Directions: Choose a Different Activity to Do Each Night (Monday Thursday) After Reading

Name:______Homeroom:______

Literacy Box

Directions: Choose a different activity to do each night (Monday – Thursday) after reading for 30 minutes. It will begin on Monday and be due on Friday. A total of 4 activities will be due on Friday. Please staple the activities to this sheet and turn into Ms. Pevey.

Summarizing
Use Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then to write a summary of what you read tonight. / Main Idea and Detail
List the main idea of what you read and 3 details from the text that support that idea. / Vocabulary Hunt
Find at least 3 words you did not know while reading. List the words and their definition.
Fact Vs Opinion
List a sentence from your book that is a fact, and list a sentence that is an opinion / Theme
What is the theme of the book you are reading? How do you know?
Hint: theme is what the story teaches you, the lesson / Point of View
What Point of View is your book written in? Give an example from the book.
If it is 3rd person is it limited or omniscient?
Story Elements
List the
Characters, Setting, and Plot of the book you are reading. / Similes, Metaphors & Idioms
List any simile, metaphor or idioms you see while reading.
Hints:
Simile: comparing using like or as
Metaphor: comparing w/o using like or as
Idiom: example: cat got your tongue / Question Creator
Create 2 higher level thinking questions you would ask the character.
Answer the questions as the character would.

Name:______Homeroom:______

Literacy Box

Directions: Choose a different activity to do each night (Monday – Thursday) after reading for 30 minutes. It will begin on Monday and be due on Friday. A total of 4 activities will be due on Friday. Please staple the activities to this sheet and turn into Ms. Pevey.

Summarizing
Use Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then to write a summary of what you read tonight. / Main Idea and Detail
List the main idea of what you read and 3 details from the text that support that idea. / Vocabulary Hunt
Find at least 3 words you did not know while reading. List the words and their definition.
Fact Vs Opinion
List a sentence from your book that is a fact, and list a sentence that is an opinion / Theme
What is the theme of the book you are reading? How do you know?
Hint: theme is what the story teaches you, the lesson / Point of View
What Point of View is your book written in? Give an example from the book.
If it is 3rd person is it limited or omniscient?
Story Elements
List the
Characters, Setting, and Plot of the book you are reading. / Similes, Metaphors & Idioms
List any simile, metaphor or idioms you see while reading.
Hints:
Simile: comparing using like or as
Metaphor: comparing w/o using like or as
Idiom: example: cat got your tongue / Question Creator
Create 2 higher level thinking questions you would ask the character.
Answer the questions as the character would.