Don't Judge a Book by Its Thickness!

Subject Area(s):

• K-12: Language Arts

Grade Level(s):

• 9th Grade
• 10th Grade
• 11th Grade
• 12th Grade

Description:

This lesson is meant to help high school students choose and enjoy a book. Many students, when given a reading project, decide what book they will read by trying to figure out which one is shorter. But do they end up liking the book? Or enjoying the read at all? In many cases no. This lesson helps them look at other qualities of the book and encourages them to choose a book that will fit their interests. Then, yes, they have to read it. After reading the book they will have a chance to tell others about their opinion of the book and have a chance to decide whether or not to incorporate the book into the library's collection.

Goals & Objectives:

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Materials:

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Procedures:

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Assessment:

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Supporting Files:

• IST 504 LP#2 Mutch.doc
  Lesson Plan

Standards:

National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)

Accesses information efficiently and effectively.

• Recognizes that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for intelligent decision making.
• Identifies a variety of potential sources of information.
• Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.

Evaluates information critically and competently.

• Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand.

Pursues information related to personal interests.

• Designs, develops, and evaluates information products and solutions related to personal interests.

Appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

• Is a competent and self-motivated reader.
• Develops creative products in a variety of formats.

Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.

• Respects the principles of intellectual freedom.
• Respects intellectual property rights.
• Uses information technology responsibly.

Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)

Definition

• Determines amount/type of information needed to complete research task

Planning

• Identifies potential formats for presenting results

Exploration

• Locates and accesses information resources

Collection

• Locates relevant information within selected sources

Organization

• Summarizes/synthesizes/classifies final information
• Organizes final information for presentation

Presentation

• Selects most appropriate format for communicating results
• Assembles organized information for presentation
• Reviews presentation for grammatical, spelling, and other errors
• Cites sources appropriately
• Presents results
• Subject: K-12: Language Arts

National Content Standards (K-12)

Writing

• Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing
• Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
• Gathers and uses information for research purposes

Reading

• Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
• Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
• Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts