How to Make a Book Chapter Scrapbook
Reading comprehension has always been central to primary education. However, ensuring children understand what they are reading is no easy task. From book reports to AR testing, teachers have tried various methods to assure reading comprehension is taking place. Moving away from content-based written assessments, educators have found success with more qualitative approaches (i.e., magazine covers, dioramas, songs, plays and scrapbooks). These creative projects use art and music to reinforce literary concepts and characters, helping children learn and teachers evaluate.
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Things You'll Need
- Chapter book
- Scrapbook
- Paper
- Old magazines
- Photographs
- Pen, markers, crayons, etc.
- Tape
- Glue
- Plastic transparency sheet
Instructions
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Scrapbooking a chapter of a book
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Choose the chapter on which you would like to do your report. The chapter ideally should have a lot of activities going on, to give you more to show in your project.
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Set aside magazine pictures, photographs, news articles and stickers that represent the concepts in the chapter. For example, you may choose to devote one page to each character introduced that shows his likes, dislikes and role in the story. If your characters took a trip to Niagara Falls, you might include maps and pictures of waterfalls in your collection.
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Arrange the images into groups based on page. You may choose to sort based on character, location or activity.
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Glue the images into the scrapbook. If you could not purchase a scrapbook you may make one by stacking oak tag sheets and binding them with ribbon. You may add as little or as much to each page as you wish. Remember that each page must tell a crucial part of the story. Don't attach unrelated images and items.
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Use strips of paper, stickers, glitter and stamps to add to the page and decorate pictures. Use the character's clothing, personality and activities to help you decide how to decorate.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't just glue pictures onto the page. Make paper frames for your pictures to help them stand out.
If you made your own scrapbook, cover the oak tag with wrapping paper to jazz up the background.
Insert a plastic transparency sheet between pages to preserve the book during transport.
References
- Photo Credit scrapbooking image by Philippe MICHAUD from Fotolia.com
