Novel study 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!

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 studies for upper elementary students are a great way to support independent reading and critical thinking. As Language Arts teachers, we know that student choice is vital to their level of engagement, so allowing students to choose their own novel is the first step to success! In today's blog post, I share how to plan and implement a novel study for any book, step-by-step. Plus, I share my tried and true resource that's ready to print and use immediately! Check it out on the blog.

Looking for a hands-on, creative way to wrap up your novel study? The Literary Analysis Creative Square Project is a fun, flexible activity that allows students to showcase their understanding in a unique format. Perfect for middle and high school English classes! Engaging Novel Activities | End of Novel Project | Hands on novel activity

Each year I like to do a different novel study with my students. I’m always on the lookout for novel study activities for any novel. This year I chose the book, “The City of Ember” because it fit in nicely with my science and social studies units (Light and Sound for science and Ancient Civilizations […]

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Matchbook chapter summaries super simple and fun project that you can have your students complete during your next novel study.

Hi teacher friends, Some of my favorite memories in elementary school were centered around reading novels in the classroom! I’ll always remember making a glittery web with glue and black paper while reading Charlotte’s Web in third grade. (I also remember our teacher scolding us for the giant glittery mess on the

Ancient Civilizations have long been my favourite units to teach. I remember loving them when our teacher taught us about them in Middle School, they were some of my favourite courses I took in university, and I still love teaching them today. Mesopotamia is always a fun one to teach, simply because a lot of it is still really new to the kids; a lot of them have background information about Egypt, Greece, and Rome, but very little about Mesopotamia. I feel like I am working with a blank…

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.