I have my students present book talks once a month. I also find high quality book trailers made by librarians, teachers, and even students on schooltube. This clever book report is made from ordinary paper bags. Mar 29, 2012 explore teachem2thinks board book talk ideas, followed by 177. Book talk prewrite stepbystep guide to help students plan. For tips on how to present a booktalk, see booktalking tips. It could be a money maker by charging people to enter. Ten great creative book report ideas minds in bloom. What is a book talk your guide to making them work in.
Cut out magazine pictures to give a good visual image for their school picture. The direction sheet is a simple list of what students need to include in their book talk and steps to complete it. Create a travel brochure for the setting of the story or. Students cut out a photocopied image of their subject and glue it in the middle. How to create your own booktalk, with example booktalk and helpful hints for middle level. A book talk is a short presentation about a book with the goal of convincing other people to read it. There are many, many great ways for students to respond to literature. Here are 22 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more. A quick web search will reveal that there are many ideas out there for creative book reports, but they are not all good ideas. This assignment has worked very well with high school students and can be modified for middle school students or for a different genre of reading.
Interesting debate topics for high school students. The booktalker presents the booktalks orally and usually has the book as a visual prop. High school speech topics and themes for verbal writing assignments from strange experiences in bars to europe in seven days to help you you inventing and developing further any of the ones i suggested. A high school junior in an islamic school should be able to give a talk on the sources and methodology of islamic legislation as well as the fundamental differences between the madhhabs. On the day of your talk, you may bring note cards, your script, or anything else you may need in order to give your talk. Finishing with a reading of the book will leave the audience with a reason to read the book.
Make a mobile showing pictures or symbols of happenings in the book. Finally, amber offers some suggestions about who might like the book she chose in ambers book talk recommendation to readers. To cope with struggles over selecting a book to talk about, strategically place books with notes around the room to pique student interest. This is designed for middle school students to share a book they have read with the class. Choose any topic from your book and write a 12 page research report on it. You may not be able to use all of them, but i hope you can find some ideas that will work well for you. Neal shusterman goodreads author shelved 1 time as highschoolbooktalk avg rating 4. And all the ideas will engage students, help make books come alive for them, and challenge them to think in different ways about the books they read. If you are looking to get into equity work in schools, this book is one that can help provide a framework for guiding you through the importance of language. I need some suggestions or creative ideas for a high school talk showsitcom type show that will air on public television stations.
Hobby clubs are clubs that stem from an interest in a hobby that most likely wouldnt be taught in high school such as chess, anime. See more ideas about teaching reading, library lessons and reading workshop. Booktalks, book trailers, and book teasers scholastic. Using speech bubbles and pictures of the characters, draw a conversation. It is in that teacher talk,as regie routman calls it, that we. The book talk will cover the some elements of the novel, but you should focus much of your time on the plot and conflict of the novel. Awesome reading tasks and activities for any book or. Though sometimes we get isolated as teachers, we also know the bene. Make this into a little book of 3 folded pages, stapled in the middle outside paper is for title of book. Subject area clubs are clubs that come from an interest in a subject area taught in school. My english teacher in high school had a similar chart to remind us what we. Fresh ideas for creative book reports education world. These will work for almost any book and are especially good when students are reading independent book selections.
Fairfax county public schools librarians give book talks and present ideas for incorporating a variety of wellknown books into classroom. In high school, individuals are at an age group where they are starting to grasp and understand the concepts of politics, society, and how the world works. You can have boys against boys, girls against girls, or coed. A solution for this could be to create a book talk calendar where students can either sign up to present or you assign the dates.
Whilst you may have a wealth of books in your school library it can often be. So much information can be covered on the 12 panels and it allows students to take a deep dive in a creative way. However you choose to present your interview is up to you. Book talk assignment and rubric orlando science middle. I dont pay attention to the book talk form when students present their book talks, unless i sense a gap in the information, and i encourage them not to worry about the order of information in the book talk. Book talks presenting and writing book talks by brain. Prepare for the oral book talk using the script as a talking points guide. Know your audience consider the interests of your audience choose a book with broad rather than narrow appeal select a book at the reading level of your audience. Book report ideas 20 ways of looking at the book these activities address multiple intelligences and a range of student ability levels. Just some ideas to appeal to the older as well as teenage audiences. In middle and high school, books about love, humor, magic. Make your reading project sizzle with these hot ideas. How to write a presentation of a book the classroom.
Finish the book talk by sharing the part of the book chosen to read aloud. Art, drama, film, science, math, literature, history, and language. Many of the ideas involve making choices, organizing information and writing. Students draw scenes from a selected part of the bookperhaps a scene that represents the beginning, middle and end if youre working on understanding chronology. Annotated bibliography by the time a student reaches the later years of high school, and certainly by the time shes gotten to college, its likely that shell be required to write an annotated bibliography, a list of resources that not only includes the bibliographical information of each source, but also a short paragraph summarizing the resource and reflecting on its usefulness for a. There are ways to finish your project that will show your enthusiasm and make your teacher sit up and take notice. Turn them into creative projects complete with artwork, technology applications, acting or writing with a creative twist. These work best with large thematic ideas that give students the ability to maneuver, like a collage representing slavery, the 1920s, or an entire story. See more ideas about teaching reading, reading workshop and teaching. What is a book talk your guide to making them work in the.
Most of the ideas will provide teachers with a clear idea about whether students actually read the book. In primary grades, each book talk will be much shorter. This can be a lot of fun, and your students will love it. Book talk overview provides students with background information on book talks, how to complete a book talk, what to include in a book talk, and includes a sample book talk. Each student presents their book report in the shape of food. Present the book talk script by discussing the themes, characters and settings outlined in the script prepared. At the end, state the title and the author of the book. Book talk podcasts could also be created and used by preservice or inservice teachers recommending childrens books for classroom use or professional development books or articles. We want the show to seem less staged than regular high school newscast programs.
Book reports need not be boring retellings of stories. Bring questions or ideas to the group which have already been prepared. In a book talk, the goal is to engage the listeners and present a fun, exciting, and even suspenseful commercial for your book. You were probably aware of the debate club in high school, and maybe you were a part of it yourself. Ive shared books about vocabulary instruction, as well as the theory and techniques. Make a collage representing some event or part of your book. Images can be hand drawn, printed, or clipped from a magazine or newspaper. All students come to the group with books, pencils, post it notes with questions or comments on them and paper. I am in search of a catchy title involving the initials wphs and any other suggestions. And, its more persuasive than expositorythink sales and marketing.
Students read a nonfiction book, describe it briefly, then answer the audiences questions about it. If the book is rich in setting, then asking them to illustrate where the story takes place can also be revealing. A more traditional approach is a thirdperson narrative so you can discuss the story, characters and author from a more neutral viewpoint. If you will actually be discussing the book in front of the class, you can write a presentation in firstperson perspective as a character from the book. Not only will your audience less likely doze off, tinker with their phones or daydream but as a presenter, you can also be relieved of anxiety facing a crowd thats more enthusiastic and dynamic. Education world presents 25 ideas for you to use or adapt.
Although similar, they perform different functions. Talk to the class about your book by saying a little about the author, explain who the characters are and explain enough about the beginning of the story so that everyone will understand what they are about to read. I use the rubric to evaluate students as they share their books with the class. Popular high school book talk books showing 150 of 227 challenger deep kindle edition by.
Pretend you are a talk show host and interview the main character. Blogger mary blows middle school students tweaked the booktalk format to create talk showstyle videos about their favorite books. Take a look at these nine ideas ways to light your creative spark and burn through that project in no time. This is a wonderful book that reminds us that words, how we use them, how we say them, and where we use them matter in developing our school culture and generates perceptions of students. In a book talk, the goal is to engage the listeners and present a fun, exciting, and. Students could design a tattoo for a character and then write an essay explaining or justifying their choices. You teach middle school, so you already have a thick skin, i know it.