Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

COMPREHENSION AND SKILL ACTIVITY, MY BOOK JOURNALCOVER PAGECOMPREHENSION PROCESSESRemember, UnderstandWRITING TRAITSConventions—Capital, PeriodPresentationUnit 19 Use after Exercise 1 and Chapter 1Entry1(1 of 2)My Book JournalIllustratingLocating Information; Identifying—Title, Author, IllustratorPROCEDURESDiscuss each step. Then have studentscomplete the page independently.1. Book Journal: IntroductionRemind students that a book journalis a place to write down how wefeel and think about the story.Say something like:Read the title. (My Book Journal)A book journal is made up of yourpersonal thoughts and feelings aboutwhat the author has written.Cover art by:Title of book:Author:Illustrator:Minnie BirdFlat StanleyJeff BrownScott Nash(Teachers: If you are using the Activity Book, tear out and staple pages 73 to 80 to make a separate Book Journal.)© 2009 Sopris West Educational Services. All Rights Reserved.After reading each chapter of FlatStanley, you will have a chance to writesomething about what you just read. What you write in the journal is called an entry.732. Cover: Locating and Filling in Information—Specific Instructions• Have students identify what they will write on each line of the cover. Say something like:Today, one of your jobs is to begin creating the cover.Touch where you will write the title of the book. Remember, you’ll need a capital at thebeginning of each word, except for little words like a and the in the middle of the title.Does this title have any little words? (no)Which words begin with a capital? (all the words)Touch where you’ll write the author’s name.How will you know how to spell Jeff Brown’s name? (Look at the book.)Can you find the illustrator’s name on the cover? (Scott Nash)• Have students illustrate a scene from the story after they’ve read more of the book.What does the first line say? (Cover art by . . . ) That’s right. The cover art is going to beby you.Cover art is very important because its purpose is to get new readers interested in the book.I’m going to have you read more of the book so you can decide what you want to draw.For now, write your name after “Cover art by . . . ”25