Creative Projects

End of book projects, often assigned to groups, can be enjoyable for students and teachers. Here are some examples:

• Make a collage which might hang in the bedroom of one of the characters, writing a brief explanation of each item selected.
• Write diary entries that a character might have written during the course of the story.
• Write a poem or song that expresses one or more of the characters' feelings.
• Create a piece of original artwork that interprets one of the themes of the book.
• Write and perform an original skit based on the book.
• Write letters that two of the characters might have written to one another about what was going on in their lives.
• Create an original board game based on the book.
• Write and record an original news broadcast about the events in the book.
• Write and illustrate a picturebook based on the characters and events.
• Cast the characters in a movie based on the book, and develop an advertising campaign for the movie.
• Draw a timeline of the book, complete with illustrations and commentaries about each event on the timeline.
• Create a cause-and-effect continuum of how and why the main character changes as a result of the events and situations that occur.

Have your students created a project about an Orca book? Photograph or scan it and upload it. We'll display it here, and we'll send you some books!

Source: Orca Soundings Curriculum Guide, by Susan Geye and Janice Reynolds.

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