At the end of literature circles my students created a book jacket for their book. Each group created one jacket. They had several days to create their jacket with the following guidelines:
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must have a cover with picture, title, & author
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summary of book
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biography of author
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and a book review from each group member
I then graded them on the following:
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accurate details
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organization
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group participation (for this I had each member evaluate their group’s effort with an evaluation form & I also watched them as they worked)
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CHIPS (capitalization, handwriting, indenting, punctuation, spelling)
I am impressed with the outcomes. Take a look at their final projects. Click on each for a bigger picture!
LOVE IT!
Thanks for sharing these, Andi. The literacy team at the junior high I work with has been talking about doing book covers like this for some of the library books. I had no idea you did this project. I’ll share these pictures with them.
Angela
Looks like some great results.
[...] Book Jackets: Groups create book jackets for their books to share with the class, as one English teacher affiliated with the West Tennessee Writing Project does with her students. [...]