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Reading and Writing Lesson Plan
Elementary School: Fifth grade students
Reading and Writing
Homework assignment
Given a book of their choice, students should read
the book and take notes while they read on Kidblog,
and they will write a book review about the book
they read and post it on Kidblog to be graded with
eighty-five percent accuracy.
 Know how to read and write
 They must be able to understand the book and
what the message of the book could be about.
 Book from a list the teacher provides (book
ideas listed below)
 Kidblog to take notes on the book
 Kidblog to write their review
 Internet to get on to Kidblog
1. Students will pick a book from the books the
teacher has provided for them.
Books include: I am the Ice Worm, Hatchet,
Kit’s Wilderness, Peak, The White Darkness,
Baseball in April and Other Stories, The Light
Princess, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Secret
Garden, Sir Conference and the First Round
Table: A Math Adventure, Bread and Roses, Too,
The Cay, Island of the Blue Dolphin, The
Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World, The
Mystery of Rascal Pratt, Number the Stars, On
the Wings of Heroes, The Slave Dancer, and
more. You can find more books at:
http://www.greatschools.org/cgibin/showarticle/678/
2. During class the teacher will give an example
on how to write a book review. Here are some
questions the students should answer about the
book.
Book Review Requirements
Fiction:
 What is the author’s
attitude toward his
characters?
 Does character
development occur?
 What is/are the major
theme(s)?
 Is the theme
traditional and
familiar, or new and
original?
 What parts of the book
are the introduction,
suspense, climax, and
conclusion?
 What is the problem in
book?
 How do the characters
resolve the problem in
the book?
 What are the elements
of mystery and
suspense?
 What is the setting of
the book?
 How does the setting
play a significant
role in the book?
 Does the setting
influence the
Biography:
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History and
other
Nonfiction:
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characters and/or
plot?
Does the book give a
“full-length” picture
of the subject?
What is the point of
view of the author?
How is the subject
matter organized:
chronologically,
retrospectively, etc.?
Explain.
What important new
facts about the
subject’s life are
revealed in the book?
What is the
relationship of the
subject’s career to
history?
What are some of the
information you found
out in the book?
What are the biggest
accomplishments of the
subject?
With what particular
subject or time period
was the book written
about?
Is the book given in a
broad outline or in
detail?
What is the point of
view of the book?
For what group of
people is the book
intended?
Is social history or
political history
emphasized?
Are dates used
extensively?
3. Students will take notes on the book they are
reading and post them on Kidblog so the
teacher can read the notes and know that the
students are reading the book. If the students
do not post their notes until the due date, do
not give them full credit. Have them have so
many posts due by a certain date, usually the
half way mark do the due date of the whole
book review.
4. The students should be given about two weeks
for the book review. They need to have time to
read the book and write the review. They must
post their notes to help to get the full points
on the book review.
5. When they are done with the book review, the
students will submit it on Kidblog for grading.
The must write the book review on Kidblog in
the correct format as a regular paper. They
need to post it before a certain time at night to
be able to finish the paper and turn it in on
time.
6. The teacher should leave comments about the
book review. Tell the students what they did
wrong. Tell the students what they could do
better and how to improve their writing skills.
Give them ideas about how to better write what
they did wrong.
Grading:
References
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On how well they understood the book, how well they
wrote their book review, and how well they
understood how to write a book review. Did they
answer all the questions they were required to
answer? Did they give their point across logically? Did
the book review make sense?
http://www.localschooldirectory.com/lessonplans/id/633
http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/showarticle/678/
Indiana
Academic
Standards:
http://www.lavc.edu/Library/bookreview.htm
READING: Comprehension and Analysis of
Nonfiction and Informational Text
5.2
Students read and understand gradelevel-appropriate material. The
selections in the
www.doe.in.gov/standards/readinglist.ht
ml illustrate the quality and
complexity of the materials to be read
by students. At Grade 5, in addition to
regular classroom reading, students
read a variety of nonfiction, such as
biographies, books in many different
subject areas, magazines and
periodicals, reference and technical
materials, and online information.