1. Complete a story map about your book.
A.
RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems
when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such
as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each
successive part builds on earlier sections.
3. Write about the theme of the story and
draw a picture of it.
A. RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales,
and myths from diverse cultures; determine the
central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it
is conveyed through key details in the text.
5. Write three riddles about your book. See if
anyone else can solve them.
A. RL.3. 5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and
poems when writing or speaking about a text, using
terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe
how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
7. Compare yourself to a character in your
book. Tell five ways that you are alike and
five ways that you are different.
A. RL.3.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or
event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or
actions).
9. Write a letter to the author of the book to
ask them questions you may have about
the story.
A. RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from
that of the narrator or those of the characters..
2. Write five things you liked about the story
and five things you didn’t like.
A. RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate
understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers.
4. Make an advertisement to “sell” your book
to others.
A. RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s
illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the
words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize
aspects of a character or setting).
6. Do a character study on your favorite
character from the book.
A. RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their
traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their
actions contribute to the sequence of events.
8. Write a letter to a character from your
book. Then, pretend to be that character
and write yourself back.
A. RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate
understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers.
10.Make a list of six interesting words from
your book and complete the “Six Great
Words From...” graphic organizer.
A. RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing
literal from non-literal language.
11.Retell the story in your own words on the
“Tell-a-gram Summary” sheet.
SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an
experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive
details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
13.Write a new adventure for one of the
characters in the story.
A. RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems
when writing or speaking about a text, using terms
such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each
successive part builds on earlier sections.
15.Write a continuation of your story. What
would happen next?
SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of
a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media
and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
17.Write and perform a song or poem about
your book.
A. RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s
illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the
words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize
aspects of a character or setting).
12. Make up a word sort with words from your
story. You may want to consider long and
short vowel words; names and places; or
who, what, when, where, and why. See if
someone else can sort them accurately.
A. RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words.
14.Rewrite the beginning or ending of the
story to make it more interesting.
A. RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s
illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the
words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize
aspects of a character or setting).
16.Quote the inferences and what the text
says accurately from the text when you
find a connection you had to your book
(text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world).
A. RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate
understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers.
18.Before reading each chapter in your book,
make a prediction and record. Then after
you finish reading that chapter, record
what really happened and repeat with the
next chapter(s) until the book is finished.
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L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.