Book Builder Features

Meet the Coaches

Coaches for 'prompt,' 'hint,' and 'model'
Prompt, Hint and Model Coaches
Screenshot showing three coaches. A penguin figure is the 'prompt' coach, a lizard is the 'hint' coach, and a dog is the 'model' coach.author

This version of Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is different from one you would see in a textbook, though the words are the same.  In this book, you'll see coaches that will ask you questions about the text and give you ideas and models of how to approach the questions.  Use these coaches to better understand the short story. 

Audio

In many places, you will see one or two audio players at the bottom of each page. These are audio recordings of a person, recorded by Librivox, reading the book. I have added these to the book so that you can hear this read aloud by an expert reader.  Click on the audio 'arrow' to hear the soundfiles.

Response areas

You will also notice that there is a place for you to write your responses to the prompts and questions in the book. Anything you type in there will be saved temporarily while you are reading in this story.  Make sure to copy the work to a word document before you leave the story!

Terry's Tips

Introduce the schema

As students approach this new modality of reading, make explicit the schema, or structure, of the Book Builder tool itself.  Introducing the schema will allow students to recognize the features and use them most effectively to understand the text.