1. Independent Reading Project Requirement

2. About Shelfari
Shelfari is an online tool that introduces readers
to a global community of book lovers and
encourages them to share their literary ideas
with peers, friends, and selected groups.

3. About Shelfari - Features
• Build a virtual bookshelf
• Discover books that are popular in trusted circles
of friends
• Rate, discuss, and recommend books to peers
• Discover and learn from people with similar
reading tastes
• Participate in online book groups to further
explore literature and share ideas

4. Create Account
www.shelfari.com

5. You can Log in with an existing Amazon account, or
make a new account on Shelfari.

6. Once you are logged in, you may start making your profile. When you’re
done, do a search for “English 11a” and change the category to “Groups.”
Then press the search button. Locate our class, and click “join this group.”

7. Task #1
• Add 3 Books to the Group Shelf
– One that you plan to read in the future
– One that you have already read
– Your current independent reading book

8. You must add your independent reading book to the group shelf. Click
the + sign to add a book, or search for it by title in the search bar at
the top of the screen.

9. Task #2
• Begin a new discussion on the group
discussion board. Pose a thoughtful, open-
ended question that you think other students
will be able to understand and respond to.

10. Click here to begin a new discussion thread

11. Task #3
• Make a reading goal for your current reading book. You should
set a reading goal that is challenging, yet reasonable.

12. Task #4
• For your independent book, write the
following on your Shelfari page:
– Description of the book
– Characters/People
– Setting
– 2-3 Significant Quotes

13. Task #4 – Directions
(Click link to view video)
Screencast-o-matic: Using Your Shelfari Account

14. Shelfari Glossary
• You will create a personal Glossary for
unknown words that you come across while
reading your novel.
• Must have a minimum of 20 words
• 5 words must reflect prefix/suffix material that
was learned in the previous lesson

15. Next Lesson
• The next lesson in our unit is about grammar.
We will be discussing prefixes and
suffixes, their literal meanings, and how they
can help you understand a word.
• It is an interactive SmartBoard lesson that
requires you to put together words that have
been separated from their prefix or suffix.