Fiction Evaluation Form

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

Your Name: Daisy Martinez Book Title: Monarch Butterflies

Author: Joyce Markovics Illustrator:

Genre: Juvenile Literature Publisher/Year: Bearport 2015

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: Facts and informational word- “The eggs hatch into caterpillars.”
Sentence length: 2-3 sentences per page. Sentences vary from 4-12 words. - “During summer, the butterflies
have more young.”
Dialogue: 3rd person
Rhythm: Regular pace- Not to slow or fast
Rhyme: No rhyming words
Insights/interesting information: Facts about butterflies life cycle and introduces children to new vocabulary
words- “Before becoming a butterfly, a caterpillar turns into a chrysalis.”

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 main character

Personality traits: None
How reader can relate to main character: There is no main character in the story but there is a lot of
informational facts for children to learn.- “Only monarchs born in late summer fly south.”
Supporting characters: None

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

The story informs the readers about the butterfly cycle and information on when butterflies migrate.
It also includes definitions for large vocabulary words.

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

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

Setting: Setting of the book is outside in nature

Theme: To teach readers about butterflies
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)?
The style of the picture is realism

Illustration and Text: explain how illustration and text combined to tell the story.
Then, explain what illustrations show that text does not explain?
The text and illustrations match because the illustrations shows details of what the text explains

Page design --Describe:

The Borders: No borders
Use of white/dark space: White space
Text placement: Top left side and some text in circles at the bottom
Font size: Medium size with some bold letters
Placement of illustrations: Full right page and some square pictures

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_____________________________ and the age_____________________

Explain ONE cognitive development trait from the stage:

Give examples from the book show how the book fits that trait and cognitive stage:

ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Name the stage __________________________________ and the age_____________________

Explain ONE social development trait for this stage:

Give examples from the book that support that social development trait and of this stage:

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: