Name: ___________________________________ Date__1/16/15 __ Per_______

Scrapbook project

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Objective: to create a scrapbook consisting of the

information contained in your text.
TITLE PAGE: includes the title of the book, the author, and an illustration.
(this can be your cover)
SETTING PAGE: includes pictures of and from the setting(s) of your book.
NEEDS TO DEPICT TIME AND PLACE
SUMMARY PAGE: Summarize the main ideas from the text you read. Must
include illustrations from the actual story or information
TEXT FEATURES PAGE: List the types of text features that were in your
book. Select one example and recreate it on this page. (Headings,
subheadings, graphs, maps, bold words, italics, images, captions etc)
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR PAGE:Find out a little something
about the author (birth date, where he/she lives, family, other books,
awards, etc.) *This may be located in your book or you may need to look it up
on the internet. Include a picture of the author and other pictures to
support you writing.
OTHER BOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE PAGE: Research 5 other
books/magazines to suggest to people who enjoyed this book. List the book/
magazine and author. Include pictures of the covers of these other texts.
THE MOST INTERESTING PART PAGE; Write about the most
interesting thing you learned from reading this book and explain why you felt
this way. (cite textual evidence with page numbers) Create an illustration for
this interesting part
REVIEW/RECOMMENDATION PAGE Write a short review of the book
(who would you recommend it to and what did you think of the book (add a
rating scale like 4 out of five stars and create it)

RUBRIC
TITLE PAGE:

________________10pts

includes the title of the book, the author, and an illustration.

SETTING PAGE:

______________10pts

Includes pictures of and from the setting(s) of your book. NEEDS TO DEPICT TIME AND
PLACE

SUMMARY PAGE:
18pts
Summarize the main ideas from the text you read. Includes pictures.
TEXT FEATURES PAGE:
10pts
List the types of text features that were in your book. Select one example
and recreate it on this page. (Headings, subheadings, graphs, maps, bold
words, italics, images, captions etc) Includes pictures.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR PAGE:
10pts
Find out a little something about the author (birth date, where he/she lives,
family, other books, awards, etc.) Includes pictures.
OTHER BOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE PAGE:
______________ 10pts
Research 5 other books/magazines to suggest to people who enjoyed this
book. Includes pictures.
THE MOST INTERESTING PART PAGE:
______________15pts
Write about the most interesting thing you learned from reading this book
and explain why you felt this way. (cite textual evidence with page numbers)
Includes pictures.
REVIEW/RECOMMENDATION PAGE:
_________________10pts
Write a short review of the book (who would you recommend it to and what
did you think of the book. Includes pictures.
Turn in this page with your scrapbook

____________________3pts

Scrapbook is securely fastened as a book. _____________________5pts

TOTAL POINTS ____________