Months ago I came across this site while researching reader's response ideas for a teacher. Whenever I see traditional classroom ideas, I can't help but imagine their digital counterpart. I like the list at the bottom of this website with "Other Literature Response Activities." Without even thinking, I was mentally pairing some of my favorite web 2.0 tools with the ideas in this list. Here's what I came up with...
Other Literature Response Activities:
Other Literature Response Activities:
- Compare and contrast characters, two books or texts, etc. (RWT: Interactive Venn Diagram)
- Create an alternate ending. (Google Presentation)
- Create a book jacket. (RWT: Book Cover Creator)
- Retell a story. (RWT: Story Map or Voki Speaking Avatar)
- Summarize a book. (RWT: Story Cube or ABCya! Animation)
- Write a letter to a character. (RWT: Letter Generator)
- Make a puzzle depicting a scene or a character. (Big Huge Labs: Jigsaw)
- Create a poem about the text. (Diamante Poem Maker or RWT: Acrostic Poem)
- Create a crossword puzzle based on the story. (Discovery Ed: Puzzlemaker)
- Make a cartoon of your favorite scene or an entire story. (Bitstrips)
- Write a review. (Google Docs)
- Create a scrapbook. (Scholastic: Character Scrapbook)
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