Each student read an independent book of their choice and then developed a book advertisement. The goal of this project was for students to utilize our Summary 5 Question strategy to create a summary that included specific details from the text to support their thinking. In addition to a summary students had to include a recommendation persuading other students to read their book. They had to create a poster that was eye-catching and would attract the attention of the reader. This was done by including a scene or illustration from the story. Then students presented their book advertisement to the class and were graded using the rubric below.
*Click on icon below to open Book Advertisement Rubric.
When you visit school please take the opportunity to view the book advertisement projects displayed in the 5th grade hallway.
*Please encourage your child to use the Summary 5 Question strategy in their Homework reading log.
Summary
5
Questions
Who? Who is the main
character? Who are the other important
characters?
Wants what? The main character has
to want something to make the story interesting. What does the main character want in the
story?
But? But what happens? What gets in the way of the character getting
what she or he wants? This is the
problem of the story. It must eventually
be resolved.
So? So what does the
character do to try to solve the problem?
What works for the character?
What doesn’t?
Then? And then what
happens? How is the problem solved? How does the story end?
