Multiple Intelligences: Reading Project
Kinesthetic
- Construct a scene from the novel you read
- Create a lifelike model of the story's hero
- Create a three-dimensional model of the story's setting
- Choose one character from the book and create a series of letters written by the character during a difficult period of time
- Choose one event in the novel and write a scene as a TV soap opera script
- Write a newspaper article describing the most exciting event in the novel
- Choose one character in the story and show the ways in which you and the character are alike. You may show the similarities through writing, drawing, or other appropriate means
- Write a diary as if you were the main character of the story. Talk about your feeling as the events unfold
- Express your reactions to the story - your feeling and responses - through music, art, or poetry
- Create a graphic organizer that visually shows the plot development of the story
- Create a game board that represents the story's development
- Create a series of puzzles or brainteasers about the major characters in the story
- Write a rap or song for the major character to sing
- Create a mime dance to illustrate the major conflicts of the novel
- Choose songs that represent the conflicts of the major characters in the book
- Create a comic book representation of the story
- Design a collage to represent the major character in the story
- Take photographs of scenes that represent the setting of the story and create a collage with them
- Work with a friend to create a problem-mediating session between you and a major character in the book. Provide helpful alternatives to the character's problems
- Work with a friend to role-play one of the events in the story in a way that makes sense to readers today
- Work with a friend to interview class members on their reactions to the story and report to the class
- Collect leaves, rocks, flowers, trees, and animal products that represent the setting of the story
- Create a tape with sounds heard in the natural world to play while reading an outdoor scene of the novel
- Identify the main character with a signature flower, plant, tree, and animal, and explain your choices