Readers
Projects
Are you looking for something different for your students to do in class? Why not download the projects from past competitions and try them out? We have a wide range of topics that can be adapted for all levels.
Did your students enjoy doing one of these projects? Why not send a photo to readers@macmillan.com and we'll post the best ones on the web.
Fiction projects:
Shakespeare Readers Inspired by our brand new Shakespeare Readers, this project asks your class to modernise, and even re-enact, a scene from Romeo and Juliet - the greatest love story ever told. |
Casino Royale This 007 project is based on the Pre-intermediate reader, Casino Royale. Your students have to write a dramatic scene for Bond, and create some great characters including their very own villian. |
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Jane Austen For this project your students must choose a scene from a Jane Austen Macmillan Reader and write a script. |
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Perfect Partners For this project, students are required to design a web page for matchmaking couples, helping them to find the perfect partner! |
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Detectives Your students must write an interview between a detective and a suspect plus a detective's report inspired by characters from a Macmillan Reader! |
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Wanted! For this project, ask your class to create 'wanted' posters and write the diary entry of a monster or ghost from a chosen Macmillan Reader. |
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Science Fiction In this imaginative project, ask your class to describe a strange place, planet or land from one of the Science Fiction titles taken from the Macmillan Readers series. |
Non-fiction projects:
Macmillan Topics Projec - Sport This project is inspired by the Macmillan Topics non-fiction reader about Sport. In this activity, your students will have to complete a set of activities leading them to write a profile of their favourite sporting star! |
Macmillan Topics Project - Environment This topical project encourages your students to think about environmental issues in English. Discussing everything from drought to pollution, it is designed to build vocabulary and encourage further discussion. |
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Macmillan Topics Project This great project is inspired by the Macmillan Topics range of non-fiction Readers. After completing a task, your students are asked to think about people they admire and write about them! |
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Guide Book For this project your students are asked to create a guide book describing their favourite place. Inspired by the Macmillan Reader, This is London. |



















