September Book Project Dear Parents and Students, Each month your child will be doing a book project and at home writing assignment to a prompt that relates to the assigned reading genre of the week. There are two parts to every project; a project piece and a writing piece. In this packet you will find the following: #1- The Book Project

• Book Project Pacing Guide- This will help your child pace themselves during the month to ensure that the book project does not get put off until the last minute. It outlines what should be done each week to help students learn time management with long-term assignments.

• Book Project Directions-For the book project, students will be “Bagging the Elements” of their book and presenting each to the class as they describe how each items represents/relates to the book.

• Book Project Rubric-This rubric will be the one that I will be using to assess the presentation.

#2- The Writing Project • Writing Prompt and Directions- Included in the packet is the writing prompt and

directions. Each paragraph is outlined for what it should include. • Writing Rubric- There is a writing rubric that is aligned to 4th grade Common Core

Standards for narrative writing. Please have your child self-assess prior to their project due date.

Book Genre Projects Common Core Standard Correlation CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL.4.1 *Refer to details and examples in text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL.4.2 *Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL.4.3 *Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Please encourage your child to be creative and have fun! This is an exciting way to meet multiple language arts as well as oral communication standards. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Mrs. Hillier

Book Talk Pacing Guide

You will have about a month to do each book project. Here is a pacing guide that will help you to stay on track and complete your book talk with plenty of time left to perfect it. My book talk presentation is on _________________________________________

Day/Week What I need to be doing

Week 1 September 1st- September 5th Assigned Book Report Project

! Find a “Just Right Book” in the genre

that my teacher has assigned ! Start reading the book

Week 2 September 9th- September 12th

! Continue reading my book ! Mark my favorite part with a post-it so I

can remember where it is. ! Start noticing any themes that are in

the story (For example, friendship, courage, loss, coming of age, etc..) and marking them with a post-it to use later in your presentation

! Start thinking of items that you can put in your bag that represent the characters

Week 3

September 15th- September 19th (Work on Book Talk Project)

! Continue reading the book if you are

not finished. Try to be finished by Wednesday, September 17th

! Begin preparing your Book Project presentation

Week 4

September 22nd- September 26th (Write Narrative)

! Work on your first draft of your

narrative ! Reread and revise on your own ! Edit with a parent ! Write your final draft of your narrative

Week 5- Book Project and Essay Due!

Make sure that you have:

" Note Cards (for your speech) " Book Report Project " Finished Essay (Final Draft on top)

Book Project Presentation Schedule #1-7 due Wednesday, October 1st #8-16 due Thursday, October 2nd #17-24 due Friday, October 3rd  

   

Name

Bag  the  Elements  Book  Project  

 Directions:    Find  a  brown  grocery  bag,  gift  bag,  pillow  case,  lunch  bag,  etc.  (be  creative!)    Put  an  item  in  your  bag  to  represent  each  element  of  the  story.    Fill  out  the  planning  sheet  below.    It  will  help  you  retell  the  story.      Class  Presentation:    You  will  take  the  items  out  of  your  bag  one  at  a  time  to  tell  about  your  story’s  elements  when  you  share  with  the  class.      

Story  Name:________________________________________________________    

     

Story  Item   Description   Bag  Item  Characters    Describe  the  main  characters.  What  do  they  look  like?  How  do  they  act?    

   

Setting  Where?  When?        

   

Problem  &  Solution    

   

Problem  &  Solution    

   

Problem  &  Solution    

   

Theme  or    Lesson  Learned    (Give  evidence  here  of  specific  times  you  noticed  the  theme)  

     

 

IMHO:    Opinion  What  is  your  opinion  of  this  book?    Support  your  reason  with  facts  from  the  story.  

   

Little House in

the Big

Woods

Bag the Elements

Book Project Scoring Guide

   

Story  Name:                        

Story  Item   Bag  Item  Points   Presentation  Points  Characters        Describe  the  main  characters.      What  do  they  look  like?  How  do  they  act?    

/5   /5  

Setting          Where?          When?        

/5   /5  

Problem(s)  &  Solutions     /5   /5  

Theme  or  Lesson  Learned      

/5   /5  

IMHO:    In  My  Humble  Opinion  What  is  your  opinion  of  this  book?    Support  your  reason  with  facts  from  the  story.  

 /5  

/5  

     Total    

   

 Overall  Total  

   

Little House in the

Big Woods

 

Bag the Elements Narrative Writing Prompt

   Writing Directions: Have you ever read a book and thought about what would happen if the main character did something different? Or…

• I wonder what would happen if this happened instead of what was the author choose?

Now YOU are the writer and you get the chance to change the story! Pick a main event and choose to do something different! How does this affect the story and its outcome? Continue the story from where the main character’s “path” changed. Follow the format below. Write a fictional narrative where you continue the story from page ______ Be sure to

• establish a narrator during your version • organize the sequence of at least 2 events • use dialogue and descriptions in your writing.

(Students should use correct capitalization, commas, and quotations. Students should also focus on choosing words and phrases to convey ideas precisely and use punctuation for effect.)

Paragraph 1

Start with a Catchy Beginning. Title of story. Genre (type of story). Author. Main character. Setting. Plot. Point of view (first/third person.), what is the author’s purpose?

Paragraph 2

Discuss the part you chose to rewrite and why you think this would be a good part in the story to change the course. Use specific quotes or evidence from the text to support your decision…

Paragraph 3

and so on

….. Continue the story with your changes (Event 1)

……Continue the story with your changes (Event 2)

Ending Paragraph

Be sure to write a satisfying ending for your story.

Attached, you will find the rubric for the writing portion of this project. Students are

encouraged to self grade using the rubric prior to turning in project.