Integrated Information Literacy and Technology Benchmark Project

Lesson:
Today we are going to learn about a web site called The Spaghetti Book Club. This is a web site wehre kids can create book reviews to share with other kids. You can also find book reviews about books you may want to read at this site. We read the book "How My Parents Learned to Eat". Today we are going to find a review of this book, read the review together, and talk about why this is a good review. After we finish talking about the review we've read, we are going to write our own review together. This website is a tool you can use to learn about books you want to read.

 

Work Period:

Students will go to http://www.spaghettibookclub.org. They will search by title for the book: "How My Parents Learned to Eat". Students will read a review on this book and discuss it whole group. Guiding questions: "What makes this a good review?", "Would you have added or changed anything?" "Why?". Students will then get a copy of the Spaghetti Book Club book reaction questions. Discuss the list of questions to ensure understanding. Write a review of "How My Parents Learned to Eat" by Allen Say whole group.

 

Assessment:

 

 

Modifications/Extensions:
Students can search for reviews of other titles of books they have read. They may also want to read reviews for a book that they are thinking about reading.

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