Independent Reading Project
I. Divide a duotang into sections:
A. Picture Books
   1. should be at least 10 entries
   2. include any annotations you’ve written
B. Folklore
   1. should be at least 5 entries
   2. include any annotations you’ve written
C. Novels
   1. should be at least 8 entries
   2. include any annotations you’ve written
D. Nonfiction
   1. should be at least 8 entries
   2. include any annotations you’ve written
E. Browsing
   1. anything you’ve browsed through
   2. include any annotations you’ve written
II. Bibliographic Format
A. Entries
   1. Use this format:
         Author’s last name, first name. Title. City of Publication, Publisher, year of copyright.
   2. If you need to use a second line, indent by three spaces.
B. Overall organization
   1. List the entries in alphabetical order by the author’s last
      name. If you have more than one book by the same
      author, group them together but put them in alphabetical
      order within the group using the title.
   2. Put your bibliographies in the order shown on the other
       side.
   3. Make sure you start with a cover page that shows the following
      information: your full name, your division, and a title
C. Note that not all books are expected to have annotations or book responses! If you handed in your weekly bibliographies during the term, you should already have enough read and enough written. Now you are simply making a polished presentation of all the reading you did this term.
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RUBRIC FOR INDEPENDENT READING
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Outstanding |
Good |
Satisfactory |
Not Yet Acceptable |
Format |
In a duotang with name, number and title. Is divided into 5 categories: novels, picture books, folklore, nonfiction and browsing. | In a duotang with name, number and title. Is divided into 4 categories: novels, picture books, folklore and nonfiction. | Includes a cover page with name, number and title and is stapled together. Contains books from at least 3Â categories. |
Includes name and title. Contains books from fewer than 3 categories. |
Number of Entries |
Includes at least 8 novels, 10 picture books, 5 folktales, 8 nonfiction and any number of browsing books. | Includes at least 6 novels, 12 picture books, 5 nonfiction books. |
Includes at least 4 novels, 15 picture books and 2 nonfiction books. |
Less than a satisfactory number of books. |
Alphabetical Order |
All entries are in alphabetical order within each category. | There are 1 -4 mistakes in alphabetization. |
There are 5 -8 mistakes in alphabetization. |
There are more than 8 mistakes. |
Bibliographic Entries |
There are 3 or fewer mistakes. | There are 4 – 6 mistakes. |
There are 7 – 10 mistakes. |
There are more than 10 mistakes. |
Book Responses |
Includes at least 5 longer and thoughtful responses and 10 additional reflective responses. | Includes at least 3 longer and thoughtful responses and 7 additional responses. |  Includes 6 – 9 responses. | Fewer than 6 responses. |
Level of Difficulty |
Includes at least 3 classics, 2 modern classics and two sophisticated nonfiction books. | Includes at least 6 books at a moderate reading level. | Includes at least 3 books at a moderate reading level. | Includes only books at an easy reading level. |
Conventions |
There are very few spelling, grammar, punctuation mistakes, and word spacing is accurate. | There are some errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and word spacing, but it is still easy to understand. | There are numerous errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and word spacing but it still is possible to understand. | There are numerous errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and word spacing, and it is often difficult to understand. |
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