Looking for a simple way to change up your book reports? Try having your students create the movie for the book. Students will still work with writing a summary and determining what is impotant from the text. They will also explain the setting and characters of the book. In the end you will have a fun book project for students to share and a wall full of book-related movie posters to show off what students thought of the story. There is even an extra credit assignment involving making the soundtrack for the book. This project works great as a small group project as well for literature circles.
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I am in the middle of my 10th year teaching middle school. I currently teach in a Middle School in Glendale Heights, Illinois. I have worked with students from all ability levels and ethnic backgrounds. For the last 2 years I have been working with 8th graders only teaching English and Social Studies. During my teaching I have worked with many different styles of teaching and had my schedule for teaching change often. Currently I teach 4 hour long classes and 2 half hour classes (one a study hall and one a book club for reading) I also direct the school plays and musicals having put up successful productions of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Krazy Kamp and This is a Test. I also lead the Drama Club in fun Improv games and drama exercises each week. Last school year the students performed a play I wrote for them.
