Name __________________________________________

Book BingoYour

ChoiceFantasy “How to”

BookRealistic Fiction

Science Fiction

Newbery Award Winner

Historical Fiction

Poetry Your Choice

Mystery

Sports(Fiction)

Your Choice

Newbery Award Winner

Biography Science Fact

Fantasy Newbery Award Winner

Animal Non-fiction

Sports Biography

Your Choice

History Fact

Realistic Fiction

Your Choice

Mystery Biography

Book Bingo Requirements

1. You must read one book per month for Book Bingo. Each month you will have an assignment to report on

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this book. . You have two choices regarding the projects. (See calendar for tentative schedule)

PROJECT: Do a project that corresponds to the type of literature. All directions for these projects are located in your Book Bingo folder. For example, if you read a biography, you do the biography project on page 5 of this packet.

Months for projects: September, November, February, April

BOOK REVIEW: Unlike a project, this is a written report of the book you read during the month. An original copy is provided in this folder and extras may be printed from our classroom websites. Students may neatly fill out these two-sided reviews or type in the template provided on our website.

Months for mandatory book reviews: October, January, March, May

2. Book Bingo projects are due on the last day of each month. Students will be notified in advance of any changes in due dates. This will allow ample time for quality work.

3. Each book must be at least 60 pages long or be approved by your teacher first. Please keep in mind your reading level range when selecting books. For example, if you are a level Q reader, you should not be reading a level M book. Remember, reading books at our level is what makes us stronger readers.

4. For each extra book you read in a month, you may fill out and have a parent sign an additional Book Review Form to receive an additional Bingo square for that genre!

Keep in mind, there are 25 Bingo squares so in order to fill up the entire card, it is up to you to read additional books each month and fill out Book Reviews.

5. When you get a row diagonally, horizontally, or vertically, you receive a Book Bingo certificate. If you cover your entire Bingo card by reading and reviewing

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all 25 genres, you will be invited to the special Book Bingo Pizza Party at the end of the school year!

End of the month of… What is due?

September ProjectOctober Book Review

November ProjectDecember No Book Bingo due this month

January Book ReviewFebruary Project

March Book ReviewApril ProjectMay Book ReviewJune No Book Bingo due this month

I have read the above requirements. ___________________ Parent Signature

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FantasyProject – create a story box or Power Point slide show

Create a story box that details all the elements of your fantasy book, or create a slide show using MS Power Point (see page 4 for directions).

To make the story box:1. Find a square box about the size that a toaster would

come in. Gift boxes from department stores are great for this. Cover it with some type of construction paper.

2. On each of the sides draw or attach your writing on the following topics:

a. Side One: Give the title, author, and your name. Remember to underline the title. Rate the book on a scale from one to ten with ten being the highest. Give at least three reasons why you rated the story as you did. Tell if you would you recommend this book to other readers.

b. Side Two: Draw and describe an important scene from the book. Why do you think this scene is important? Give details from the story to back up your decision.

c. Side Three: Describe the setting of the story and include an illustration.

d. Side Four: List and describe the main characters of the book. You could add thumb print people drawings here.

e. Side Five: Describe the plot of the story. What is the main problem and how is it resolved?

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To create the MS Power Point slide show:3. Using MS Power Point, create a six-slide power point

presentation.4. Include the following facts on each slide.

a. Slide One: Title slide including the title (remember to underline) and author of the book, your name, the date and a graphic.

b. Slide Two: Describe an important scene from the book. Tell why you think this scene is important to the story. Give details to support your decision. Add a graphic.

c. Slide Three: Describe the setting of the story (time and place.) Add a graphic.

d. Slide Four: Make a bulleted list to list and describe the main characters.

e. Slide Five: Describe the plot of the story. What is the main problem and how is it resolved?

f. Slide Six: Rate the book on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest. Give at least three reasons why you rated the story as you did. Tell if you would you recommend this book to other readers.

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BiographyProject – written report

Answer all questions using complete sentences. Use your knowledge of the book to add details and insights.

1. Tell what the author had to do before writing this book.2. Put in order five important things that happened in this

person’s life. Tell me why you chose these events.3. Describe why a book about this person was written.4. If you could have known this person, do you think you

would have liked or disliked the person? Give several reasons for your answer.

5. If you had been this person, imagine what you would have done differently with your life.

6. Choose whether you think biographies should be written before or after the person’s death. Tell why.

7. Tell what you learned from reading about this person. How will this person impact your life?

Include a picture of this famous person.

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Newbery Award BookProject – make a bookmark

Mark my words! This book was outstanding! (Check out the list of Newbery Award winners at the end of your packet.)

1. Use tag board to make a bookmark on your Newbery book. If possible consider making the bookmark in the shape of something related to the book. For instance, for the Page Master you might make a bookmark in the shape of a book. Use your imagination.

2. On the bookmark, include the title, author, and an illustration of a scene in the book.

3. On a separate sheet of paper summarize the story’s plot and describe the main character(s) in the book.

4. Write why you think this story was chosen as a Newbery Award winning story. Give reasons and details to support your answer.

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Sports BiographyProject - write an interview:

1. Write 10 good, thoughtful questions that you would ask the sports figure about his /her life and his/her role in the sport in an interview.

2. Answer each of the 10 questions in detail as you think the sports figure would answer them. Avoid one sentence, or yes/no answers . . . tell us why.

3. Use the ten questions along with additional information from the book to write up a newspaper article. Use at least one direct quote said by the sports figure. Avoid listing questions and answers in the article. Instead, summarize for a nice flow in your article. Be sure to use a “catchy” opening to hook the reader. Look in a local newspaper sports section for examples.

4. Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:

a. What is it about the sports figure that you admire the most? Why?

b. How are you similar to this sports figure “off the playing field?” (What personal or character traits do you share? Example: perseverance, integrity, dedication, etc.)

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Realistic FictionProject – make a paper bag book report

It’s in the bag! After selecting and reading your book, you will create a paper bag book report using an ordinary paper bag.

Follow these directions:

1. You should choose five to seven items to place in the bag to stand for important events or characters from the book. For example, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" might call for a soupspoon, a thermometer, a piece of dollhouse furniture, an ad for running shoes, etc.

2. You should decorate the sides of the bag in the following way:

a. The title, author, your name, and a drawing should be on the front.

b. Write a paragraph describing an internal conflict (a problem that the main character feels within himself) goes on the left side.

c. Write a paragraph describing an external conflict (a problem a character has with another character or with nature) goes on the right side.

d. Draw your favorite scene on the back.

3. After filling and decorating your bag, you will present the bag and its contents orally to the class.

4. You will explain how the items you chose relate to the book.

Hints: To decide what objects you should choose look at your book’s characters, plots, and themes. Then choose something

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that would illustrate, or stand for, that character, or something in the plot.

“How – to” BookProject – do a demonstration.

1. Choose a nonfiction, “how-to” book to read. It can be a craft book, science experiment book, juggling, magic, etc. Since you will be asked to give a demonstration based on the book, be sure the topic really interests you. Due to the lack of literature, drawing books will not be accepted.

2. Read your entire “how-to” book. Decide what you will do for the class demonstration.

3. Plan your demonstration. It should last about five minutes. Consider the order of the steps to be presented.

4. Practice giving your demonstration at home. Speak clearly. Be sure you understand your subject so you can answer any questions.

Type the following on a separate sheet of paper:1. List the steps to be presented in your demonstration in

order.2. List all the necessary materials for the class

demonstration.3. List three questions that other students might have

regarding your demonstration. Answer the questions too.

4. Why did you choose this “how-to” book?5. Do you think you will use this information in the future?

How?

Please note: NO COOKBOOKS ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE OF ALLERGIES.

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Sports – FictionProject – make trading cards

You can create trading cards using tag board or technology.

Using tag board:1. Create 4 to 8 sports cards (like bubble gum cards) that

can be displayed in our classroom.2. On the fronts of the cards you can draw pictures of the

main sports characters in the story. On the backs create information about the teams the person has played for, the records he or she has set. If they are the “home run kings” of the team, create statistics and describe records or games they starred in.

3. Be sure to answer the two questions on the bottom of the page on a separate sheet of paper. This should be typed!

Using technology:1. Create your trading cards using a computer.2. Follow the directions listed above for what should be

included on each side of the card.3. You can use a word processing program like MS Word.4. Be sure to answer the two questions at the bottom of

this page on a separate sheet of paper.Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:

1. How are you similar to one of the characters in the book?

2. Write 2 -5 paragraphs describing what events might happen after the story ends. Give details!

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Project – create a book jacket

1. Use an empty food box (macaroni, cereal, etc.) to represent the book. Cut the top, bottom and one side (not the front, or remaining side) from the box.

2. Cover the box with construction paper. Write the title and author of the story on the “book’s” spine. Decorate the front of each book like a book jacket.

3. Write a brief summary of the story. Secure the summary inside the front cover of the book. Be sure to include who, what, where, when and why. It should also include your opinion of the story.

4. Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper: This should be typed!

1. Why is the book considered science fiction? Give examples/evidence from the story.

2. Could the theme of the story be used in a regular fiction book? Why or why not?

Historical FictionProject - create a historical timeline based on your book.

1. Your timeline must include and be set up according to the following directions:

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Sounder

a. It must include at least five events from the story.b. It must include at least five events that occurred

from real history during the time period during which the book took place.

c. Each event should be illustrated.d. For each illustration there should be a short

paragraph that completely explains the event pictured.

e. Set up the timeline on a poster board.

2. As an alternate: You can use the software Timeliner, or other software, to create your timeline.

a. Your timeline must have a title box that includes the book title, author, and your name.

b. It must include at least five events from the story.c. It must include at least five events that occurred

from real history during the time period during which the book took place.

d. Insert a graphic to illustrate each event.e. You should write a short paragraph explaining

each event.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World.

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Animal Non-fiction BookProject - create a mobile or a brochure.

To make a mobile:1. Use a plain hanger and some yarn or string to suspend

the items described below.2. Your mobile must have the following things hanging

from it:a. The tile and author of your bookb. List three common characteristics of the main

group of animals in the book. Use complete sentences.

c. Write a paragraph describing the animal’s habitat and the continent(s) on which it can be found.

d. Write a paragraph telling the animal’s enemies/predators.

e. Write a paragraph telling the animal’s main diet.f. List five interesting facts you learned in the book.

Write them in complete sentences.

******To make a brochure see next page.

Animal Non-fiction Book(Option 2)

To make a brochure using MS Publisher (or other software):14

1. Panel 1: Front Cover – include a graphic, title and author of the book, your name and the date.

2. Panel 2: List three common characteristics of the main group of animals described in your book.

3. Panel 3: Describe the animal’s habitat and the continent(s) on which it can be found.

4. Panel 4: Tell the animal’s predators/enemies. Tell about the animal’s main diet.

5. Panel 5: Write a paragraph explaining what environmental or man-made changes could affect the survival of this animal. Tell how the changes would affect the animal. Give details.

6. Panel 6: List five interesting facts you discovered in the book. Write them in complete sentences.

Science or History FactProject – create a board game

Make a board game using facts that you have learned from your book. Use cards with questions similar to a trivia game. Your game must include the following:

1. a sheet that explains the rules of the game2. playing pieces3. a game board

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4. at least 15 cards (15 different facts) with questions written on one side and the answers written on the other

5. a box to store all the parts

Give your game a title and be sure to use color and your creativity!

MysteryProject – make a “hand book”

This idea will go hand-in-glove with your mystery book. Keep the characters at your fingertips!

1. In order to make a “hand book”, trace your hand on manila tag board. (See me if you need tag board.) Make one “hand” page for each of the main characters in the book and two “hands” for the front and back covers.

2. Use a stamp pad (ask the teacher if you need one) to make a finger print on each character’s hand. Decorate the fingerprint to match the description of the character in the book. (See illustration)

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3. Describe the character and the character’s role in the mystery next to the appropriate fingerprint. Use the back of the hand or additional “hands” if necessary.

4. We will punch holes in the “hands” at school and add a brad to complete the set. Write the name of the book and the author on the front cover.

Type the following on a separate piece of paper: Write a different solution to the mystery. Include

details or plot twists that would make your ending possible.

Which ending do you prefer, yours or the author’s? Why?

***See example on the following page.

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Mystery Project Example

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Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was a rich, eccentric old

lady. Her mystery revolves around a statue of Angel in the Metropolitan Museum of

Fine Arts. The clue to the identity of the statue’s

sculptor lies in her files. Claudia and Jamie must discover this clue in an

hour’s time.

Poetry(This may only be done during a project month)

Project – give an oral report

1. Choose either one poetry book of at least 60 pages or several poetry books that add up to 60 pages. After you have read the book(s) you will pick out two of your favorite poems and share them with the class. You will read each poem or excerpts from the poem aloud to the class.

2. You will need to tell who the poet is and who was the author of the book the poems were in.

3. Draw an illustration on 8 x 11 inch paper for each of the two poems taken from the poetry book(s) you have read. Share your pictures with the class.

4. On the back of your drawings include in writing why you chose the poems and why you would recommend them to others to read. Be ready to share this with the class too.

5. Write your own original poem. In a few sentences tell how your poem is similar to the poem(s) you read. Include a drawing with your poem.

6. You may choose to neatly display your work on a posterboard or compile your work in a folder to keep all components together.

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Your Choice #1(book of any genre)

Project – Book in a Nutshell

Each character in a book contributes to the main part of the story. Use this idea with a book you are nuts about!

1. Make a peanut from the pattern on the next page for each character in your book.

2. Write the character’s name at the top of the shell.

3. Briefly, “in a nutshell”, write the main contribution each character made to the story’s plot on the front and back of the peanut. Include a small illustration of the character or an object that has something to do with the character.

4. Cover and decorate a tall potato chip can or tennis ball can.

5. Using the label, fill in the blanks with information from the book and attach it to the outside of the can.

6. Place all finished peanuts in the decorated can.

7. Type the following question on a separate piece of paper.

a. How would the story be affected if one of the characters were not included in the book?

b. Describe how you think the story would turn out without this character.

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Cut this out and glue to the can.

Your Choice #2(book of any genre)

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_________________’s

Mixed NutsFrom the book:

By: ______________

Featuring the characters:

At: ______________

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Project – create a toy

Pretend you are an owner of a toy company. You should plan a line of toys based on the book, including accessories and appropriate tie-ins. Toys might include dolls, board games, posters, cassettes, coloring books, and T-shirts.

Include a prototype of the toy you created or a poster describing the toy. Use colors and details as you draw the toy to show the special feature of the toy.

Type the following questions in detail:

1. Describe the toy in detail in a typed paragraph. Don’t forget to use descriptive adjectives and specifics about your toy.

2. Why did you choose the toy that you did?

3. How will the toy help “sell” the book?

4. How will the book help “sell” the toy?

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Newbery Medal Winners, 1936 - Present2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

2011: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean 2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan 2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi 2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar 1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant 1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard 1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

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1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper 1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox 1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien  1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong 1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt 1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska 1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville (1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong 1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli 1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois 1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski 1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson 1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray 1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds 1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry 1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty 1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright 1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy 1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer 1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

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Here are the criteria that are used to choose a Newbery Award book.

1. The Medal is awarded every year to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

2. Any genre of book is allowed (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), but the book must be an original work (no rewrites or books which are compiled of other writings are allowed.)                    

3. The Award is restricted to authors who are citizens or residents of the United States.

4. The book must be written with a child as the intended audience. That is the plot, characters, language, appropriateness of style, and presentation of information including accuracy, clarity, and organization must be appropriate for a child up to age fourteen.

5. The book must be excellent in quality.

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