October Non-Fiction Reading Project
BOARD GAME - Due Wednesday, October 28th
Project Overview: Design and create a board game about the nonfiction book that you read.
Directions for Project: Find at least 12 facts about the topic of your
non-fiction text and use these to come up with question cards to use for
your board game. No summary is required for this project and you can
have more questions if you want to, but you need at least 12.
Writing Your Question Cards
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Consider making multiple choice or true/false questions to give players
a better chance if they don’t know a lot about the topic yet.
How will the players know they got the question right? (Does the card
have the question and answer and another player reads the card?)
Designing Your Game Board and Pieces
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Your board can be any size and any kind of materials can be used.
You can model your game after another game if you want, but put your
own spin on it using the theme of your non-fiction text.
Each player will probably need their own game piece (or pieces) so find
enough objects to use for all players.
You don’t need to buy materials for this project! Try to reuse things
from around the house. File folders can make great game boards and
your teacher has plenty.
Think of a name for your game and write it somewhere noticeable on
your game board.
Create instructions and rules that tell how to play your game.
Don’t forget to tell how many players, how you move around the board,
how you get questions, if there are rewards or penalties for answering
questions correctly or incorrectly, and how to win the game!
Decorate your board, question cards, and any other pieces you use to
make the game more appealing.
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The title and author of the informational book your board game is
based on should be written on the game board, as well as your name.
Make sure all of your question cards, board game pieces, and your
instructions are contained in a plastic bag (and label the bag with your
name and the name of your game).
Write a brief book recommendation on an index card to go with your
project. Label it as “Book Recommendation” and include your opinion of
the book and tell whether or not you would recommend this book; be
sure to include why or why not.
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Below are two examples of game boards! Google “hand
made board games” for more ideas!
Reading Project Rubric
PROJECT: ____________________________________ TOTAL SCORE: __________________________________
Circle score for each
area below.
Minimal Progress (1
point)
CONTENT
Few directions were followed Some directions were followed
Directions were followed
and few details were
and some details were
and details were provided.
provided.
provided.
EFFORT
Work did not reflect student’s Work reflected some of the
individual potential.
student’s individual potential.
Work reflected the student’s
Work reflected the student’s
individual potential was
individual potential.
maximized.
CREATIVITY
Student exhibited little
creativity through use of
personal style and variety of
materials.
Student exhibited creativity
through use of personal
style and variety of
materials.
ACCURACY OF
INFORMATION
CARDS (Instead of
Summary)
ORGANIZATION
Approaching Standard
(2 points)
Student exhibited some
creativity through use of
personal style and variety of
materials.
At Standard (3 points)
Exceeds Standard (4
points)
Directions were precisely
followed and details exceeded
requirements.
Student exhibited exemplary
creativity through use of
personal style and variety of
materials.
All information cards are not
Few of the information cards Most of the information cards All information cards made
only factual and prove a
made for the game are factual made for the game are correct for the game are correct
thorough understanding of the
and did not prove an
facts and prove some
facts and prove an
informational topic, but are
understanding of the
understanding of the
understanding of the
also presented in a unique
informational topic.
informational topic.
informational topic.
format (like riddles).
Project was extremely neat,
Project was not neat, included Project was somewhat neat,
Project was neat, included
included correct spelling and
many spelling and grammar included some correct spelling mostly correct spelling and
advanced grammar, and
errors, and instructions were and grammar, and instructions grammar, and instructions
instructions were easy to
not easy to follow.
were somewhat easy to follow. were easy to follow.
follow.
DIRECTIONS
Project was late;
game was not
played by other
students.
(0 points)
Directions / Rules of Play
Directions / Rules of Play were
were missing or very hard to somewhat easy to understand.
understand. Game was unable Game was able to be started
to be started with additional with only some additional
directions/help from the
directions/help from the game
game creator.
creator.
Directions / Rules of Play
Directions / Rules of Play were
were easy to understand.
very easy to understand. Game
Game was able to be started
was able to be started very
without additional
quickly without directions/help
directions/help from the
from the game creator.
game creator.
POSITIVE COMMENTS: __________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS: ________________________________________________________________________________