NonFictionBookReportDodecahedronProject

StudentDirections

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ReadallthedirectionsforALLassignmentsBEFOREyoudoANYofthem.
Choose12activitiestocompletetomakeyourdodecahedron.Placeacheckmarkinthe
Doneboxwhenyoucompleteeachcircleactivity.
Thisnonfictionbookreportisanoptionalactivity.

Circle

Activity

Done

Intheboxwriteyourfirstandlastname.MakeitBIGsoitfillsthe
space.

Usetheblankbooktorecreateacoverforthebook.Dontforget
thetitle,coverpicture,andauthor.Makesureitiscolorful.

AuthorSpotlight.Inthesmallboxdrawapictureoftheauthorif
youknowwhattheauthorlookslike.Next,writethreeinteresting
factsabouthim/herandinclude3otherbooksbytheauthor.

Createasummaryofthebook.MakesureyougivetheGISTof
thestory.Itshouldnotbeafactbyfactreport.Usecorrect
grammarandspelling.Chooseyourwordscarefullysincethe
spaceislimited.

CreateaTChartcomparingImportantfactsvs.Interestingfacts.
Listatleast4ofeachfacts.

CreateaBoxesandBulletfromyourbookoronesectionof
yourbook.Includeone(box)mainideaand3supportingdetails
(bullets).

Inferences:Createatleast3inferencesyouwereabletomake.
StartyoursentenceswithyourevidencesomethinglikethisI
readthat______andthereforeIcaninfer

PleaselistTWOconnectionsineachcategory.Youshouldhave
twotexttotext,twotexttoselfandtwotexttoworldconnections.

Consider5otherpeopleyouknowwouldlovetoreadthisbook.
Listeachpersonsnameandwhytheywouldloveitorwhythey
shouldreadit.Ifyouareartisticandcanfititin,addasmall
pictureofthem.

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TextStructures:ChoosetheOVERALLtextstructure

(Description,Sequence,Compare/Contrast,Problem/Solution,or
Cause/Effect)ofthebookandexplainwhytheauthorusedit.

11

TextFeatures:ChoosetwoTextFeaturesandexplainwhatyou
learnedfromthem.Remembertextfeaturesaretitles,tableof
contents,photographs,sidebars,vocabularyboxes,maps,
graphs,subheadings,etc.

12

BookReviewer:Youneedtorankthebook1start(meaningit

wasnotverygood)througha5star(itwasveryinformativeandI
lovedit)system.Whateveryourchoice,besuretoexplainwhy
andprovideevidencetosupportyourclaim.

13

Youropinion:Whatisyouropinionaboutthistopic?Explainyour
opinionusingcorrectspellingandpunctuation.

14

Whatwasthemostinterestingthingyouread?Sharewhatwas
themostinterestingpiecetoyouwithcorrectgrammarand
spelling.

15

AuthorsOpinionorBias:Canyouidentifyorspotorsection
wheretheauthorsopinion(bias)comesout?Writethe
sentence(s)andthenexplainhowtheauthorfeels.

16

Provideatleast3solidandthoughtfulquestionsyouhaveafter
readingyourbook.

17

Now,providetheanswerstoyourquestionsalongwiththe
sourcesyouusedtoobtainyouranswers,forexamplelistthe
internetwebsite,booktile,magazinearticle,ormomordad.:)

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YourChoice:Youdecide,whatelsecouldyouinclude?

Onceyouhavechosen12circles,doallthewritingandcoloringfirst,andcutthem
outlast.Makesureyouonlywriteinthedottedpentagonarea.Theotherpartofthe
circleshouldbecoloredfortomakeitlookterrificafteritisassembled.

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