Better Book Reports Curriculum Map

These activities help your young reader to share their thoughts about the stories they have heard or have read themselves. As well, students need the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the materials. Each section begins with a Teacher's Notes page that will provide suggestions to help you to introduce the sections and to obtain the best results from your students.

This resource contains six sections:

1. Vocabulary Development
2. Identifying Important Information
3. Character Analysis
4. Summarizing & Sequencing Events
5. Reasoning & Critical Thinking
6. Creativity & Design

Introduction:

• At A Glance 
• Teacher Assessment Rubric 
• Student Self Assessment Rubric 
• Teacher – Student Conference Form 
• Introduction & Teacher Suggestions 
• Overall Expectations 
• Introduction 
• Getting Started: organizing materials, using the activities 
• Sharing student results

Before We Begin Activities 

• Library Lingo: Crossword Puzzle 
• Genres: Activity 1: Identify genres by matching genre name to description 
• Activity 2: Locate and record examples of literature that match a genre 
• Book Report Activities List
• Personal Reading Record 
• Book Report Activities Tracking Sheet 

Book Report Activities 

Vocabulary Development Activities

 This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge. 
• An introduction to new terms and ideas: making a glossary, paraphrasing, and identifying examples of imagery. 

Identifying Important Information Activities

This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge. 
• An introduction to new skills: awareness of types of reference books and their features, interpreting information in mythology 

Character Analysis Activities

This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge 
• An introduction to new skills: fantasy and science fiction characters, writing a ballad, protagonists/antagonists/minor characters 

Summarizing & Sequencing Events Activities

 This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge 
• An introduction to new skills: converting a chapter into a play, creating a game board.

Reasoning & Critical Thinking Activities

This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge. 
• An introduction to new skills: inferring characters’ preferences, identifying the theme. 

Creativity & Design Activities

This section includes: 

• A review of prior skills and knowledge 
• An introduction to new skills: create a talking display, a jigsaw puzzle, creating a soundtrack.

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