The Miraculous Journey
Of Edward Tulane
Reading Choice Boards
This set consists of reading choice boards to use in your classroom to go
with this novel. These boards can be used whole group, independently,
in small group, or at centers. These boards are a fun
way for your students to show their understanding of
the book.
By: Michele’s Teaching Tidbits
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 1 - 5
Making Connections
Character Description
Create a Quiz
Good readers make connections when
reading. In this book, a young girl has a
china rabbit she cherishes dearly. What is
something you cherish dearly? Write
about your connection and illustrate a
picture of your special item.
Describe Edward Tulane in detail.
Write about him and draw a picture
to go with your description of
Edward.
Create a 10 question quiz from
chapters 1, 2, 3, or 4. No yes/no or
true/false questions. Remember to
make an answer key for your test.
Questioning
Sequence Events
Story Telling
Good readers ask questions. Write down 5
questions you have after reading these
chapters. Share your questions with a
classmate and see if they have the
same questions or different ones.
Choose important events that have
occurred in chapters 1 -4. Make a timeline
and sequence these events. Explain why
you fill the events you choose are
important. You need to choose at least 5
events.
Retell the story about the princess
in your own words. Illustrate a
picture to go with your writing.
Explain how you think Abilene felt
about this story.
Wanted Poster
Setting the Scene
Character Book
Pretend you are Edward Tulane. Create a
wanted poster for a new home and owner.
Write about what type of home you think
Edward would prefer to live in, since he doesn’t
seem thrilled to be living with Abilene. Make
sure to include a picture of the house on your
wanted poster.
Compare the setting of the story with
where you live. Explain in writing how the
two are alike and different using a venn
diagram. Then use your venn diagram to
write a paragraph. Finally you need to do a
detailed illustration to go with your writing.
Create a character book for the
characters we’ve met so far.
Include the characters name, what
they look like and a detailed
description of that character.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 6 - 10
Summary
Letter to Character
iPod Apps
Write a one sentence summary for
each chapter 6 – 10. Include a
picture to go with your summaries.
Write a letter to one of the
characters in the book. Discuss at
least three events that have
happened thus far in the book.
Design your own iPod touch. Your iPod should
include six apps that could be helpful to a
character in the story. It needs to be
colorful. You should write a sentence about
each app you have created explaining how
it relates to the story.
Compare & Contrast
Characterization
Word Collector
Use a venn diagram to compare and
contrast Abilene and Edward from the book.
After you’ve finished your comparison write
about paragraph to go with your venn
diagram.
Choose a character from the book.
Decide which character traits and
attitudes they have. Write a paragraph
explaining how the character shows those
traits and attitudes. Use evidence from
the book.
Collect interesting words from chapters
6 – 10. You must collect 8 – 10 interesting
words. Write the page number where you
found the word in the book, then write a
definition of the word in your own words.
Friendly Letter
Crossword Puzzle
You in the Story
Write a letter to a friend using at
least 6 vocabulary words from these
chapters. Underline or highlight the
words in your letter. Make sure you
choose challenging words.
Create a crossword puzzle using at least
6 vocabulary words from chapters 6 - 10.
Make sure you include the clues at the
bottom of your paper. You must create
your own clues for each word.
Choose a character from the story that you
would like to trade places with. Tell who that
character is and how you would do things
differently if you were that character. Write a
paragraph explaining what you’d be like in that
characters shoes.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 11 - 14
Story Map
Write a Poem
Prediction
Create a story map identifying key
events and characters from the
story. Make sure to cite specific
details from the text. Then create
a picture to go with your story map.
Write a poem describing either a
character or a scene from one of
these chapters. Your poem needs to
have a minimum of 7 lines.
Write a paragraph telling what you
think will happen chapter 15. Make
sure to explain your thinking. Give
reasons for why you feel the way you
do.
Diary Entry
Character Day
Create a Character
Imagine you are one of the main
characters in the story. Write a
diary entry of your daily thoughts
and activities. Be sure to tell which
character you are.
Decide which character in the book you’d
most like to spend the day with. Write a
paragraph explaining how you would spend
your day with that character. Be sure to
use lots of details.
Create an original character and tell how
that character would fit into the story.
Be specific in naming and describing your
character. Make sure you explain their
role in the book.
Book Cover
Character Comparison
Character Traits
Write a new title for the story based
on what you’ve read so far. Then
create a new cover for the book.
Make sure your book cover will catch
the attention of young readers.
Compare and contrast two of the main
characters from the story. You can either
use a T-chart or a venn diagram for your
comparison. Then write a paragraph
explaining how they’re alike and
different.
List the characteristics of one of
the main characters in a WANTED
poster. Remember to be very
descriptive. Use can use internal or
external traits.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 15 - 18
Cause and Effect
Questions
Create 10 questions about these
Pick 5 events from chapters 15 - 18.
chapters. Be sure to include who, what,
Write cause and effect
when, where, and why questions. Give
statements for those events.
your questions to a friend and see if
they can answer them.
Board Game
Using vocabulary words from these
chapters, create a board game. You
can create the game however you’d
like.
Movie Poster
Plot
Figurative Language
Pretend you are going to make the book
into a movie. Create a movie poster for
the book. Be sure to include the main
characters and setting in your poster. You
also need a catchy phrase or two to get
people interested about your movie.
Describe the most important event that
has happened so far in the story. Explain
this event in detail citing evidence from
the book. Explain why this event is so
important.
Find one example of figurative language
(simile, metaphor, idiom, etc.) in the book.
Write your example and explain what
type of figurative language it is and
what the author is trying to say.
Connections
Character Change
Timeline
Did something in the story remind
you of something in your own life,
another book, or the world? Write
about your connection.
Make a timeline that tells what
If you could remove one character from
this story, who would it be and why?
happened in the book up to this point.
Draw a picture of how the story would be
Your timeline should include what
different and explain in writing how it
happened in the beginning, middle, and
would change in the story.
now.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 19 - 22
Character Trading Cards
Order of Events
Feeling Fine
Choose 4 characters you’ve been introduced to
up to this point in the story. Create trading
cards for those students. On the front of the
card write the characters name and draw a
picture. On the back of the card describe the
character using internal/external traits.
List the order of the main events in
the story so far. Include at least 5
events from the story in your
response.
How do these chapters make you
feel? Why do they make you feel
that way. Be sure to explain your
thinking using evidence from the
text.
Author Study
Vocabulary Search
Visualizing
What questions do you have for the
author about this story? How do you
think she would answer your
questions. Write 5 questions and
answers.
Find 5 new wonderful words from
chapters 19 - 22. Write them down,
then write a short definition for
each word and use them in a
sentence of your own.
What are you picturing in your mind when
you read these chapters? Sketch a picture
and label the important parts.
Genre
Character Web
Summary
Write a paragraph explaining what genre
you feel this book is. Be sure to give
examples from the story to support your
answer.
Create a word web with words describing
the main character in the story. Explain
how each word you chose describes the
character.
Choose one chapter from chapters 19 –
22 and write a summary using the
somebody, wanted, but, so, then format.
Make sure to write in complete
sentences.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board Ch. 23 - 27
Author’s Purpose
What is the author’s purpose in
writing this book? Write a
paragraph explaining the purpose of
the book and give examples from
the story.
Trading Places
If you can be any character in the
If you could meet any of the characters in
the story who would it be? Write 2 – 3
book, who would you be? Write about
why you chose that character, how you questions you would ask that character and
then answer the questions of how you
would do things differently and how
think the character would answer.
that character affected the story.
Lessons Learned
Character Change
What lesson did the main character learn
throughout the book or what lesson do
you think the main character will learn
by the end of the book.? Use evidence
from the text to support your thinking.
Explain how Edward changed at the
beginning, middle, and end of the
story. Be sure to use evidence from
the book.
Figurative Language
Character Letter
Find 3 examples of figurative language in
the novel. Write the example, what type
of figurative language it is, and the
meaning of the phrase.
Character Meeting
Write a letter to one of the characters in
the book. Discuss at least three events
from the book in your letter. Then illustrate
a picture of your favorite part of the story.
Bookmark
Create a bookmark. On one side, illustrate
the main characters, setting, problem and
solution of the story. Then illustrate 5
pictures from the book.
Favorite Part
What was your favorite part of the book
and why? Make sure to include lots of
details and the reasons why it was your
favorite part.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board End of the Book
Story Ending
Book Review
Conflict
Create a different ending to the
story. Then illustrate a picture for
the book to go with your new
ending.
Write a recommendation as to why
this story should or should not be
read. Make sure to give reasons to
support your opinion.
Discuss the conflicts that arose in
the book. Be sure to write the
reason they happened and explain if
they were resolved or not.
Theme
Character Change
Picture Timeline
Explain the possible theme from the
story. Then explain what lessons
could be learned from reading this
book.
How did the main characters
change from the beginning of the
story to the end of the story? Use
evidence from the story to support
your answer.
Construct a pictorial timeline which
summarizes what happens in the
story. Be sure to use lots of details.
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Story Change
Teacher Letter
Create a poster to advertise the
story so people will want to read it.
Be sure to use words and pictures.
If you could change something about
the story or the chapter(s), what
would you change? Why?
Write a letter to your teacher and
tell him/her about the novel. Make
sure you tell him/her the main
characters, problem, solution, and if
you en joyed the book.
Edward Tulane
Choice Board End of Book
Adjectives
Supporting Characters
Making Choices
Choose 3 adjectives that describe the
book. Then give examples from the book
that show why you chose those
adjectives.
List all the supporting characters. Tell
how each one of them is related to
the main character. Then write a
sentence about each character.
Book Title
Vocabulary Search
Write a paragraph about the title of
your book. Explain why you think it’s a
good title or a bad title. Then create a
new title for you book and explain why
you think it will be a better title.
Find 5 new wonderful words from
chapters 13 – 15. Write them down, then
write a short definition for each word
and use them in a sentence of your own.
Draw pictures of at least 8 important
objects from the book. Then write a
sentence for each object telling why they
are important to the story.
Character Feelings
Problem/Solution
Theme
Choose a section of the story where the
main character feels a strong emotion.
Describe in detail the emotion and why
they feel the way they do.
Describe the problem or challenge of
the story. Include explicit details to
support your description.
Find a place in your book where the main
character makes an important choice. Write a
paragraph about how the book would change if
the character might have made a different
choice.
Picture Book
Determine a possible theme of the story.
Provide evidence from the text to
support your reasoning.
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By: Michele’s Teaching Tidbits