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App-ealing Books

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
English Language Arts and Literacy
Grade
5

Students design an iPhone that describes different elements of their independent reading novel. The apps they create for the phone should include story elements, theme, character analysis, and inferences based on quotations in the text. Students should look through the lens of one character in their story, allowing them to explore perspective. In this task, students demonstrate a variety of skills, including summarizing and recall of events (DOK 2) and making inferences about a character and explaining their reasoning (DOK 3). The task is expected to last 1-2 weeks (with 40-minute periods) to complete their task.

MA Standards

RL.5.1
Quote or paraphrase a text accurately when explaining what the text states explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. (See grade 5 Writing Standard 8 for more on paraphrasing.)
RL.5.10
Independently and proficiently read and comprehend literary texts representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectives and exhibiting complexity for at least grade 5. See information on qualitative and quantitative dimensions of text complexity.
RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

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