Book+Pass

=Strategy Name: Book Pass =

Strategy Description:
Book pass is a strategy that allows students to briefly look at a number of books. The activity can be used as a pre-reading strategy before beginning a new unit, concept, or theme. Or the strategy can introduce a new genre or author.

Course:

 * Applied Communications--a 9 week course that all 7th and 8th grade students rotate through
 * 7th grade students
 * Classes of 28-30 students that include regular education, special education, and gifted learners.

Rationale:

 * I want to set up a general understanding of the concept of human rights--a large number of picture books deal with the concept and I'd like to expose the students to as many as possible.
 * The book pass allows students to briefly read and observe illustrations--time is of the essence!
 * Students can comprehend a lot of material/concepts in the narrative picture books. We will later move to informational texts on the concept.
 * Picture books are very non-threatening to struggling readers or special education students.
 * Strategy is flexible enough to allow for individuals or partners.

Diverse Learner:
The strategy supports special education and English Language Learners due to the short nature of many of the texts. Visual learners will be supported by the illustrations. Kinesthetic learners will be satisfied by the movement this strategy allows (either in partners or the movement to get the different books).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Procedure:

 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students receive a Book Pass form.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I would model this with the whole class and one book.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students will then get their own book and begin filling in the chart.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Rather than read the book from cover to cover, the students will "sample" the book.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">After "sampling" the book, students will chart a comment--something they noticed or something they have a question about.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I will say "Book Pass" after about 5 minutes and students will pass their book to the next person.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">After the charts are filled in, it would be nice to come together to share the comments/questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Potential Issues:

 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Some students will be frustrated at not being able to read the book cover to cover so I would have the books available for a few days for free reading.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">This would be great for a social studies or science unit/concept and I could include a variety of texts (pamphlets, letters, poems, etc.).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">References/Materials:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Allen, J. ( 2004). //Tools for teaching content literacy//. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

In binder: 1. Book pass form (2 versions) ||