Literacy Activities in English Classes

There are so many ways to include literacy activities into the english class that hopefully class will not be boring and there should be something for everyone to enjoy. One of the activities that i will incorporate in my classes is using role play. By getting the students up, moving around and letting the students be creative and act ia one way they will be able to visualize the work. This could be done with short stories and with any book we will read. This role playing can be done prior to reading the story, with info given to them to create a scene for themselves and then see how it compares to the story when finished reading. Another activity that I will use often in my classes when reading it the Think-Alouds, where you stop reading and think about what you have just read, think about where the story is going, and maybe even make a prediction. I would also encourage my students when they read on there own that they should have post-its handy. This way they can easily mark a page where they might have a question, confused about something, need a definition or just mark a section that they enjoyed.
These are just a few ideas I have about how I would use literacy activities in my class with reading.