Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions

Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions: Ditch the traditional book report and use these six creative digital alternatives suitable for any novel or short story instead. Engage even your most reluctant students with this comprehensive digital bundle, which includes everything you need to implement these innovative projects. Each digital assignment is accompanied by a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by John Spencer, designed to hook students from the start. From dynamic character speeches to alternate endings and interviews with antagonists, these projects offer a fresh perspective on literary analysis. Watch the preview video above to get a sneak peek of the included videos, and download the preview to explore the digital projects in detail.

This is a digital resource, and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, or online education.

The 5 Digital Book Report Projects Included:

➡️ Interview With The Antagonist: Students will assume the role of a special agent tasked with interrogating the antagonist of the novel or short story they just read. They will develop a complete file on the villain, create a plan for interrogation/interview, complete a transcript, and examine and analyze the information.

➡️ The Dynamic Character Speech Conference: Students will write and deliver the keynote speech at the Dynamic Character Speaking Conference, an event that highlights the transformational stories of those who have undergone a significant inner change. This can be used with any novel or short story!

➡️ Retell a Story From An Object's Point of View: Students will flip the narrative viewpoint and retell the short story or novel they just read from the perspective of an object within their story. They will consider specific things that the object observed, their perspective on key characters and the decisions they made throughout the story, and their take on the theme of the story.

➡️ Character Editorial Article: Students will write an editorial for the Literary Times that evaluates a character's actions in any novel or short story. Students will take a firm stance on whether they believe the character was right or wrong in their actions. They will also write a letter to the editor from another character who did not agree with the editorial.

➡️ Writing An Alternate Ending: Students will write a found alternate ending to the novel or short story they just read. They will then assume the role of a world-renowned literary professor eager to share their thoughts about how the new ending impacts the characters and theme of the story.

➡️ Setting Online Review: Students win a contest to win a trip inside the setting of any short story or novel of their choice.  They must write online reviews of the setting from 3 characters and write comments on those reviews. They must also pack for their trip and plan their itinerary of where in the setting they want to visit.

How These Digital Book Report Projects Work:

• Students watch hand-drawn videos that introduce each of the five projects. These videos are highly engaging and will hook your students immediately. Watch the video preview on the product page to get a sneak peek.

• Use the eye-catching Google Slides presentations to introduce each of the projects and guide you through each of the tasks.

• Use the student digital informational slides, pre-writing brainstorming slides and digital graphic organizers, digital peer editing checklists, final copy slides to guide students through the digital project! Easy-to-use rubrics are also included for quick marking.

Included in the Digital Book Report Projects:

All of the projects include... an introductory video, teacher instructions, a Google Slides presentation to guide the lesson, and a teacher rubric. Below are the other resources included:

➡️ Interview With The Antagonist:

• The Antagonist’s Profile digital graphic organizer
• Are you asking the right questions? Student reference slide
• Interview Questions slide
• Writing the interview transcript digital graphic organizer
• Good copy slides
• Post-interview reflection

➡️ The Dynamic Character Speech Conference:

• Perfecting Your Delivery informational student slide
• Writing Your Speech informational student slide
• How Have You Changed? digital graphic organizer
• Planning Your Speech digital graphic organizer
• Peer speech review digital checklist
• Speech self-review digital checklists
• Good copy slides

➡️ Retell a Story From An Object's Point of View:

• Choose your object brainstorming slide
• Becoming your object planning digital organizer
• Flip the narration digital checklist
• Good copy slides
• Let’s dig deeper analysis questions

➡️ Character Editorial Article:

• How to write an editorial student reference slide
• Writing your thesis informational slide and digital organizer
• Planning your editorial outline slide
• Good copy slides
• Writing a letter to the editor student informational slide
• Letter to the editor planning digital graphic organizer

➡️ Writing An Alternate Ending:

• Thematic Statements student informational slide
• Writing a Thematic Statement digital graphic organizer
• Writing the Alternate Ending Planning slide
• Good copy slides
• The Professor’s Analysis reflection assignment

➡️ Setting Online Review:

• How to write a travel review informational student slide
• Review writing planning digital graphic organizer
• Three computer templates to write the reviews and leave comments
• A digital packing assignment where students choose two non-traditional items to bring with them (must show a text connection)
• A digital travel itinerary assignment where students chose three particular areas of the setting to visit first.

What Teachers Are Saying About These Book Report Projects:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a great product that will reinforce story elements in a different and fun way while also providing an alternative to traditional book reports.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved using this resource! I really appreciated having all the projects planned out with worksheets that corresponded. Students knew exactly what to do. It did not take me forever to grade either! Good rubrics included.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I wanted to start doing book reports but didn't want them to be too big of a challenge so that my student would continue to want to read. These are perfect, I put them in a binder and let my student choose which ones he wants to use.

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