Book Scavenger Hunt (Upper Elementary/Middle)

The following handout is a great way to see if your students know how to navigate a book.  Used either as a warm-up for learning how to create a "Works Cited" /bibliography page, or just to see whether or not students understand how to find information in a text book (etc.), this assignment (intended for in-class assessment, but easily tailored for other purposes) works as a great starting point.

Scavenger Hunt

Find the following information from your book

Author:  ____________________________________

Title:           ____________________________________

Place of publication:     ________________________

Publisher:      ____________________________________

Publication date:   ______________________________

# of pages:                 ________________________

How many chapters/units/sections are in the book?      ____________

Is there information about the author? _________/where? _____

     

On what page is the GLOSSARY located?  _____

What does it tell you?  _________________________________________________________

On what  page is the INDEX located?  _____

What does it tell you?  _________________________________________________________

On what  page is the TABLE OF CONTENTS located?  _____

What does it tell you?  _________________________________________________________

On what  page is the _________________________________ located?  _____

What does it tell you?  _________________________________________________________

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(This following section works best for literature selections)

Who does it look like the main character/protagonist will be?      Page?

_______________________________________________________       __________

Other Characters?

 ______________________________      ______________________________            

______________________________      ______________________________

Overall, what do you predict the book will be about?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is one question you have about the book based on your pre-read?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Also from the pre-read, what do you think is a major theme of the book and how will it be used?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you think you would be interested in reading this? why/why not? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________