Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell Book Club Focused on Features of Nonfiction Text

Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell Book Club Focused on Features of Nonfiction Text

Use Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell by Tom L. Matthews to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them analyze how features of nonfiction text contribute to the development of ideas.

Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell tells the story of Alexander Graham Bell's life - a life that goes far beyond his invention of the telephone. Rich with photographs, prototype sketches, and direct quotations, this text captures the attention of readers and is a perfect anchor text for students learning to comprehend biographies.

By following the minilessons included in this Book Club resource set, you'll provide students with the opportunity to explore the ways in which features of nonfiction text contribute to the development of ideas in biographies.

  • Included in this resource
  • Lesson plans for 3 book club meetings focused on Features of Nonfiction Text
  • Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
  • Book Club calendar
  • Conversation prompts
  • Student self-evaluations forms
  • Reading response board
  • Culminating activity
  • Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell by Tom L. Matthews. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Use Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell by Tom L. Matthews to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them analyze how features of nonfiction text contribute to the development of ideas.

Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell tells the story of Alexander Graham Bell's life - a life that goes far beyond his invention of the telephone. Rich with photographs, prototype sketches, and direct quotations, this text captures the attention of readers and is a perfect anchor text for students learning to comprehend biographies.

By following the minilessons included in this Book Club resource set, you'll provide students with the opportunity to explore the ways in which features of nonfiction text contribute to the development of ideas in biographies.

  • Included in this resource
  • Lesson plans for 3 book club meetings focused on Features of Nonfiction Text
  • Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
  • Book Club calendar
  • Conversation prompts
  • Student self-evaluations forms
  • Reading response board
  • Culminating activity
  • Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
  • This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell by Tom L. Matthews. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Club resources

The management resources include a calendar, conversation prompts, student self-evaluation forms, reading response board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

The instructional overview includes instructional background for point of view along with a list of instructional objectives for each of the book club meetings and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell.

The ability to name and notice nonfiction text features is an important skill for readers to have. In the first Book Club meeting for Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell, students will be introduced to the reasons why authors use nonfiction text features. They will also begin to explore how features of nonfiction text are used in texts like this one.

Authors use a variety of nonfiction text features to develop ideas. In the second Book Club meeting for Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell, you'll help your students understand how photographs, maps, and captions work to develop key ideas in the text.

In the third and final Book Club meeting for Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell students will have the opportunity to explain how the features of nonfiction text can be used to effectively communicate ideas.

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with analyzing the features of nonfiction text.
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Book Title:
Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell
Book Author:
Tom L. Matthews
Grade Level:
6
Genre(s):
Biography
F&P Guided Reading Level:
X
DRA Level:
60
Reading Recovery Level:
Theme(s):
Family, History, STEAM / STEM, Growth Mindset, Perseverance
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TEKS Alignment: 6.26A, 6.27, 6.28, 6.7, 6.10A, 6.10B, 6.10C, 6.10D, 6.12B, 6.17C
Vocabulary Connections: 6.2B, 6.2A, 6.2C
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