Reading Review Board Game for Literacy Centres, Grades 6-12 and Home Schooling

Book Knowledge Game | Reading Recall Board Game for Middle School & Home School ELA Get Ready for World Book Day with this board game! 🐛📚Turn reading review into an engaging ELA game! This printable reading board game helps students recall books, discuss characters and genres, and build literacy skills in a fun, interactive way. Perfect for Grades 6–12, ELA centres, and home school learning. 🎲 ⭐What Makes This Different? ⭐ Works with ANY book students have read Encourages discussion (NOT just worksheets) 5+ ways to play for differentiation Perfect for mixed-ability classrooms and families Low prep: Just print, cut, and play! Number of Players: 2-6 Players or Teams Ages: 12 - Adult Players move their piece around the board, land on colored squares, and draw a card matching that category. Players name a book that fits the prompt to keep the card. The goal: collect complete sets of cards from all six categories and return to HOME. 🎯Categories: 👨‍💼 Author 🧑‍🎤 Character 📚 Genre 🌎 Setting 🔤 Title ❓ Wild Card Sample Questions: Author: Name a book by a male author 👨‍💼 Character: Name a book with animal characters 🐶 Genre: Name a mystery book 🕵️‍♂️ Setting: Name a book set in Asia 🌏 Title: Name a book with a number in its title 🔢 Wild: Name a book that has been made into a movie 🎬 📦What's Included 🗺 Printable game board (2 pages): color & B&W print versions available [Letter Size (US Spelling) and A4 Size (UK Spelling) available] — 4 slides 96 question cards (6 categories × 16 cards) — 6 slides 🃏 Card backs for double-sided printing — 6 slides 📄 Rule sheet (2 pages) — 2 slides 📚 Genre definition list — 2 slides TOTAL: 20 SLIDES Players provide their own playing pieces and 1 die 🎲. ✴️✴️Five Ways to Play✴️ ✅ Regular Mode – Collect cards by answering correctly 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family / Team Mode – Mix ages and reading experience‍ 🐣 Quick / Easy Mode – Simplified rules for younger players 🧠 Mixed-Ability Mode – Older players name two books 🤝 Cooperative Mode – Work together to collect sets 🔀Hard Mode – Name a book that fits two categories simultaneously 🌟 Perfect for ELA Centres Middle school to high school students 🏫 Classroom literacy activities ✏️ Book clubs & library programs 📚 Family game night 🎉 Home-schooling families 👩‍🏫, especially those using literature-based curricula like Sonlight, Wattle Gum, BookShark, etc. ❤️ Why Teachers and Families Love It Encourages discussion & critical thinking 🗣 Supports recall & connections across reading experiences 🔗 Flexible for different ages & abilities 🎯 Ready to print & easy to prep 🖨 Highly replayable 🔁 Teachers can also create their own question cards using the included card backs to personalise the game for their class. Print the card back on one side of the cardstock, and your own questions on the other side by typing your own questions in a 4 x 4 table. ✂️Printing Suggestions For best results, print Question Cards on coloured cardstock that match the category. If you enjoy this resource, please consider leaving a review so others can discover it! Thank you!