Fiction Evaluation Form

(Picture Books, Folklore, Modern Fantasy, Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Multicultural Books)

Your Name Renata Couyette Book Title You Matter

Author: Christian Robinson Illustrator: Christian Robinson

Genre: Culture Publisher/Year: Atheneum books for young readers.

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

STYLE and Language: Explain the language used – word choices, sentence length, dialogue, rhythm, rhyme.
Explain unexpected insights or interesting information the reader learns from the story. Give examples form the
book for each one:

Word choice: you matter, pest, gassy, alone,

Sentence length: one sentence each.
Dialogue: informative it says you matter
Rhythm: Steady
Rhyme: no
Insights/interesting information
They used environment, how big and small to let you know you matter.
CHARACTER – Who is the main character? Explain the character’s personality traits. How can the reader relate
to the character, become involved in the story?
Who are the supporting characters? Give examples of each from the book.

Main character: No
Personality traits: None
How reader can relate to main character: their no main characters. The reader can relate to being alone
Supporting characters: none

1. PLOT: (Explains the major events in the story.) Summarize the plot

The story uses environments, people, and the eco-system to explain the message that everyone, and
everything matters .

2. SETTING – Explain the place and time of the book.

THEME- What is the story’s theme or lesson?

Setting: A little girl looking into a microscope.

Theme: Word play showing obstacles to help the reader understand no matter how small they may feel
they matter.
ILLUSTRATION –Analyze the illustrations in the book (see Chapter 4 for details on the categories below.)
Choose a 2-page spread in the book to answer the following:
What Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)?
Expressionism
Illustration and Text: explain how illustration and text combined to tell the story.
Then, explain what illustrations show that text does not explain?
The illustrations and text explains how they obstacles does not matter because you will still matter
despite the outcome.

Page design --Describe: colorful

The Borders : none
Use of white/dark space: white and dark
Text placemen: top , bottom , middle
Font size: small
Placement of illustrations: covers pagesn

3. CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORIES – CHOOSE 2 of theories below and evaluate the book according to the
developmental theories. (How the book fits the developmental stage and age?)

PIAGET-COGNITIVE-INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage__Concreate Operational Stage and the age_____

Explain ONE cognitive development trait from the stage:

Know are self’s better and thoughts and feelings are unique.
Give examples from the book show how the book fits that trait and cognitive stage:
The story talks about we matter and we are all unique.
ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage __autonomy vs doubt and the age________2___________

Explain ONE social development trait for this stage:

Allowing the child to make decisions.
Give examples from the book that support that social development trait and of this stage:
In the story you Matter. Giving the children choices and allow them to make decisions so they now they
matter.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Identify the Age __________________________________
Explain ONE emotional development trait for this age:

Give examples from the book to illustrate that emotional development trait and this age: