(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Explain the basic information that is being presented in terms of the 5W's: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
Do you have any unanswered questions about the story? Explain.
Copy an interesting/ confusing/ important/ enjoyable passage and explain why you chose it.
Who tells the story? Is this the best person to tell it? Why?
If you were the author, would you have ended the story in a different way? Why? How so?
What ideas might you have for turning this work of nonfiction into a work of fiction? Give a brief summary of what your story might be like.
From what you've read so far, make predictions about what will happen next and explain what in the text makes you think it will happen.
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
How does the character's actions affect other people in the story?
Explain some of the things that you have learned so far that you are not likely to forget in the near future.
Write a diary entry in the voice of a character in your book.
What quality of which character strikes you as a good characteristic to develop within yourself over the years? Why? How does the character demonstrate this quality?
Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have them as a friend.
Pick a scene in which you disagreed how a character handled a situation/person and rewrite it in the way you think it should have happened.
Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
Write to inform us about the author. What other articles and/or books has the author written? Is he/she one of your favorite authors, and if so, why?
What real-life people or events are you reminded of by characters or events in the story? Explain why.
Write a summary of what you read in your book today.
What would be the characters’ theme songs? Why?
Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting. Explain what made it interesting for you.
Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
Turn a scene into a graphic novel–draw out what happens!
Write about what would happen if you brought one of your characters to school or home for a day.
How would the story be different if told through another character's eyes?
Describe the author's craft: What was good about the author's writing? What things might you try to do in your own writing that you learned from this author?
Write about anything you want! Just be sure to connect it to your book :)
How does the author provide information or details to make the story seem realistic?
How does the author help you feel that you are really there (in both realistic stories and fantasy)?
