CL/CH/CJ Reading Task Ideas

prediction from headline or visuals
inventing a title or selecting one from a list
put illustrations in the right order
paragraph re-order
find words in the text the same as in a list
read the text and find the mistakes in a picture
read the list and make a list of particular things to do/items
give a headline to each section of the text
re-insert missing sentences
look at the title and pictures and predict a list of words you will find
write the last paragraph of a text
put a list of events in the correct order
start in the middle and predict the beginning and the end
interview characters
map of the story
character diary
multiple choice quiz
true/false statements
filling out a chart based on important information
match pictures to opinions

Try this one too: A comic strip without the words in the speech bubbles- they fill in individually and see who can make the funniest dialogue. Fun! There is a funny webcomic that does this with the same pictures every day just different dialogue (between three dinosaurs, no less). Very interesting! Check it out at www.qwantz.com (***may include adult themes not suitable for the easily offended***)

PS- after posting this I looked at today's comic over at Dinosaur Comics, and the author posted a link to an ESL teacher in China who has used Dinosaur Comics for exactly what I was talking about! Very funny results! Here they are if you want to check it out for yourself: http://invertedlookingglass.tumblr.com/