Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Digital Reading Response Book Report

Short Story and Novel Assignments - Digital Reading Response Book Report: Gone are the days of boring book reports and reading responses! This multi-faceted resource provides fun ready-to-use digital assignments that will work for any novel or short story that your students are reading. Each of the one-slide assignments can be shared digitally with your students – it’s that easy! There is an assignment for every student in your class in this packet – even students who struggle or are reluctant to write. This is an excellent tool to differentiate in your classroom!

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

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Included in the Digital Short Story and Novel Assignments Bundle:

➡️ 50 Digital Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story: This resource includes 50 slides of creative and current digital assignments that your students will actually enjoy doing! The assignments are designed to address a variety of story elements like plot, character, setting, conflict, author's purpose and more. They also require creativity and outside-the-box thinking. Some of the unique titles of the assignments include:

• Dare to Compare: Comparing a character to someone in your life.
• TxT Me L8R: Writing a text conversation between two characters at an important moment in the plot.
• Hashtags: Writing social media updates (with hashtags) as a character.
• Check My Internet History: Sharing a character's browsing history during the plot of the story.
• Point of View Change Up: Retelling a part of the story from a different character's perspective.
• The Setting Tour Guide: Taking on the role of the tour guide and writing a description of the setting of the reading.
• Blockbuster Builder: Developing a plan to turn the reading into a movie by choosing actors to play the characters, a setting to shoot the film, and changes you would make to the plot.

These are just a few of the 50 exciting digital assignments that your students can choose from. Also included is a rubric that works for any of the assignments. The digital rubric is easy to use and makes marking a breeze.

➡️ Digital Assignments Rubric: This resource also includes a general digital rubric that can be used with any of the reading assignments. This makes for quick and easy grading!

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