Characters come to life!

 Each student creates life-size "portraits" of one of the characters from a book just read. The portrait should include a written piece that tells about the character. The piece might also include information about events, traits, or conflicts in the book that involve that character.

You can have a special day and combine this project with  a Prove It in Five Minutes class.  This is the idea:

Each student gives a 2-minute oral presentation in which he or she shares information about a book's plot and characters. The student closes the presentation by offering an opinion and recommendation about the book. Then students in the audience have 150 seconds to question the presenter about the book.  Hang the students' portraits in a class gallery at the end of the class. You may like to hang  the best  portraits around different parts of the school, or around the library.