Reading Requirements
Boiled down in a nice nutshell…
*4 books per 9 weeks (a “book” is at least 150 pages….)
*Various genres – choose based on your Bingo sheet – AT LEAST 2 NONFICTION PER 9 WEEKS (except for first 9 weeks!) 
*When you finish the book: 1) record the information (title, page numbers, genre, etc) on your Bingo sheet, and 2) either do a booktalk for the class or complete a book mark (book marks located in the white drawers on the side table in the classroom – you can get them whenever you need them). That’s how you get “credit” for completing the books – the Bingo sheet AND a booktalk/book mark.
BOOKMARKS – download them here: Reading-Response-Bookmarks1
BOOKTALK Requirements
Fiction
*Title, Author, Genre
*Plot summary
*Character description
*Connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)
*Share a passage that was meaningful and explain why
*Explain the conflict (but don’t give it away)
*Theme
*Do you recommend it? Why/why not? Who would enjoy this book?
NONFICTION
*Title, author, subject
*Why did you choose this book?
*What was the author’s purpose/main point?
*What did you learn from this book?
*Find an important/fascinating passage and share it – explain why it was important
*Any connections to any FICTION books you’ve read?
*Do you recommend this book? Why/why not?