Strategies

• Use the Lesson 3 Presentation to support this activity.

• Show one or more of the videos help students consider how to read aloud and narrate a story.

  • Video: How to Read Aloud Without Being Boring (6:51 minutes)​

  • Video: Strategies for Reading Aloud to Young Children (11:51 minutes)

  • Video: How to Read a Story (4:53 minutes)

Each of these options could be completed individually in pairs, or in small groups. 

1. Students review a children's book by a Korean American author or on a relevant topic and present their review to the class OR create a presentation of their book review and record an audio and/or video narration.

2. Students select and read a children's book by a Korean American author or on a relevant topic to a group of younger children OR students select and record an audio and/or video narration of a children's book (or chapters of a young adult book) by a Korean American author or on a relevant topic.

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Five Steps to Writing a Book Review

• Begin with a brief summary of the book (name of book, author and illustrator, year published, overview of book, major characters, setting).

• Pick out the most important aspects of the book. 

• Include quotes from the book to illustrate the important aspects.

• Write a conclusion to your review.  This may include who might enjoy the book, why you liked the book, and some information about how  the story ends.

• Give it a star rating and explain why.

  • One STAR - this book is not recommended.

  • Three STARS - this book is recommended and is pretty good.

  • Five STARS - this book is highly recommended and is very good!

 

Suggested Books ​

• Rice From Heaven: The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans (Tina Cho, 2018, 40 pages, grades preK-3)

• My Name is Yoon (Helen Recorvits, 2014, 32 pages, preK-3)

• Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee, 2017, 32 pages, grades K-4)

• Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds (Paula Yoo, 2010, 32 pages, grades 1-3)

• The Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Sook Nyul Choi, 1993, 169 pages, grades 3-7)

• When You Trap a Tiger (Tae Keller, 2020, 304 pages, grades 3-7)

• The Science of Breakable Things (Tae Keller, 2018, 304 pages, grades 3-7)

• Kimchi and Calamari (Rose Kent, 240 pages, grades 4-7)

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Resources

• Lesson 3 Teacher's Guide and Lesson 3 Presentation are found on Lesson 3 Overview.

• See also how a children's book (Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds) is used for educational purposes in Activity 3.1.