of your selections.
18.   Found Poem:  Find a particularly effective description or bit of action that can be viewed as poetry written as prose.  Rearrange it or rewrite it to create a poem.
19.   Design a T-Shirt Design or Logo:  Design a T-Shirt for your book.  Print your design on iron-on transfer paper & create a T-Shirt
20.   Character Sketch:  Write a character sketch of a main character in the story.  Tell what he or she looks like, what his or her favorite color is, what his or her horoscope sign is, favorite sports, music, bumper sticker, etc.  Support your choices with evidence from the text.
21.   Write a Letter To the Author:  Send a letter to the author telling him or her what you thought of the book and making specific references to the text.  Send the letter to the author care of the publisher or to his or her address located on the website or in Who’s Who.
22.   Ad campaign For The Movie Version of the Book:  Create an advertising campaign for a movie version of the book.  Include at least 3 of the following:  Newspaper Ad Layouts, radio ad scripts, T.V. Commercials, Movie Trailers, Movie posters, and/or special events.
23.   Book Parody:  Write a humorous imitation of a chapter, a scene, or the whole book.  For more credit, perform the parody for the class.
24. Clay Tablet Carving:  Roll out a piece of clay into a tablet and then etch or carve a scene or character portrait into it.  Dry it and paint it if desired.
25.   Painted Tile or Plate:  Visit a tile-painting studio.  Choose one or more tiles, a plate, a vase or other piece upon which you can paint scenes, themes, characters, or symbols relating to the story.  Fire the piece and bring it to present to the class.  Be ready to explain how you created the piece and how it relates to the story.
26.   Soap or Wax Carving:  Make a soap or wax (paraffin) carving about an event or person in the book.
27.   Charades:  Create charade phrases based on incidents from the book.  Explain how charades is played to the class.  You may want to pass out written instructions.  Have students draw the phrases and act them out for the class or play in teams.
28.   Construct a Model:  Construct a model of one of the important settings in the book.  Present it to the class.
29.   Write a sequel:  Write the first chapter of a sequel to the story you read.
30.   Oprah Show:  Working in a group, have each member choose a different character from the book.  Pretend that the characters have been invited to a tv interview show (like OPRAH).  One member will be the interviewer (Oprah) and ask the others questions.  Each group member responds to the questions as his or her character.