Reading for Pleasure - a Performance Task Suggested for Intermediate & Proficient High School Students

Students choose a book of their choice according to their level and approved by the teacher.

Students choose… 2 Red Cards 3 Green Cards 1 Blue Card Go to grade

Discuss the specific requirements with your teacher. When you are finished, you will present your final product in class and discuss it for 5-10 minutes. Choose ONE Blue Card

Blue Card 1 Write a book review that might be published in a newspaper. Check out this link It could help you get started.

Blue Card 2 Write an original poem that expresses the plot of your book. This site could inspire you!

Blue Card 3 Prepare a list of questions to find out if other people read this book carefully.

Blue Card 4 Make a travel poster inviting tourists to visit the setting of your book.

Blue Card 5 Interview at least two characters from the book. Why did you attack the village?

Blue Card 6 Rewrite the story as a picture book. Use simple vocabulary so that younger students can enjoy and understand your version.

Blue Card 7 Write a feature news story about the book that tells the story as it might be found on the front page of a newspaper. Remember to give it a headline.

Blue Card 8 Make a timeline showing the most important events that happened in the book.

Blue Card 9 Make a Power Point presentation including: the time and setting of the story, the main characters and their description, and a short summary of the story. Include a conclusion and state your opinion about the book.

Blue Card 10 Make a book cover with a relevant picture, and write the book-jacket.

Write no more than 2 paragraphs for each card. (Between 7-15 sentences) Choose TWO Red Cards

Red Card 1 Which character from your book would make a good friend? Why?

Red Card 2 When and where did your book take place? What in the book gives you a clue?

Is this book humorous, tragic, informational, scientific, fantasy, or some other category? How do you know? Red Card 3

Red Card 4 What is the purpose or main idea of the book you read?

Red Card 5 If you had enough money, what one object, thing, or place found in your book would you want to buy? Why?

Red Card 6 Who is the most important person in your book? Explain your answer.

Red Card 7 What object, person, or animal from this book would you most want to have at your house? Explain why.

Red Card 8 Use an encyclopedia, the internet, or any other reliable source to find one additional fact that relates to your book. Tell the fact and explain the relationship to your book.

Red Card 9 If you had written this book, what part would you have written differently? Explain why.

Red Card 10 What was your favorite part of this book? Tell why this is your favorite.

Red Card 11 Write a new title for your book. Explain why you chose this title and why it would be better than the original.

Describe the personality of one of the characters in your book. Red Card 12

What was the most exciting or interesting part of your book? Explain why you thought this. Red Card 13

Choose THREE Green Cards Have Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Green Card 1 Find three new words from the book and write their definition in English. Grocery (Noun) Plural - groceries Definition 1: Meat, fruit, vegetables… (plural only) Definition 2: A small store where these products and household supplies (soap, mops, pots etc.) are sold. For example

Find five words in your book and write a rhyming word for each. For example: ooooo Who sounds like shoe sounds like you… Green Card 2

Green Card 3 Choose three words from the book and find them a pair that sounds the same, although it is spelled differently (homophones). For example: knight night.

Find three contractions in your book. For example: you are = you’re Green Card 4

Green Card 5 Find five words in your book that have a silent letter or a silent syllable. For example: knife light.

Green Card 6 Find three words in your book that are antonyms (opposites). Write the words and their antonyms. ≠ For example: Hot cold

Green Card 7 Find five words in you book that have double consonants. For example: Fiddle smell

Green Card 8 Find three words in your book that contain at least three syllables. Use a dictionary to divide the words into syllables and mark the accent. For example: dic / tion / a / ry

Alphabetize all the words in the last two sentences of your book. For example: And that is the end of the story  And – end – is – of – story – that – the - Green Card 9

Green Card 10 Find four words in your book that contain a double vowel. For example: tree

Green Card 11 Find three words in your book that have a short vowel sound. For example: ship (not sheep)

This is how you get your grade… Most importantly, enjoy your book!!! Click here to see the Rubrics Back to cards

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