Making Book Recommendations

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area: English Language Arts and Literacy
Grade: 1

Using a comparison of the experiences of two characters in stories, students write a book recommendation for their peers that will be compiled into a book of reviews to be kept for future students to use or posted on an electronic bulletin board.

MA Standards

RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

RL.1.9

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

W.1.1

Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Resources

Task Template (PDF) PDF · 142 KB
Task Template (Word) DOCX · 1.59 MB
Student Directions DOCX · 39.1 KB
Rubric DOCX · 1.54 MB
Student Worksheets DOCX · 20.8 KB

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