(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 some of the things that you have learned so far that you are not likely to forget in the near future.
What would be the characters’ theme songs? Why?
Write about what would happen if you brought one of your characters to school or home for a day.
Copy an interesting/ confusing/ important/ enjoyable passage and explain why you chose it.
Do you have any unanswered questions about the story? Explain.
Turn a scene into a graphic novel–draw out what happens!
Write a summary of what you read in your book today.
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?
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?
How does the author provide information or details to make the story seem realistic?
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.
Write about anything you want! Just be sure to connect it to your book :)
Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
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.
How does the author help you feel that you are really there (in both realistic stories and fantasy)?
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.
Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting. Explain what made it interesting for you.
How would the story be different if told through another character's eyes?
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
Who tells the story? Is this the best person to tell it? Why?
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?
Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have them as a friend.
How does the character's actions affect other people in the story?
Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
If you were the author, would you have ended the story in a different way? Why? How so?
What real-life people or events are you reminded of by characters or events in the story? Explain why.
Explain the basic information that is being presented in terms of the 5W's: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Write a diary entry in the voice of a character in your book.
