Book Share
(BS)
Description
Book
Share is a strategy in which students provide the class with an oral report
based on a text they have read. It provides experience for students in speaking
in an organised, sequential manner and expressing a range of opinions. It also
helps develop positive attitudes towards reading by sharing a range of texts
which others are encouraged to read by their peers. Book Share focuses on the structure and dominant reading of texts.
Procedure
1. Students could
engage in a reading program whereby they are encouraged to select from wide
ranging texts of their own choice - with an enthusiastic and well informed
mentor as a guide e.g. teacher,
librarian, peer, parent, etc. Time is allocated in class for reading and
approaches to book reports are modelled and practised in discussions and
reading conferences.
2. All students
negotiate a suitable time to present their oral report, and individual
assistance is provided where needed to plan the content of the Book Share. Students bring the text and
present their ideas plus a reading from the text if they choose to.
3. The teacher
responds by providing positive feedback on those aspects of the report that
have been tackled well. In terms of assessment, a card system, which provides brief,
anecdotal feedback, would be useful to the student and the teacher.
Link to Outcomes
Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and
information and interact with others.
Dynamic Strategies
Evaluation/Reflection
Tips
There is a range of possible
assessment outcomes in using Book Share
including understanding of the following:
§
Linguistic
structures and features
§
Contextual
Understanding
§
Genres/Text types
§
Speaking and
Listening skills
Adapted from Tasmanian
Education Department,
Book Share
(BS)
Book
Title & Author
Book
Report