Written by stephenie meyer, the book tells a romeo and julietesque love story between a teenage girl, bella, and a vampire, edward. Twilight saga is the addictive story of two young people bella, a general young lady, and edward, a flawless courteous fellow and who likewise happen to be a vampire. The direction sheet is a simple list of what students need to include in their book talk and steps to complete it. This book is dedicated to my ninjaagent, jodi reamer.
Book talk requirements for your book talk, you must create a symbolic handout that represents a key element of your book. Facial expressions and body language sometimes generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the book in others. Iwillbeabletopresentknowledgeandideasabouta book ihaveread. Book talk assignment and rubric orlando science school. Jan 03, 2009 twilight slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. This examination of talk and texts also includes a dis. This is designed for middle school students to share a book they have read with the class. Book talk assignment and rubric orlando science middle.
Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Please note, there will be a small written reflection about the audience for your presentation as. Twilight saga discussion questions galesburg public library. Newspaper article 68 teacher page activity overview students will identify an event from a book they are familiar with and create a newspaper article using the generator at. Book talk a booktalk is a 35 minute talk about a book you want to motivate others to read. Book talk assignment and rubric grade 5 your book talk assignment involves delivering a 35 minute book talk to the class about one of the books you have read for independent reading. Book talk assignment and rubric grade 6, 7 and 8 your book talk assignment involves delivering a 5 minute book talk to the class about the novel you have read for independent reading. You will read the book and prepare a book talk oral book report for the class. Directions for using this graphic organizer students use these ebooktalk guidelines to write a one page, one paragraph essay about a book they are reading or have read.
On book talk day, i create groups based on interest if possible and have students sit in a circle with their books. Discussion questions for the twilight saga by stephenie meyers 1. Twilight of the idols, or, how to philosophize with the hammer. I hope you find it to be useful in assessing your students. Well done and made reference to during book talk appropriate background, clear picture of book, and font choices support the book. Please do not choose a book you have used for a monthly book report. Twilight is one of the most popular young adult fantasy novels within recent years. A screech owl heads out to hunt at twilight but her attempts at capturing prey are thwarted by one of natures best defenses.
Did not generate much interest in book being presented. Facial expressions and body language are used to try to generate enthusiasm, but seem somewhat faked. Book talk rubric allamuchy township school district. Why do you think the twilight series is so popular. Twilight is a series of four vampirethemed fantasy romance novels by american author. Like falling in love with a vampire its amazing, because according to the book, a vampire is the one that can love you forever. Very little use of facial expressions or body language. This book talk is essentially a persuasive speech to convince the listener that they should read a specific book. Use the news article rubric or create your own free at rubistar. Jun 23, 2010 this is an online book presentation i did for lis 848 trends in k12 literature at the university of wisconsinmadison.
Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. I make what i like to think are funny videos every tuesday and other days of the week too about books and book related pop culture stuff. After watching many book talks performed by students and grading them using a variety of borrowed rubrics, i created this one to assess the criteria that always must be present for a comprehensive, informative book talk. All parts are mostly correct, but more elaboration is needed. We will explore all sorts of world, dynamics, and characteristics of the genre of science fiction during this unit.
Free oral communication rubrics teachers pay teachers. Dark, exciting and compelling, twilight is book that casts its spell on you long after you have closed the cover. Oct 18, 2014 here is the book talk rubric for your oral presentation, and the final copy of your book talk. I use the rubric to evaluate students as they share their books with the class. Summary reveals ending reveals too much, in general, or very strong opinions and new ideas summary does not give away of novel too much andor lacks. The book talker knows the story well and has obviously practiced the book talk several times. A screech owl heads out to hunt at twilight but her attempts at capturing prey are. The object of a book talk is to convince the listener to read the book you are recommending. Thats why this book has millions of fans, the majorities are girls, because most of the boys think its gay or they are just jealous because vampires are better than them. Forget any vampire romance you have read before, twilight is so. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data meyer, stephanie, 1973 twilight. The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law.
Inherit the wind is one of the most moving and meaningful plays in american theatre. They all decide to play baseball in their yard and bella being clumsy hurts. Harry potter lightening bolt, wand, owl twilight apple, wolf, clouds on your symbolic handout, you must include the following information. The purpose of a book talk is to convince the listener to read the book you are recommending. For this assignment, you will choose a book that is at least 70 pages long and appropriate to your personal reading level. The book talker knows the story pretty well and has practiced the book talk once or twice. Each quarter, i ask my students to participate in a book talk. Mar 04, 2009 twilight, published in 2005, is the first of a four book young adult series. With film adaptations, fanfiction, and a huge following of. Playful, attached main part edward takes bella to meet his family. This is the kind of book you may read in only a couple of sittings, getting to be fascinated in its fantastical world and careless in regard to your physical environment.
This reminds students what is expected of a booktalk. Book talk assignment and rubric home orlando science. You cant have it both ways when what part of mortal enemies is too complicated for you to look, i know im being a jerk, but theres just no way around we cant be friends when youre spending all your time with a bunch of. Book report rubrics download the appropriate rubric for your book report. And thanks also to my favorite band, the very aptly named muse. Twilight is the story of edward and bellas romance. The book has spent several weeksmonths on the new york times bestseller list, as well as received many other praises. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Did the student rate this book and support rating with evidence from the book. For your book talk, you will give one 3 minute presentation on a book youve read over the summer.
There is no need for notes and the speaker speaks with confidence. You want to give enough information about the text to interest the listeners but you are not giving a summary of the book. These resources are also available on my website for students to access. Did the passage include the event in history or an important event in their nonfiction book. Next, talk about the popular book, twilight and give students a short summary if they have not. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Pdf this article is an analysis of the teentargeted vampire novel twilight.
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