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Book Punch Activities
Book Punch provides interactive, online writing prompts about books commonly read in schools today.
It takes pupils through the writing process to focus their thinking about a particular book. All the books covered are commonly read in schools.
Using hundreds of built-in tips, learners organize their thoughts and develop clear and concise responses to the literature they are reading.
Book Punch helps students of a wide range of abilities participate in the English Language Arts classroom.
The Book Punch team has created lesson plan aids for all books covered. If needed, unlimited technical and curriculum support is available to make teaching with Book Punch a positive experience for all.
5 Easy Steps to Get Results Quickly!
- Assign one Text-to-Self writing topic before students start reading. Work may continue while students read the book.
- Have your students use one Evidence and Inference writing activity either during, or after, reading.
- Use the Reading Check as an extra credit activity.
- Monitor student progress by logging into the online management system.
- Use the free lesson plan aids and printables for each book as a resource for additional offline activities.
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Quick Start Guides:
For Students
For Teachers
Step-by-Step Examples:
Paragraph Topics
Essay Topics
Detailed Info:
Complete Program Manual
Books, Demos and Lesson Plans
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Activities Details
The main activities for Book Punch are 6 or 7 interactive prompts and questions for each book; organized into three sections:
In the Text-to-Self section, based on themes from the book, students write about their own experiences.
SAMPLE TOPIC from Sarah, Plain and Tall:
In the story, Caleb, Anna and Papa write letters to Sarah. Their letters ask Sarah questions about what she can do, what she likes, and what her life in Maine is like. Sarah writes back with her answers.
Think about someone you would like to write to in order to discover more about him or her. Write a paragraph explaining who you would write to and what you would like to know about that person. |
In the Evidence and Inference section of the program, students connect details to ideas in the book to infer deeper meaning from their reading.
SAMPLE TOPIC from Sarah, Plain and Tall:
When a tragic event has occurred, people need comfort and reassurance. In the story, Caleb asks Anna to retell the story of the day he was born. Write a paragraph that tells what Anna said to Caleb about the day he was born. |
In the Reading Check section, students write about important facts and/or events from the book; an assessment determines if they have read it.
SAMPLE TOPIC from Sarah, Plain and Tall:
Animals are important in the story, which takes place on a farm. Write a paragraph about the animals in the story. Remember to be specific and include examples from the text in your paragraph. |
Printable vocabulary activities, graphic organizers and writing rubrics are included for each book. Each Book Punch book program comes with easy-to-use implemention suggestions and offline activities.
The online management system is intuitive to use and allows teachers to easily check student progress, comment on student work, add new students, and assign additional Merit programs.
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