There is a quote featured on Goodreads where you can search for quotes from the book your reading or create your own if you can not find the one you are looking for. There are also quotes from famous people, authors and so on. I have a list of activities that could use the aid of this site.
Quote Booklet: The students can make a booklet full of quotes that they have collected. You can make this a project that goes on all year and that covers all the books read in class as well as personal books. The students can be as creative as they want with this booklet. They can use a store bought journal, make it themselves, use an electronic source... With the aid of Goodreads they can easily search for quotes and they can save them on their goodreads site so they can share them with others.
Quote Poem: This is a fun activity were you have the students compose a poem from several of their quotes on their Goodreads account. They can be as creative as they want and can use any poetry form.
Quote Art: Have the students pick their favorite quote from their Goodreads site and have them create a picture that represents the essence of the quote. They can draw a picture, create a collage...
Book inspired quote: Have the students find I quote that they like that is not from a book. It can be a famous quote, a quote from and author or just a random quote they love. With this quote they have to find a book that has the same theme as the quote. By doing this they will hopefully find a book that they enjoy because it shares the same qualities of that favorite quote.
Cool ideas! We could have so much fun with this! I've used Goodreads with students before, but almost as a side-note :( I'm revamping this year! And I'm glad I found your blog :)
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