Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction [With CDROM] [Paperback]

Jane Feber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2004

Encourage your students to actively demonstrate their comprehension of both fiction and non-fiction with these alternative responses to literature!

The thirty-nine standards-based projects in this resource appeal to all types of learners in grades 4-8. Easy-to-follow directions support you during every step of each project, helping you give clear, explicit instructions to your students.

A reproducible rubric for each project helps students at all skill levels understand the grading criteria, and gives you an effective tool to easily assess reading comprehension. Includes a CD of customizable rubrics that you can adapt for other genres and content-area topics.

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About the Author

Jane Feber was named the 2003 Teacher of the Year by the Florida Council of Teachers of English. She teaches language arts to middle-school students in Jacksonville, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Maupin House Publishing; 1st edition (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 092989569X
• ISBN-13: 978-0929895697
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Book Reports, May 29, 2004

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Linda Tuschinski (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction [With CDROM] (Paperback)

Jane Feber makes her debut as an author at long last with this great book of practical and fun activities for veteran and new teachers. An award winning and highly successful teacher, Jane shares her strategies for success. The book not only provides instructions and rubrics for the activities but schedules, suggestions for group interaction, classroom management tips, and very importantly, authentic pictures of the finished products. With the varied levels of today's students Jane has given us a book with activities to enable all students to achieve success. I have shared this book with numerous teachers and all have wanted a copy.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Valuable Book for Middle School and Elementary Teachers, May 25, 2004

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Kathleen W. Johnson, Ed.D., N.B.C.T. (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction [With CDROM] (Paperback)

Creative Book Reports is full of kinesthetic activities to use in differentiating instruction in middle school, elementary, and even some high school classrooms. It is also good for parents to use during the summer to encourage students to respond to the books they are reading. Teachers can find something great to use for teaching higher order thinking skills and for developing a love of good literature. The teacher pages, illustrations, and rubrics make this book extremely user friendly. It is the best organized book of its type I have seen. The CD makes it a snap to adapt activities to your own situation. I will highly recommend this book to my own middle school language arts department and to the elementary teachers who take my university courses.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have teacher resource, May 16, 2004

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Jean Hogan (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction [With CDROM] (Paperback)

Don't let the title fool you...this teacher-created resource is a valuable tool for all educators regardless of the subject they teach. I easily incorporate the ideas put forth by Jane Feber into the units I teach in my middle grades science classroom. The students respond favorably as they accomplish multiple tasks, overlapping creativity and research skills. The CD allows teachers to tweak the rubrics to fit their students' needs. And if you ever have the chance to attend one of Feber's numerous workshops or conference sessions, do so immediately! Her high energy enthusiastic approach to student instruction is contagious!