Lesson Ideas for Reading for Big Kids

11. Create a Character Scrapbook from Scholastic.
10. Write a blog post from a character's point of view or post a book review for the class blog.
9. Create an Animoto video project as a book trailer. Check out these great trailers by a middle school class in Amherst, NY.
8. Create a Glogster EDU page on your favorite book series.
7. Create a Twitter account for a character on Fake Tweet Builder.
6.Create a Fake iPhone Text for two characters.
5. "Tweet" book reviews that are only 140 characters long and see if others can figure out the books
4. Create a VoiceThread about your book and have your students (or classmates) comment on it.
3. Use Fakebook to make a page for a character from a book.
2. Use iPod or [[#|iPad]] apps (like Cinch or Voice Memo) to record a podcast about your favorite Graphic Novel, Juvenile book, or YA novel.
1. Create a graphic novel using this site of the book.

What ideas can you add?