2. Table of
Contents!
Instructions
What the reading plan
is about
Book Review 2
Deadline: June 23rd, 2021
Book review 1
Deadline: June 15th, 2021
Book Review 3
Deadline July 1st, 2021
Rubric
How your work will be graded
Helpful Links
Links for you to choose to
make your portfolio
Helpful Expressions
How to write more accurately
4. Create your reading
plan portfolio.
● Check the template links for
ideas to create your
portfolio.
● Answer the questions given in
the Book Review section.
● Check the expressions at the
end of the presentation to
help you write more
accurately.
● Include images, drawings,
charts or anything else to
support your ideas.
● Update your presentation after
each deliverable.
● Upload your work in this
section of AVATA following the
deadline.
Instructions
5. 02
BOOK REVIEW 1
June 15th, 2021
“Three Is a Lucky Number”
“Full Circle”
“How’s Your Mother?”
6. ● Do you know about a
famous crime story
(fictional or real)?
Write down what you know
on your own words.
●
Do you know about a
“famous” murderer
(fictional or real)?
Write down what you know
on your own words.
Before Reading
Answer the following
questions:
7. ● Make a list of at least ten
unknown words. Try to
define them using your own
words and the clues you
find in the text.
● What would you do if you
found out that someone
close to you tried to kill
you? Explain.
While Reading
● Have you ever been in a
traffic accident? If so,
what happened? If not, what
do you think you should do
if that happened?
● How do you feel about the
How’s Your Mother story? Was
it OK for the man to go to
Canada after what he did?
Write your ideas down.
8. Using the information from the
readings, imagine that you are
an FBI criminal profiler;
create the profiles for the
criminals involved in the
stories. Include all the
information you find relevant:
physical appearance,
personality, modus operandi,
previous sightings, possible
motives, background, etc.
After Reading
9. 03
BOOK REVIEW 2
June 23rd, 2021
“At the Old Swimming Hole”
“Slowly, Slowly in the Wind”
“Woodrow Wilson’s Tie”
10. ● Read the titles of the
three stories, What do you
think they are about?
Write a short paragraph
for each.
Before Reading
11. ● Make a list of ten new
words you learned from the
reading. Make sentences
with those new words.
● Imagine one of your friends
asks you for help because a
gangster is following
him/her. What do you do?
Explain.
While Reading
● Imagine that you help Mr.
Skip in his farm and you
realize he has hid a dead
body as a scarecrow. What
will you do about it?
12. ● Choose one of the stories
you have read and write a
sequel to the original
one.
After Reading
14. ● What do you think this
idiom means: “It’s a
double pleasure to deceive
the deceiver.”
● Provide situations to
illustrate the meaning of
this idiom to a person
who does not understand
it.
Before Reading
15. ● Imagine that you're one of
the people that Millicent
hires to follow Albert.
After you know that
Millicent’s sister is ok,
a reporter asks you to
tell your impressions
about the situation. Write
down two paragraphs
narrating your ideas.
While Reading
● What’s your opinion about
Sheila’s story? Did you
like it or not? Explain.
16. ● Imagine that you are a
journalist and you are
reporting the events of one
of the stories you read.
Record a two minute long
video reporting your
findings.
● Paste your link here.
After Reading
18. Helpful Expressions
Describe the picture
- For example, ____
- For instance, based on
the text ___
Specific part of the book
- On page ______, it
said ______
- According to the
text____
Describing the
author’s opinion
The author wrote ___
- I think ___ because ___
- I know ____ because ___
- Now I know____
Giving Examples
Personal Opinion
20. Rubric
Prior K nowledge Q uestioning Visualizing D eterm
ining Im
portance Inferring S ynthesizing
4
L inksbackground
knowledgeand exam
ples
fromthetext to enhance
com
prehension
A sksand answersdifferent
typesof questions; finds
evidenceinthetext to
support questionsand
answers
D em
onstratesm
ulti-sensory
im
agesthat extend and enrich
thetext; dem
onstrationm
ay
bethroughany m
odality or
m
edium
Identifiesat least onekey idea,
them
eor concept linking it to the
overall m
eaning of thetext; uses
supporting detailsfromthetext to
clearly explaintheim
portance
Independently m
akespredictions,
interpretations,and/ or draws
conclusionsand clearly explains
connectionsusing evidencefromthe
text and personal knowledge
Retellselem
entsof thetext
inlogical sequencewith
som
eextensionto overall
them
e,m
essageor
background knowledge
3
Relatesbackground
knowledgeto text
C anaskand answer
questionsand provide
evidencefromthetext
D em
onstratesuseof sensory
im
ages; im
agesaresom
ewhat
elaborated fromliteral text or
existing pictures
Identifiessom
eim
portant
conceptsinthetext withsom
e
im
portant explanation(characters,
plot,m
ainidea)
M akespredictions,interpretations,
and/ or drawsconclusionsand
justifiesresponsewithinform
ation
fromthetext,som
eteacher
prom
pting m
ay benecessary
Retellsall key elem
entsof
thetext inlogical sequence
2
T alksabout what text
rem
indsthemof,but cannot
explainhowit relatesto the
text
B eginning to askand
answer questions; unableto
support withevidencefrom
thetext
D em
onstratesuseof som
e
sensory im
ages
Identifiessom
eim
portant
conceptsinthetext (characters,
plot,m
ainidea)
M akespredictions,interpretations,
and/ or drawsconclusionsbut
doesn't justify responsewith
inform
ationfromthetext
Random
ly retellssom
e
elem
entsof thetext
1
D oesn't m
akeconnections
to thetext
U nableto askor answer
questions; gives
inappropriateor off topic
responses
D oesnot dem
onstrateuseof
sensoty im
ages
U nableto identify im
portant
conceptsinthetext
D oesn't m
akepredictions,
interpretations,and/ or draws
conclusions
U nableto retell elem
entsof
thetext
0 N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done