Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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