Book of Your Own: It's Your BOYO! #engagedliteracy

Book of Your Own / It's Your BOYO! #engagedliteracy
Book Talks Engage Readers and Promote the Love of Literacy

By Kathryn E. Jennings, M.S.Ed. Reading Specialist, Educational Leadership
September 15, 2017

When I think about what I did to get kids to read, one of the first that comes to mind is the BOYO!

Now, what the heck is a BOYO? Yes, BOYO sounds an awful lot like YOLO, but hey, it's catchy! :-) 

Needless to say, the book report was probably not going to be something my students were going to want to do.

1.     It required them to choose a book.

2.    Read it.

3.    Then make a slideshow presentation about the book.

4.    Then present the slideshow to their classmates.

5.    And finally be put on the spot for some question and discussion of the book.

WOW! I was crazy to think this idea might work with these readers who DID NOT want to read.

Book of the Quarter Rubric

5 –A material 4-B material  3-C material  2-D material 1- F material

Book Choice -- _________/5 Length (at least 14 slides) _________/5

Catchy Opener--________/5 Catchy Closer--_________/5

Setting--_________/15    where, imagery, when –each is worth five points

Characters--_____/10   physical and emotional characteristics

Plot--_________/10            Conflict/Resolution _________/10

Theme-- _________/5     Symbolism ______/5

Quotation________/5  Spicy Word ________/5

Proofreading _____/10  Creativity of presentation _____/5

TOTAL __________/100  NAME: ______________________ Class: _______

Yep, that is all.

I showed them an example.

Then I created a Google Slides Template, and guess what?

They transformed the template and made it better than I could have ever imagined.

And, the presentation help me to assess standards of the Common Core ELA using literature that was

1.     ENGAGING FOR THEM,

2.    INTEREST-BASED,

3.    AT THEIR LEVEL, and

4.    SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!

YEP! Try IT!                                  Let me know how it goes!

BY THE WAY, JUST GET FUN BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF YOUR KIDS! 

They will read--you have to just give them the GOOD STUFF!   

 ~    Mrs. J.