Lesson+4+-+Book+Report+(RWT)

=**A New Kind of Book Report**=
 * **Resource:** [|Create a Book Cover]
 * **Standards: CCLS:** **4.RL.2. -** Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. 1.RL.3. - Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). **4.W.6 -** With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
 * **Objective:** Using creative technology, students will be able to recall and summarize what they have read.
 * **Assessment:**
 * Students will create a book cover (front, back, spine, and inside flaps) for a book that they have recently read. Through words and illustrations, they should include details about the plot, main points, characters, and setting, and should also include a brief review/opinion/rating of what they have read.
 * **Technological Knowledge Needed**
 * linking from wikispace
 * how the software works
 * how to save, open, print and share a Book Cover file
 * knowledge that a .rwt file is a file type used specifically for the Read - Write - Think Interactives
 * **Pedagogical Content Knowledge - ideas**
 * one computer per student will enable each student to create their own book cover on their own book and at their own pace
 * as an alternative, this project could be completed with a partner
 * this would be a multiple-day lesson to accommodate both keyboarding skills and creativity
 * determine what areas of writing they will be held accountable for (does spelling count? punctuation? etc.)
 * PREVIOUS INSTRUCTION: students must have just read a book and be very familiar with it
 * PREVIOUS INSTRUCTION: should take place on the elements of literature that students should be including (plot, setting, characters, etc.)
 * FURTHER INSTRUCTION: this may lead into further instruction on narrative or creative writing, elements of a story, etc.
 * **Reflection**
 * Good - Lot of room to write and add details.
 * Bad - Can't save it!
 * Ugly - Drawing tools leave much to be desired...
 * **Rubric - [[file:ELA Rubric.xls]]**