Reading Assessment by Book Covers
Debbie Taylor has done units in Advisory on Friendships and Social Conduct. For here reading assignment, students are to select books on these topics. For assessment, students are to redesign the book cover. They will create the four panels of a book cover: title, summary, about the author, book reviews. They may add quotes from the book to the inside panels.
For assessment:
Collect book covers and evaluate writing according to grade-level standards. A satisfactory submission must contain the title, author, illustrator, publisher, a description of the book, and any other relevant information deemed appropriate during class discussion. Students may rename their books; create their own book reviews, etc.
For additional student involvement:
When students have finished, again examine the book covers and help students proofread their work. If desired, have students add a layer of clear contact paper to the book cover to preserve it. Then the students may fasten their covers securely, without taping them directly to the books.
Put the books with their new covers on display. Possibly hold a vote within your classroom for the cover that is most inviting -- a cover that encourages readers to read the book inside!
Go to your start menu, find Microsoft Publisher and start program
Note, you can now see boxes at the bottom of the screen. You can click on any of these boxes to select the part of the cover you want to work on.
On each page you have these options listed at the left side of your screen
• Introduction
• Design
• Layout
• Personal Information
Click through the options and make your choices for your panels (pages)
About clip art! If you cannot find it on the computer, select the clips online icon at the top of the clip art screen. This will take you online to a plethora (more clip art than you can imagine) of free clip art from Microsoft!