This document provides instructions for creating a reading plan portfolio based on the book "The Book of Heroic Failures". It includes 3 book reviews with questions to answer for each section read from the book. The deadlines for the book reviews are July 1st, July 9th, and July 21st. It also provides a rubric for grading and links to helpful templates and resources for creating the portfolio. Expressions to help write more accurately are provided at the end.
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2. Table of
Contents!
Instructions
What the reading plan
is about
Book Review 2
Deadline: July 9th, 2020
Book review 1
Deadline: July 1st, 2020
Book Review 3
Deadline July 21st, 2020
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
July 1st, 2020
From “Introduction” to
“The Most Unsuccessful
Man-eater”
6. ● What is failure?
● What do you think this
book is about?
● What could a “heroic
failure” be? Explain and
give an example.
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 happened to the
rubber man?
● What would you do if you
were an employee of the
Avon local government?
● What would you do if you
were attending the Balloon
journey?
While Reading
8. Make a graphic ranking the
best five stories from the
pages you read. Explain why
you ranked them in that way,
which was the best for you,
the one that surprised you
the most, etc. Use
comparatives and
superlatives.
After Reading
9. 03
BOOK REVIEW 2
July 9th, 2020
From “The Most Unsuccessful
Last Goodbye” to “The Worst
Game of Football”
10. ● Have you or someone you
know ever witnessed a
robbery or a fire?
● What happened? Explain.
Before Reading
11. ● Make a list of the new
words you learned from the
reading. Write down
sentences on your own with
those new words.
● Imagine that a lion has
escaped. You are walking
late at night and suddenly
the lion is in front of
you. What do you do?
Explain.
While Reading
● Imagine that you see the
thieves of “The Most
Stupid Robbers” from
outside the bank trying to
open the door to escape.
Do you help them? Do you
call the police? Explain.
12. ● Create a manual giving
recommendations on ONE of
the following topics:
○ “How to avoid being
caught while robbing a
bank”
○ “How to catch thieves
robbing a bank”
After Reading
13. 04
BOOK REVIEW 3
July 21st, 2020
From “The Smallest Football
Crowd” to “The Man Who Was
Never Able to Ask his Lover
to Marry Him”
14. ● Have you ever been
involved in a bad luck
situation? Do you know an
anecdote about having bad
luck? Tell the story.
Before Reading
15. ● Have you ever organized an
event that went wrong or
participated in an
unsuccessful one? Explain.
● Write a short paragraph
about a war you know
about. What happened?
Which were the main
events? Why did they
fight? Who were involved?
While Reading
● Have your ever visited an
art expo in a museum?
Which paintings or work
called your attention?
Why?
16. ● Imagine that the Colombian
government hires you to
create a secret weapon
against smelly people in
the public transport.
Record a two minute video
presenting your weapon.
● Paste the link here.
After Reading
What would you do if you
were born in times of
the Second World War as
a soldier? Write a small
diary entry of your day
there. (1 paragraph)
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 etermining Importance Inferring S ynthesizing
4
L inksbackground
knowledgeand examples
fromthetext to enhance
comprehension
A sksand answersdifferent
typesof questions; finds
evidenceinthetext to
support questionsand
answers
D emonstratesmulti-sensory
imagesthat extend and enrich
thetext; demonstrationmay
bethroughany modality or
medium
Identifiesat least onekey idea,
themeor concept linking it to the
overall meaning of thetext; uses
supporting detailsfromthetext to
clearly explaintheimportance
Independently makespredictions,
interpretations,and/ or draws
conclusionsand clearly explains
connectionsusing evidencefromthe
text and personal knowledge
Retellselementsof thetext
inlogical sequencewith
someextensionto overall
theme,messageor
background knowledge
3
Relatesbackground
knowledgeto text
C anaskand answer
questionsand provide
evidencefromthetext
D emonstratesuseof sensory
images; imagesaresomewhat
elaborated fromliteral text or
existing pictures
Identifiessomeimportant
conceptsinthetext withsome
important explanation(characters,
plot,mainidea)
M akespredictions,interpretations,
and/ or drawsconclusionsand
justifiesresponsewithinformation
fromthetext,someteacher
prompting may benecessary
Retellsall key elementsof
thetext inlogical sequence
2
T alksabout what text
remindsthemof,but cannot
explainhowit relatesto the
text
B eginning to askand
answer questions; unableto
support withevidencefrom
thetext
D emonstratesuseof some
sensory images
Identifiessomeimportant
conceptsinthetext (characters,
plot,mainidea)
M akespredictions,interpretations,
and/ or drawsconclusionsbut
doesn't justify responsewith
informationfromthetext
Randomly retellssome
elementsof thetext
1
D oesn't makeconnections
to thetext
U nableto askor answer
questions; gives
inappropriateor off topic
responses
D oesnot demonstrateuseof
sensoty images
U nableto identify important
conceptsinthetext
D oesn't makepredictions,
interpretations,and/ or draws
conclusions
U nableto retell elementsof
thetext
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