"Book Bits": a Fun Pre-reading Activity for Tuck Everlasting
5.0 (428 reviews)“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 47 “Book Bits”, however, you will only need one for each student; you can pick and choose which ones you like the most.1. Give each student a “Book Bit”. The students will read their individual “Book Bits” and be al
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 11
- Answer key
- N/A
- Teaching duration
- 3 Days
- Digital download
Description
“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 47 “Book Bits”, however, you will only need one for each student; you can pick and choose which ones you like the most.
1. Give each student a “Book Bit”. The students will read their individual “Book Bits” and be allowed a little time to ponder and reflect on what they say (e.g., What impressions are they gathering about the book?).
2. Have the students move around the classroom, reading their “Book Bit” to every other student, while also listening to the other students’ “Book Bits”. No discussion or interpretation occurs at this point; they are simply reading to each other.
3. After hearing the other students’ “Book Bits”, students can then do a quick write on the impressions they now have about the book (What is this book about? What can we infer about the characters?, What might happen in the story? etc.)
4. After the quick write, students can discuss with each other in pairs, small groups, and eventually whole group.
5. The “Book Bit” quick write can then be revisited after students have read more of the book, or have completed the book.
Depth and Complexity Companion for Tuck Everlasting
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Engaging Resource
This was an excellent resource to use to prepare my students to see a pro arts performance of Tuck Everlasting. The students were very engaged. During the performance I noticed the students when they recognized one of their book bits.
Amazing activity!
My kids loved this and even remembered their bits as we read the book together. They were excited to learn more about the context around their passages and this helped keep them engaged!
Excellent Resource
This resource was extremely helpful as I created my lesson plans for my 7th and 8th graders!
Great Pre-Reading Activity
My students were so engaged with this activity and were so excited to find out what we would be reading. I loved hearing what they thought the book might be about.
My students love this resource! Thank you so much for this resource.
Questions & Answers (4)
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Hi there- When I try to print the PDF, an error message comes out of my copier every time. Is there a trick to printing this?
Hi Lindsay! Some PDFs with a lot of graphics may look fine on your screen, but may not print out correctly.
Open the PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Reader
Click “Print”
Click on “Advanced”
Check the “Print as Image” box
Print the document
Do you happen to have a listing to show the chapters each of the 'books bit' are from?
Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, we do not.
I love Tuck Everlasting! Would it work at grade 3/4 level?
Hi Jude! You might want to download the preview to check. To be honest, I think it might be a bit challenging. This book is typically read in 5th grade, so that is the intended audience.
When I download this and the Depth and Complexity for Tuck Everlasting, it has only one page.
Are you opening the file with the latest version of Adobe reader? Also make sure that you're not downloading the preview and that you're actually downloading the file you purchased.
