This idea comes from the Scholastic Book Fairs Book Blurbs (chairperson's toolkit)
Use The Booktalks provided by Scholastic Bookfairs (Archive on Google Drive) to Advertise your book fair by posting them around campus.
Use this form to print your book fair dates on the bottom.
Use these booktalks throughout the year to passively booktalk one book on display.
Have your ASB use them as a script during book fair to promote the books in classes or on your announcements.
Put several booktalks on each table. Students read the booktalks and decide which books they would like to check out. Teach students how to place holds on books.
Put them in a binder alphabetized by Title, Author, or Genre.
Many of these books also have BookTrailers by Scholastic.
You can also have students create their own using the Booktalk Template Lesson.
Scholastic also provides more Booktalks and Discussion Guides on their Teacher Page
The samples below are created by MRS GRU using the Booktalk Template in Google Slides. Google Slides is better than docs for image manipulation.
See Also:
Toilet Papers from The Book Wrangler FREE on TpT
Booktalk created by reading a passage from the book by Mrs. Gru.
Booktalk created by reading a passage from the book by Mrs. Gru.
Sample Booktalk for The Fallen (Bluford Series) by Mrs. Gru
Sample Booktalk created by reading a passage from the book by Mrs. Gru.
Sample Booktalk for The Selection by Mrs. Gru
Sample booktalk for The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Mrs. GRU
Sample Book Teaser for Invictus by Mrs. GRU
Activity:
Snowball Fight shared by Terra Hazen on The School Librarian's Workshop Facebook Group:
Snowball Fight!!! (Library Style) I picked out some of the library's best winter themed books, printed out the book reviews from goodreads, and crumpled them up into snowballs! After explaining the rules (below), I had students battle it out in three rounds, unfolding and reading the book review inside at the end of each round. If students liked a 'snowball book review', they recorded the name of book on a winter themed bookmark and then had an opportunity to check out the books after our last game. (I'm sharing because it worked great!) I also like that you can adjust the time the activity takes by changing the number of rounds. (If students get the same snowball twice I have them swap with their neighbor.)
**Rules are the key to success if you decide to try this! Go over them BEFORE handing out the snowballs. My game rules are: 1) Aim from the neck down, 2) Stand up and tuck in your chair when I say "Stand" 3) Don't start until I say "Go" 4) Freeze when I say "Freeze" 5) Find a snowball and sit down when I say "Find it"! Depending on the class, I also add in a 'no running' rule. After each round they crumple the reviews back into snowballs. After the last round students crumple back up their snowball and I put a box in the middle of the room and they try to toss their snowball in from their seat. We pick up the 'misses' and then I have all the snowballs ready for the next class!