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Help Finding a Mystery Novel

10/9/2015

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You're going to be reading a whodunit mystery this month. Books that are great options for this age level are:
Chasing Vermeer
The Wright 3
The London Eye Mystery
Walls Within Walls
Nancy Drew

Hardy Boys
The Mysterious Benedict Society

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Westing Game

Books that are not ideal choices for this report. 
Not Traditional Mysteries
When You Reach Me
Liar and Spy
The Fourth Stall (Go Cubbies!)

More Fantasy Style Mysteries
The House with the Clock in Its Walls
The Sixty Eight Rooms
Fabelhaven


Mysteries can be hard to choose.  Your local library or book store may be more help than just looking on Amazon. Please note that Encyclopedia Brown books have stories that are too short for this assignment. 


Good online list, but some of these are a little young for fifth grade.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/493.Best_Mysteries_for_Young_Readers

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Back of Book Blurb

9/28/2015

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Click Here to learn how to write a good gist summary that will entice your audience

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Book Report Explanation and Rubric

9/27/2015

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Be sure to fill out a rubric to grade yourself when you hand in your book report on Thursday, October 8th. 

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Whose This Author Anyways?

9/16/2015

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Need help researching your author?

Tip: Use more than one site to find information and be sure to site them on your book report (share the address to the website). 


These sites might help, but if not try keyword searches like "author's name interview" or "author's name biography" into this site that safely searches Google.

  • List of authors with links to their information
  • Biographies of authors
  • Video interviews with authors
  • Great videos and biographies of authors

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Creating New Cover Art

9/16/2015

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Link to class lesson on Harry Potter

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Help Finding a Realistic Fiction Book

8/10/2015

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Realistic Fiction is a book about something that is not true, but could have actually happened.  For instance, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom is realistic fiction. 

For help finding a book, try the links in the Reading Post as well as the options below. 

Good Reads

Amazon

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