Book Report Ideas

2^nd grade to 7^th grade

• Build a mini stage that shows the setting of the book and include a written description of the setting.
• Create a diorama of a main event in the story (include buildings, people, plants, animals, cars, roads, etc) and a written description of this scene.
• Dress as your favorite character and give a description of them.
• Create a comic book page relating to an event in the story.
• Act as a reporter, and report a scene from the book as if it was real.
• Make a book jacket for your book and describe why they made it that way and how it has to deal with the story.
• Design puppets with one or more partners to act out a scene in the book.
• Make a board game that has questions dealing with the book that will lead you to advance and win.
• Sketch a part of the book that is your favorite and describe why.
• Build pipe cleaner people and act out a scene. (Fast, cheap, and good way to act out a scene)

8^th grade and up

• Add a new character to the story and tell how they play a part.
• Write multiple-choice questions for the book. (10-15)
• Do a book talk.
• Outline the story.
• Make a brochure advertising the setting of a story.
• Write a description of each character in the book describing all features of him/her (physical and emotional).
• Write about a character’s life years from now.
• Write down important quotes of characters and describe what affect it will have on the rest of the story.
• Write the plot of the story as if it were in the newspaper.
• Create a slideshow of you and others acting out a part in it

There are many book report ideas here.  Hopefully one will help you.