My Literacy Project was done with Maryann Castrilli and Jen Nagel. We created a Wiki called Fun 5th Grade Reads! We decided to have the students write book reviews! These book reviews would eventually be posted to the wiki for all of the students to use. Students from Portland, Southington, and Rocky Hill can communicate through this wiki. We allowed chapter books, picture books, and magazine/newspaper articles to be reviewed. This enabled every student to participate in the project. I wrote this lesson as a persuasive writing lesson. I taught the students the steps that are involved in writing a persuasive paragraph. We discussed beginning, middles, and ends. We talked about certain vocabulary terms to use in a persuasive paragraph. We discussed the importance of details! We talked about making the book sound as good as possible. We discussed ways in which to give the reader enough information without giving away the ending. We discussed how asking questions in the book review was a great way to involve the reader and interest him/her more! Please feel free to visit the Wiki today!
http://5thgradefunreads.wikispaces.com/
