Bundle of One Pager Activities for Books & Plays

Have students show their understanding and knowledge of books and plays they read with this creative ELA one pager activity bundle! This activity is great for teaching theme, character analysis, main idea and supporting details as well as summarizing!

There are 4 activities included in this bundle!

1. One Pager for theme analysis
2. One Pager for character analysis
3. One Pager for act/scene summary in a pay
4. One Pager for chapter summary
 

RESOURCE BREAKDOWN

Print and digital versions available!

- PDF
- Google™ Slides

 1. One Pager for Theme

 This fun and engaging finding the main idea one pager activity will help if you are struggling teaching theme or help your students understand identifying themes and main idea and supporting details! This finding theme activity can be used to analyze a book, short story, poem, article, passage/excerpt or other text!

Students will:

- Learn what a theme is as well as the difference between theme topics and a theme statement.
- Identify multiple theme topics they believe are repeated through a text
- Create a theme statement showing the message/lesson they believe the author is repeating throughout the text.
- Create a one pager focusing on how the author developed the theme.
 

2. One Pager for a Character Analysis

Have students show their understanding and knowledge of a character with this creative and engaging one pager activity! A great resource for analyzing character traits, character development and indirect and direct characterization that can be used with any a book, short story, poem, etc.

Students will:

- Have two different activity options:

One Pager - Indirect and Direct Characterization
One Pager - Character Development
 
- Find specific quotes in the text related to the character and their development.

- Create a one pager creatively showcasing their understanding and knowledge of a character in the text.

3. One Pager for Act Summary

A fun and engaging one pager that will help your students show their understanding and knowledge of acts and scenes they read in a play! This summary activity can be great way to gauge student understanding of main idea and key details, and can help in checking to see if students have been reading!

Students will:

- Identify the most important events from either an act or scene of a play.
- Find specific quotes in the play related to important events and/or that resonated with the student.
- Create a one pager creatively showcasing their understanding and knowledge of the act or scene.

4. One Page for Chapter Summary

This engaging chapter summary one pager for a novel activity helps students show their understanding and knowledge of chapters they read! This ELA one pager activity can be great way to gauge student understanding of main idea and key details, and can help in checking to see if students have been reading!

Students will:

- Identify the most important events from the chapter.
- Find specific quotes in the chapter related to important events and/or resonated with the student.
- Create a one pager creatively showcasing their understanding and knowledge of the chapter.
 

Also included in this resource are the following:

1. One Pager Rubric

2. Seven One Pager templates students can use to create their one pager!
 
3. Digital versions of the templates are also included!

4. SEVENTEEN Student Examples of One Pagers!

- 6 examples for a one pager focusing on theme
- 5 examples for a one pager focusing on an act/scene summary from a play
- 6 examples for a one pager focusing on a research topic/historical figure
 

FILE FORMAT

File Type: Zip - PDF & Google Slides
Editable: No

Total Pages: 241
Content Pages: 130