LITERATURE CIRCLE PROJECT IDEAS http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/extension.html
This site contains Literature Circle Projects links to the following:
A B C book, Accordion Book, Game board, Literary Weaving, Main Idea Belt (hanging collage), Story Quilt
3-D or Cut Away Models
Construct a model of a building mentioned your literature circle book. For those who read,
I Am A Taxi, it could be the prison Diego lives in. For those who read Iqbal, it could be the carpet factory he worked in. You will probably have to go back to the book and look for descriptions of these places to make your model as accurate as possible. Make furniture & fixtures out of cardboard also.
Label each room or describe what happened in the room.
A B C book
Create an ABC book from your literature circle book. Include a cover for the book. Each letter needs to have a simple description and an illustration that a small child can read or understand.. A B C Book link: http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/abc.html
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D
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F
G
H
A B C book for Iqbal
A Almond tree
B
C
Buffalo, Blue Bukhara, chain, child labor, carpet shop
D’Adamo
Eshan Khan
Fatima gun
Hussein Khan
Iqbal Masih
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T
O
P
Q
R
J
K
L
M juggler (street vendor)
Karim (boy laborer), Kite
Loom, lice, Lahore (city)
Maria, Mohammed, mines
Pakistan, platform, pattern rupee slate, shackle the “Tomb”, Twig
U
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W
X
United States, university vendor, victory wares
Y yarn (cotton or wool), “Youth in
Action” (award Iqbal receives)
Z for Reebok prize $15,000

Accordion Book
Create an accordion book from your literature circle book. Include a cover for the book. Each page should contain a picture or drawing, accompanied by text. Consider the elements of the story: character, plot, conflict, setting, and theme. http://video.about.com/familycrafts/How-to-Make-an-Accordion-Book.htm
http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/accordian.html
Book Board Game
Design and build a board game based upon the events and characters depicted in your literature circle book. You might want to cover an old game board with tagboard. Create rules and playing pieces to make your game complete. Present the game to your class, and allow them to try their hand at playing a round http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/game.html
Calendar
Create a 12 month calendar. Each month should contain an original drawing of a significant event from the story. If your story took place over the course of a year or years, try to have the picture fit the weather/climate of the month. You can print a calendar off the computer or even make your own using a template. If there is a holiday that is celebrated within the culture, include it on the calendar.

Collage
Cut out numerous pictures that cover the contents of your literature circle book. Arrange the picture on a shape that has a connection to the story. The shape could be the outline of the country your story take place in or perhaps an animal or plant, etc. The pictures should be glued on in such a way that it is impossible to see the background/tag board. There are National Geographic magazine you may use to your collage.
Comic Book or Comic Page
Make a page of comic strips which highlights the main parts of the story. Decide which events would need to be illustrated in a comic book for readers to understand the overall plot of the novel. You will need to draw, color, and plan out the words that each character will say in each comic panel. You may use a Web 2.0 tool for making your comics. Bind your final product together using yarn, ribbon, or a spiral binding machine.

Diary
Purchase a “nothing” book (a book or journal with blank pages). Take on the role of one of the characters from your book and journal and illustrate or doodle their thoughts. Cover the significant events; include a date for each entry.
Diorama
Make a diorama of a significant scene from within the story. Cover the outside of the shoebox with either paper (construction, scrapbooking or wallpaper) or paint (acrylic works best). Both the outside and inside should relate to the story. Make colored drawings for the inside (back, sides, top and bottom) of the box. The dthat it matches the location or theme of the story. Illustrate a background that fits the location of your scene. Glue these illustrations to the back and sides before putting in your diorama pieces. On an index card, give a thorough description of the scene (character, incident, etc).
Pieces (character, etc) could be make from clay or paper.

Flip Book
Hanging Story Mobile
Materials: Hanger, wood dowel, String, ribbon, macramé string Paper (construction, scrapbooking, wallpaper)
Include all parts of a story: setting, main characters, plot, etc.) Story pieces could be in the shape of parts of the story (characters, buildings, etc), theme-related, or in a repeated shape. http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/mainidea.html
Hand-turned Continuous Picture Show
With a shoebox, your own illustration, dowels or tinker toys and tape, make a continuous picture show. With the drawing paper in a horizontal or landscaped position, begin illustrating several important scenes from the story. Leave space at the top or bottom for text, several sentences which will explain what is taking place in the picture. Color each scene. Tape the illustrations together in the order in which they occurred in the story on the left and right sides of the paper. Tape the last illustration to the right dowel. Wind up the illustrations. Tape the first illustration to the left dowel.
Literary Weaving http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/weaving.html
Map

Map of country with brief descriptions & pictures of events from the story in the location in which they happened. Tag board available from teacher.
Newspaper
Paper Bag Book
Puppet or Marionettes
Scrapbook
Story Quilt http://www.litcircles.org/Extension/storyquilt.html
Treasure Box

Make a box to look like a treasure chest or decorate or cover a shoebox or another sturdy box with a collage of pictures that are representative of your book’s characters, theme, or setting. Put items in the box which represent the story. For each object attach a description of the item and how it relates to the story.