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Great ways to respond to literature

There are many interesting and dynamic ways that you can respond to written texts. The following ideas are designed to 'activate your imagination'.      
FOCUS ON THE CHARACTERS
1. Discuss how the main character is like or unlike people you know.
2. Pretend you are one character and introduce the other characters to your class.
3. As an interior decorator, how would you decorate a charcter's room and why?
4. Make a diary entry for 'a day in the life' of the main character.
5. Make up five interview questions (with answers) for the main character OR, with a partner, film the interview.
6. For a film of your book, which actor / actress would you choose for the lead role and why?
7. Create a word cloud with words describing the characters.

8. Design a character in Voki and talk about your role in the story.  
​9. Create a sociogram that provides a visual representation of the relationships between all of the main characters in the story.


FOCUS ON THE  SETTING
1. Make a map of the setting of your book OR if it is a real place use Google Maps / Google Earth to locate the setting.
2. Compare where you live with the setting in the story. Use a 
T Chart, Venn Diagram or Mindmap.
3. Create an interactive map using Thinglink and add annotations.


 FOCUS ON THE AUTHOR
1. Write to the author explaining your reaction to their book.
2. Make up five interview questions you would like to ask the author.
3. Conduct research about the author and create a timeline of their life.
4. Create a poster (traditional or interactive) promoting the author and their books.
​5. Find out whether your author has a Twitter, Facebook or Instagram account and follow  them (if you have permission form your teacher / parent). Post comments about their books (remember netiquette when working within a social media environment).


 FOCUS ON AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE
1. Design a new cover for your book (using traditional or digital mediums).
2. Draw / create a
 comic strip for your book.
3. Draw a portrait of your favourite character and describe his / her personality.
4. Create an illustration depicting an incident / setting in your story.
4. Make a collage (traditional or
 digital) depicting an aspect of your book.
5. Create an advertisment / 
poster or movie trailer abvout your book. 
6. Create a paper bag book review for your story.

FOCUS ON A DRAMATIC RESPONSE
1. Dramatise your favourite incident in the story.
2. As a famous movie star you have been asked to play a character, explain why you are excited about the role.

more rsources

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A Directory of Lesson Plans Sites for Teaching Literature in the Library Classroom
An extensive list of literature activities
Teaching Literacy Analysis
A step-by-step guide to literacy analysis
Teacher's Guide to Secondary Literature
provided details analysis for a wide range literary texts
Literature Circles for Reluctant High School Readers
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  • Awesome Libraries
    • ALIA Support for School Libraries
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    • Policies and Procedures
  • Information Literacy
    • Guided Inquiry
    • Information Literacy Models
    • Information Literacy as a Transversal Competence
    • Learning Frameworks
  • Literature Lab
    • Authors and Illustrators
    • Allegory
    • Book Raps
    • Book Reviews
    • Book Trailers
    • Genres >
      • Classics
      • Crime Fiction
      • Diaries
      • Fantasy
      • Poetry
      • Science Fiction
    • Great ways to respond to literature
  • Literacy
    • Biblionasium
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    • ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime
    • Australian Reading Hour
    • Book Week (Children's Book Council)
    • Library & Information Week
    • The Global Read Aloud
    • Library Lover's Day
    • WA Young Readers Book Award (WAYRBA)
  • COVID-19 and Libraries