Reading Homework This Week

Get reading...or you wont be ready by Friday!
Yes, folks!  This Friday (May 6th) is the due date for your first book response!  You have had many weeks with 'Read for 20 minutes' in your Learning Agreement, and we expect that you are reading at home as well. 
 Now you need to look back over your Reading Log and select one book, or book chapter that you particularly liked or thought had some 'guts' to it. 
 Then you decided which of the 7 different activities listed on your Reading Log you would like to prepare to share. 
 I will be collecting your responses on Friday.  If you wish to read aloud to the grade, (which is one of the options) you should practice so that you are confident, clear and read with expression.  Remember, the point of all these responses is to encourage other people to try the book that you have enjoyed.
Next week we will organise a sharing time and display so that everyone can have an opportunity to learn about some great books!
Here is how we will rate them;

1. Hmmm!Not very much effort: Only one or two sentences. Poor handwriting. Spelling mistakes.  No effort at presenting the work clearly.   Doesn't really show what you think about the book ( or the author if you choose that task).  You need to put in more detail.
2. O.K.!!Clear handwriting with no spelling mistakes.  Care shown in how the information is displayed. Perhaps colour is used or it is printed. There may be illustrations.  At least four sentences which show you have thought about the book, the character, or the author (depending on the task you chose).
3. WOW!!! Obvious preparation and time spent on your work.  More than 5 sentences which give detailed responses to the book, character or author.  If I read your blurb, then I really want to find that book and read it!  If I look at your character portrait, I really have an understanding of what your character thinks and feels as the story progresses.  If you learnt something, and write about it, then I understand exactly what you learnt! 

Remember, hand it in late, and you lose 1 mark.  Don't hand it in and it's 0! 
Looking forward to seeing what you can do!