20 Any Novel Study Activities | Years 4–8
Save planning time with a flexible set of 20 printable novel study activities that work with almost any fiction book.
Students respond to their reading through a variety of reading, writing, character analysis and vocabulary tasks while developing comprehension, inference, text evidence, story structure, writing skills and vocabulary knowledge.
Because the activities are not linked to one specific novel, this resource can be reused throughout the year across different books, classes and reading groups.
Included Activities
Reading
- Predictions & Evidence
- Chapter Summary
- Plot Mountain
- Theme Detective
- Setting Explorer
Writing
- Diary Entry
- Newspaper Report
- Letter to a Character
- Alternative Ending
- Book Review & Recommendation
Character Analysis
- Character Snapshot
- Inside & Outside
- Relationships Map
- Change Timeline
- Quote Analysis
Vocabulary
- Word Map
- Four Square Vocabulary
- Vocabulary in Context
- Sentence Sketch
- Vocabulary Comic Strip
Students Develop Skills In
- Reading comprehension
- Prediction
- Inference
- Text evidence
- Summarising
- Plot and theme
- Setting
- Character analysis
- Character development
- Creative writing
- Informative writing
- Opinion writing
- Vocabulary
- Context clues
- Critical thinking
Perfect For
Keep this shorter for Sharify:
- Whole-class novel studies
- Literature circles
- Independent reading
- Reading response activities
- Relief teacher lessons
Resource Format
Printable PDF
Suitable for Years 4–8.
