CHAPBooks: Using Skills Learned Through Reading Books to Write Books

The Common Core asks students to read stories and literature, as well as more complex texts that provide facts and background knowledge in areas such as science and social studies. Students will be challenged and asked questions that push them to refer back to what they’ve read. This stresses critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills that are required for success in college, career, and life.
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/


From Reading to Writing: CHAPBooks

Using ELA CSCC Skill Development, Students Will Transition From Reading Books to Writing Books With Skills Acquired

The goal of this extensive reading, comprehending, and writing literature using the ELA CSCC, students will learn how to identify story elements, language usage, how to summarize and re-tell the stories and/or information, distinguish different genres, recognize books by title and author and illustrator, analyze structure and theme is various types of literature, along with the other standards, as well as choose genres that appeal most to them when they get the opportunity to write their own poetry chap books (Assignment 1) and other types of books: non-fiction, storybooks, novels, science books, art books with descriptions of illustrations, how-to-books, cookbooks, etc. which will be available to check out in the classroom’s library.


From Library to BookStore

Students in higher grades (5-6-elementary, 7-8-middle school, and 9-12, high school) might want to create a bookstore and invest in having a few books printed, along with a poster advertising their book with illustrations created by the author or an artist commissioned to illustrate the cover.