You will have 6 book projects this year. Each project will have a specific genre you will need to find a book. Each month you will be assigned the project or comprehension questions over the book you chose.
The book you choose must be: 1. a chapter book…no or a very few pictures 2. a minimum of 150 pages (minimum of 100 pages for a biography) 3. the book cannot have a movie made about it (Ex. Harry Potter) 4. if the book you pick is a series it should be the first book.
By the 5th of every month, you must have selected a book for your teacher to approve. You will receive 5 puts for having this completed. If not, a zero will be given and cannot be earned after the 5th of the month.
*The projects are worth 50 points and the comprehension questions are worth 25 points. Remember, you have an entire month to complete the book project. The quality of your project or questions should reflect the amount of time you have to work on it! Most of the reading should be done during DEAR time.
March ……....................Historical Fiction………...#15-28 PROJECT………………..#1-14 QUESTIONS April and May NO PROJECT DUE!
Book Project Options (2 parts: summary +project) Each book project presentation must be accompanied with a summary of the book you read. This should be written down on paper and practiced. This is separate from your project.
You will be given a packet that will contain your choices for book projects. Remember, you can only do a project ONE time! You may not do the same project for another genre. Some of the projects work better for certain genres. Please make sure the project option will work with the genre you are assigned! Plan carefully!
BOOK PROJECT COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
Reading Comprehension Questions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper and turn in on the due date for each book project. Please include a title page stapled to your questions. See example at bottom for a reference. The title page is a separate piece of paper. Your title page should be the first page that is seen. The second page will have your questions and answers on it. The questions and answers need to be typed in final draft format. (The font should be Times Roman, size 12 or 14, and double-spaced).
1. When and where did the story take place?
2. Pick one main character from your story and describe them in detail. What three character traits did he/she portray and give evidence from the text to support your answer.
3. What problems did the character have to solve and how was it solved?
4. Explain in detail your favorite part and your least favorite part.
5. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain your reasoning in detail.
6. How was the book an example of text-to-text, text-to-world, and text-to-self?
7. If you could ask any character in this book a question, who would you ask and what would you ask them? Why would you ask this character that question?
8. Summarize what happened in the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story in detail. This should be about one paragraph for each section of the book.
9. If you were asked to change the title of the book, what would you name it and why?
10. If you could be a character in this book, which character would you want to be and why?
11. If you were to add a chapter to this book, what would happen next?
The Title Page should look like this: (but it should be centered in your page)
Your Name
Date
Book Title
Author/Illustrator Publishing Company Copyright Date
CONNECT TO THE TEXT (SEE ALSO THE ATTACHMENT AT THE TOP TITLED TEXT CONNECTIONS)
Text-to-Text Connections What does this remind me of in something else I have read? How is this text similar to other text I have read? How is this text different than other text I have read? How did something else I have read help me to understand this text better?
Text-to-Self Connections What does this remind me of in my life? What were my feelings when I read this? How is this text similar to my life? How is the text different than my life? Have I experienced something like this? How did an experience in my life help me understand this text better?
Text-to-World Connections What does this remind me of in the real world? How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this text different to things that happen in the real world? How did my knowledge of something in the real world around me understand this text better?
*Here are links of examples of book titles for a variety of genres.*