Book Club Requirements

Level / Genres /

Required

Projects

/ Reading
Standards / Checklist
4 / Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry / Minimum of 3 / RE 4.8 – Retells a story and includes basic story elements including characters, setting, problem/solution, sequence of events and point of view. /
  • Title, author, illustrator
  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Problem/solution
  • Brief summary (beginning, middle, end)
  • Presents / shares
  • Point of view

5 / Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry / Minimum of 3 / RE 5.3 – Chooses a book to read for a sustained period of time (minimum 20 minutes) from various genres: fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

RE 5.10 – Demonstrates ability to summarize information or ideas from text and sequence events.

RE 5.11 - Identifies, describes, compares/contrasts basic story elements including characters, setting, problem/solution, sequence of events, point of view, author’s purpose and theme. /
  • Title, author, illustrator
  • Genre
  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Point of View
  • Theme
  • Author's Purpose
  • Sequence of events (5 supporting details)
  • Brief summary (beginning, middle, end)
  • Presents/shares

6 / Short Story
Drama
Novel
Poetry / Minimum of 3 / RE 6.3 – Compares/contrasts the characteristics of the four major genres (short story, drama, novel and poetry) including their cultural influence.

RE 6.5 – States an author's purpose for a given selection.

RE 6.7 - Express opinions about a text and support opinions with evidence.

RE 6.8 - Chooses a book to read for a sustained period of time (minimum 20 minutes) from various genres.
RE 6.10 - Identifies story elements by comparing/contrasting themes, climax, rising and falling action and point of view and all level 5 requirements. / Non-Fiction
  • Main Idea
  • Title, Author, Illustrator
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Connections (compare and contrast information; real-life)
  • Summarization (clarifying and questioning)
  • Expresses and Supports Opinions
  • Presents/shares

Narrative: Short Story, Drama, Novel, Poetry

  • Story Elements (main characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict, rising & falling action, climax, & resolution)
  • Title, Author, Illustrator
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Connections(compare and contrast information; real-life )
  • Summarization
  • Expresses and Supports Opinions
  • Presents/shares

7 / Short Story
Drama
Novel
Poetry
Non-fiction / Minimum of 4 /

RE 7.3 – Chooses a book to read for a sustained period of time (minimum 30 minutes) from various genres.

RE 7.5 – Organizes relevant information in outline form when summarizing main ideas and supporting details.

RE 7.6 – Demonstrates the ability to evaluate and analyze literary devices (time sequence, imagery, foreshadowing) across a variety of genres.

RE 7.9 – Analyzes story elements including themes and author’s purpose using textual evidence across a variety of selections.

RE 7.11 - Identifies how texts reflect historical and cultural influences.

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  • Title, author, illustrator, genre
  • Outline (main idea and details in the text)
  • Cultural & historical influence (2 details from the story)
  • Literary Devices (imagery, foreshadowing, time sequence)
  • Story elements (plot, protagonist/antagonist,setting,)
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Theme (how it was developed using text for support)
  • Presents/shares

8 / Non-fiction
Short Stories
Dramas
Novels
Poetry / Minimum of 4 /

RE 8.3 – Demonstrates comprehension of various appropriate texts through oral and written response using all reading strategies.

RE 8.4 – Discerns between relevant and irrelevant information that supports a theme/main idea or plot.
RE 8.5 – Analyzes the author’s intent for and role of literary a variety of literary techniques. (tone, hyperbole, symbolism, idiom, allusions, dialects, irony, shades of meaning, and satire) used in a variety of genres.
RE 8.8 – Uses textual evidence to identify and analyze an author's purpose
RE 8.9 – Locates information from text and summarizes ideas in sequence (ie. outline form).
RE 8.10 – Makes and supports assertions from texts or experiences about the effectiveness of a text's message.
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Non-Fiction
  • Title, author, illustrator (identify)
  • Main idea (identify through direct textual evidence or inference and give examples from the text to support your answer)
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Connections (makes at least three comparisons/contrasts of this text to self, world, or another text)
  • Expresses opinions with support (tell what you think about the text, and give textual evidence why you think that)
  • Assertions (assert your opinions about the clarity and relevance of the author’s message/theme)
  • Summarizes (create an outline for this informative text, main idea, subtopics, and supporting details)
  • Presents/shares
Narrative
  • Title, author, illustrator (identify)
  • Identify and/or analyze story elements (main characters, sub-characters, setting, plot, (rising action {conflict & events}, climax, falling action {resolution & events}, theme(s))
  • Author’s purpose (identify and support your answer with evidence from the text)
  • Connections (makes at least three comparisons/contrasts of this text to self, world, or another text)
  • Figurative language (provide three or more examples from text identifies type used, meaning, and intent of the author in using that particular device)
  • Expresses opinions with support (tell what you think about the text and give reasons why you think that way)
  • Assertions (assert your opinions about the clarity and relevance of the author’s message/theme)
  • Visualizes (describes or draws mental images they created while they read the text)
  • Presents/shares the Book Club Activity you chose)