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Book Report Alternative: Hooking a Reader With a Book Cover

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Book Report Alternative: Hooking a Reader With a Book Cover

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Overview:

In this lesson, students select a book to read based only on its cover art. They then analyze why the art attracted them and anticipate what the book may be about before examining the rest of the information found on the book cover. After reading the book, they reexamine the book cover to determine whether, in their opinion, it conveys the key elements of the book. Finally, students use an interactive tool to redesign the book cover.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	1. Identify and explain an author's rhetorical choices, including point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings, to develop central and supporting ideas. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 1. Rhetorical choices Point of view Purpose Anecdotes Figurative word meaning Connotative word meaning Technical word meaning Central idea Supporting idea Knowledge: 1. Students know: Authors make specific rhetorical choices in their writing to convey meaning. Rhetorical devices include point of view, purpose, personal anecdotes, and word choice. Authors develop the main idea of the text by including supporting details to further elaborate on the text's central meaning. Skills: 1. Students are able to: Identify an author's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings. Explain why an author made particular rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings. Explain how an author's rhetorical choices developed the central and supporting ideas of the text. Understanding: 1. Students understand that: When writing a text, authors make specific decisions about the structure, format, and vocabulary to accurately convey their central idea.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	5. Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker's rhetorical choices regarding point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 5. Central idea Supporting idea Recorded presentations Live presentations Rhetorical choices Point of view Purpose Anecdotes Figurative word meaning Connotative word meaning Technical word meaning Knowledge: 5. Students know: Speakers make specific rhetorical choices in their presentations to convey meaning. Rhetorical devices include point of view, purpose, personal anecdotes, and word choice. Speakers develop the main idea of their presentation by including supporting details to further elaborate on the presentation's central meaning. Skills: 5. Students are able to: Identify a speaker's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings. Explain why a speaker made particular rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings. Evaluate how a speaker's rhetorical choices developed the central and supporting ideas of the presentation. Understanding: 5. Students understand that: When creating and presenting a presentation, speakers make specific decisions about structure, format, and vocabulary to accurately convey their central idea.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 7	3. Explain how the author's choice of setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Setting Plot Characters Theme Conflict Dialogue Point of view Author's purpose Prose Poetry Textual evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and/or enhance the meaning of the text. An author's use of literary elements can indicate the author's purpose for writing the text. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry. Explain how literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry. Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of poetry and prose. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.

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Book Report Alternative: Hooking a Reader With a Book Cover