BOOK REPORTS FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS ARE DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011.

BOOK REPORTS FOR THE SECOND NINE WEEKS ARE DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011.

BOOK REPORTS FOR THE THIRD NINE WEEKS ARE DUE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012. 

BOOK REPORTS FOR THE FOURTH NINE WEEKS ARE DUE TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012. 

ALL BOOKS SHOULD BE OF APPROPRIATE DIFFICULTY FOR YOUR GRADE LEVEL (dot color in the library does not necessarily indicate difficulty; likewise, lexile level does not indicate appropriateness).  DO NOT EXPECT AN A FOR BOOKS THAT ARE BELOW YOUR ABILITY!

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WORTH 100 POINTS EACH NINE WEEKS AND IS RECORDED AS A TEST GRADE.

NOTE:

A. YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE OPTION TWICE, BUT YOU MAY NOT REPEAT THE OPTION TWICE IN A ROW. 

B.  YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CHOOSE THE ACCELERATED READER OPTION AT LEAST ONCE. YOU SHOULD NOT USE A BOOK USED FOR AR POINTS FOR THE AR OPTION FOR ANOTHER BOOK REPORT.

C.  YOU MUST DO AT LEAST ONE ORAL REPORT (EITHER ORAL OR BOX OPTION).

D.  DON’T USE A BOOK YOU’VE USED IN ANOTHER YEAR FOR YOUR REPORT!

OPTIONS:  CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS EACH NINE WEEKS TO COMPLETE YOUR REPORT.

OPTION 1:  MOBILE BOOK REPORT  Grading Form

Show your understanding of important people, events, and objects in your book by making a mobile.  You will demonstrate your knowledge of the book by identifying the importance of the objects on your mobile and relating them to your book. 

Contents:

A.     Mobile structure on which objects can be hung.  Title and Author of book must be displayed clearly.

B.     At least 8 objects that represent important people, events, or objects in the book.

C.     On a card attached above or below each object, tell the importance of the object as it relates to the book.

D.     Write a plot summary and your opinion of the book – no less than 1 page    to be handed in as well.  This should be typed double-spaced. 

OPTION 2:  CROSSWORD PUZZLE BOOK REPORT  Grading Form

Create a crossword puzzle containing at least 25 characters, settings, or events from the novel.  Clues should tell me about the characters and plot of the story.  Include both an empty grid and an answer grid. (I am going to be pickier about the clues given being directly related to the story than I have been previously.) (puzzle-maker.com and puzzlemaker.com are sites you can use to help with your puzzle, but you don’t have to use them.) The title of the book should be on the sheet you hand in, but not as an answer to a clue.  The author can be a clue answer, but if not, the author of the story should be indicated in your heading for the puzzle.  Also, be sure your name is on the puzzle.

Note:  puzzle-maker.com now charges to print from their site; there are ways around this (i.e. copying and pasting into word).  See me for help if you have trouble with this site.

OPTION 3:  ORAL BOOK REPORT   Grading Form

You will need to sign up one week prior to due date to choose this option! For this option you need to talk at least 4 minutes about your book.  You need to give the author, characters, plot, theme, etc. much as you would do in a traditional written report.  This must be presented in front of the full class and cannot be read.  Also, you will need a poster or some other visual aid to use in your presentation.  You might want to dress the part of one of the characters as you make your presentation (this is not your visual aid). You will need to hand in a minimum one-half page, typed, double-spaced summary of what you said in your presentation.  Additionally, you will hand in any notes as well as your visual aid after you present the report. All are part of the report evaluation.

OPTION 4:  BOX BOOK REPORT   Grading Form

This is an oral book report option. (You need to let me know at least a week in advance of the book report due date to present this report so I can be sure to allot you class time.) You write specific information as described below on each side of the box.  Then, you present your book to the class using your box to help you discuss it.  Hand in your box after your oral presentation; both your box and your presentation are then evaluated.

            Side one --       Title of book and author’s name

                                    List other works by this author (Don’t forget punctuation.)

Side two --      Who are the main characters? Who is your favorite character and why? Who is your least favorite character and why?

            Side three --    Plot – Tell (summarize) what happens in the book.

            Side four --      Describe the setting.  Was it a good setting choice?  Did it help set

                                    the mood and theme of the story?  Why or why not?

            Side five --      What was the author’s message? Was there a moral to the story?

                                    (Why did he/she write this book?)

            Side six --        What did you like most about the story?  What could be done to

                                    make it an even better story?

OPTION 5:  ACCELERATED READER POINTS   Grading Form

Students read appropriately-leveled books from the school library and take Accelerated Reader tests over those books.  To earn points, students hand in the TOPS reports that print after each test.  Hold them and hand them in all at the same time. (Note: it is best if all books read/tested are from the same 9 weeks period, but they don’t have to be.  Book test points that come from more than one grading period will result in a small point deduction being made from the overall grade for the book report. Book tests should not be over books that have been used or will be used for another type of book report. (In other words, you cannot, for example, do a crossword puzzle over a book in the first 9 weeks and then use the test over that book for accelerated reader points later on.)

            20 points = A              15 points = B              10 points = C              7 points = D

These are start values for the book report grades.  Twenty or more  Accelerated Reader points, for example, will not necessarily get you 100% on the book report.