Each quarter extra credit options are available to any and all students who wish to go the extra mile for a higher grade.
If you have other ideas that are not listed below please share your ideas with me. I would love to hear about them and discuss other options for you.

Creative/Artistic
Research the food or cuisine from a book you are reading.  The food may be specifically mentioned in your book or you may research the setting (time period) for cooking techniques or common foods. Make a dish using a recipe and provide a five-minute class presentation and taste test. To do this option well, I need a copy of the recipe and be convinced that you know about the cuisine and cooking techniques from the time period you researched.
Create a Power Point slide show related to a book you are reading or a topic you are interested in.  To do this option well, well-organized information (words) and graphic (sounds, pictures, colors, etc) organization is required.  The point is to have the graphics enhance your information and topic, not take away from it.
Make a collage related your book, yourself,  or a character from a book, etc.  Good collages are completely full of pictures, very little, to no paper should be seen as backgrounds.  I have an example in the classroom if you would like to see it.
Make a shoe box scene book report - be neat and creative.
Illustrate (draw) the setting of a book you are reading.  Be detailed and creative using visual memory

Creative/Linguistic (Writing
Write a story of your own that shows character development, setting, theme, plot and correct punctuation. Three page minimum, no maximum.
Write and send a post card to yourself from the perspective of a character in a book you are           reading. One side needs to obviously be the correspondence  in letter format and the other, a drawn picture related to the book.
 Change the ending of a book you are reading - include a copy of the book's ending as well.
Write a play that shows character development, setting, theme, plot, correct punctuation, etc.
Do a visual report on a book you are reading and/or a topic you are interested in - provide information on three chosen topics.
Write a report on an animal or other topic.  Choose three parts of your topic to research and provide a paragraph for each chosen part.  Paper must follow district writing standards to the best of your ability. Example: Topic:Chickens 3Parts: habitat, diet, kinds of chickens.
Author Review Report: listen to an author interview tape and/or go to www.scholastic.com to gain information on an author or your choice.  Provide information in either written form or provide an oral class presentation on your findings.

Classroom Author Interview Tapes: Lloyd Alexander, Natalie Babbit, Lyne Reid Band, Beverly Clearly, Virginia Hamilton, Madeleine L'Engle, Katharine Patterson, Richard Peck, Louis Sachar, John Scieszka, Lane Smith, Elizabeth George Speare, Jerry Spinelli, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Scott O'Dell, Pam Conrad, David Wiesner, Patricia C. McKissask, Gary Paulsen, Betsy Byars, Paula Fox, S.E. Hinton

Other Options

Kinesthetic Possibilities	Oral Possibilities	Written Possibilities
Clothing	Book Report	Journal
Collage	Speech	Magazine
Display	Comparison	New Story Ending
Dramatization	Lesson	Creative Writing
Experiment	Rap	Newsletter Article
Field Trip	Riddle	Essay
Finger/Hand Puppets	Song	Brochure
Invention		Friendly Letter
Puzzle		Short Story
Mobile		Vocabulary Word Harvest
Food		Skit
Gadget		Pamphlet
Game		Poem

 

If you have any questions about any of these possibilities, please some see me for more details.

Good Luck and have fun!!