If you have been following us on our Facebook Page or Instagram, you have seen the progression of adding the Alternative Book Report Resources to our Printables page. Since all nineteen of them are finally complete, I figured this labor of love was owed its blog post to introduce them more officially. About two-three years ago, I began creating these alternative book reports for our big girls. We used them for about a year, so I had them all created, but they lacked rubrics and things to enhance them beyond our personal use. I put out a few for sale last year when I put out our Christmas School Units, and they started to sell here and there. I then set out at the beginning of this year to complete them all for sale and create a Bundle of them.
I wanted our girls to explore the books they were reading beyond just listing out things on a book report page or forcing them to write many papers. Yet, I wanted to see them getting something out of what they were reading, teaching them the elements of Literature beyond just reading a story. So, this started the explosion of the Alternative Book Reports we have today.
The reports are available individually in my printables section. I also have two sets of One-Page Book Reports/Summaries as well (my Thumper still uses these for school currently).
Let's take a look at all of the available options:
Alphabet Book
Alternative Ending-Epilogue
Book Cover Redo
Create a Bookmark
Create a Cereal Box
Character Autopsy
Character Diary
Character Profile
Comic Book
Imagine a Setting
Lined Book Profile
Literary Theme Park
Map the Setting
Movie Poster
One Page Book Summary
Pack a Bag
Persuasive Letter
Pizza Report
Time Line
Each Alternative Book Report includes a student instruction page, a cover rubric, and a grading rubric. For some reports, I created multiple levels of to use it with a variety of ages. Also, some reports have planning pages or templates to help students create their projects.
I am sad that these are done, but my next creation focus is on finishing my Elements of Literature Activities.
Available so far:
Types of Literature
Elements of Literature
Setting
Activities to Come:
Types of Characters
Characterization
Dialogue
Point of View
Conflicts
Plot.
These will hopefully be available and completed in July, so look for a blog post highlighting them when I have them finished.
Besides working on our Christmas School Unit for 2026(geared to be available in October), I am simultaneously working on some Units for our girls for next year involving Literature.
I hopefully will have lots of things available for the remainder of this year and into next. Please feel free to leave a comment under this blog post or contact me via our Facebook Page or Instagram. If you want more in-depth conversations, check out our Facebook Parent Group.