Novel activities

16 pre-reading questions to use with any novel! This novel

A multiple choice quiz after reading is a quick and easy way to check student comprehension, but it doesn't allow you to assess deeper understanding and it certainly isn't fun or creative. If you are looking for more meaningful and engaging activities to use with students during literature circles or a novel unit, here's twelve ideas that are favorites in my classroom and the Common Core standards they align with.

By The Daring English Teacher When teaching a novel, I love to mix things up and throw in a fun, creative, or collaborative activity that engages students as they analyze and interpret the novel’s theme, characters, symbols, or conflict. This allows me to enhance my students’ understanding of the novel, and it gives them a break from the day-to-day routine of reading and reviewing that often accompanies novel studies. Providing students with fun and engaging, yet still rigorous, activities…

Novel projects are engaging ways to boost comprehension and hold students accountable or independent reading. The best novel projects for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades Includes several FREE projects and ideas that need very few supplies!

When doing a novel study, you want the novel itself to be the main focus, not the worksheets and tests. Here are some ideas for station assignment ideas.

Give your students the chance to show off their literary analysis skills in a creative way with the Literary Analysis Creative Square Project! This engaging activity works with any novel, offering a fun alternative to traditional assessments. Perfect for ELA teachers! Engaging Novel Activities | End of Novel Project | Hands on novel activity

This blog post explores innovative and engaging lesson plans for any novel unit... ranging from task cards to book instagram pages to a novel podcast project. Student choice is key here, and students can find something they would like to complete in order to convey their reading, comprehension, and

Add one of these extension activities to your literature lessons. These literature activities are perfect for short stories, novels, or any piece of literature. Spice up your reading lessons with one of these reading activities for middle school language arts. #middleschoolela #literatureactivities

Get students motivated to read the next class novel with five pre-reading stations. Great for introducing your next book! #novelstations #novelstudy #prereading

10 ideas for planning engaging novel units: creative, engaging lesson ideas for your next whole-class novel unit