Activities to do with books

Literature

More activities to improve your writing skills.....

CREATIVE WRITING

1. Write any kind of poem about your book.
   
2. Write a letter to a friend describing this book you are going to send him.
   
3. Write a different ending for your book.
   
4. Keep a journal as you read your book: your reactions, thoughts, feelings.
   
5. Write a five-line "easy" poem about your book: a noun, then two adjectives, then three verbs, then a thought about the noun, and finally a synonym for the noun.
   
6. Write two articles for a newspaper published at the time of or in the country of your book.
   
7. Write an obituary for one character.
   
8. Write a diary for your favourite character.
   

VOCABULARY

1. Make a small dictionary (at least twenty-five words) for the subject of your book.
   
2. List fifteen interesting words from your book and tell why each is interesting.
   
3. List new words learned from your book: Define them and give the sentences in which you found them.
   
4. Choose some of the following words and explain how each applies to your book: stupendous, exciting, breathtaking, horrendous, fabulous, etc.