GRR Mystery Book Report
We have been reading and studying the genre of
mysteries. Your cumulative project for this unit will be
to read a mystery book of your choice and do a creative
report on it. Read the following instructions carefully
and enjoy your project.
Directions:
1.
Chose a mystery book that is on your reading
level. In the library to search for a mystery book
go to the catalog page on the computer. Click on
search Subject. Type in mystery and a list of
mysteries should show up. Under each title there is
a reading level. Fourth grade you should not chose
below a 5.0 level and fifth grade you should not
chose below a 6.0 level.
2.
While you are reading your mystery keep track of
the clues using your Detective Note page in your
report packet, and the suspects with your suspect
list page.
3.
After you have read your mystery fill out the
Case Report page in your packet.
4.
Create a book report for your mystery. You may
be as creative as you want with this report. Make
sure you include everything on the following list in
your report. Your report does not have to be a
written report. See the list of ideas that is
attached.
5.
Date due is Week of December 13.
What your report should include:
1.
Title of the book
2.
Main characters
3.
Plot
4.
The mystery
5.
The solution
6.
Setting
Use your creativity and have fun with this task. If you
have questions email me at
Cynthia.frasse@beavercreek.k12.oh.us or ask me before or
after class.
Links to templates.
http://donnayoung.org/homeschooling/games/gameboards.htm
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lapbooking_resources.php
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/diorama/
Book Report Ideas
Make a diorama – these still my children’s favorite
Create a book jacket – different than the original
Present an oral book report – dress up as your favorite character
Make a poster – pretend your book is going to be made into a movie
Write the author a letter – state why or why not you liked the book be specific and quote things form
the book.
6. Illustrate and design a comic book
7. Make a mobile – create your favorite scene
8. Create a magazine ad for the book
9. Make a board game.
10. Create a book jacket – different than the original
11. Put together a Power Point Presentation
12. Write a letter to a friend informing them why they should read the book be specific with details from
the book
13. Make a bookmark of your favorite chapter
14. Make a lapbook
15. Create a Poem
16. Create life-sized model of your favorite character and dress them as they are dressed in the book.
Write dialogue about the story in their voice.
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17. Create a sculpture of a character in the story and write about the part they played.
18. Interview a character from your book. Write at least ten questions that will give the character the
opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. However you
choose to present your interview is up to you.
19. Build a miniature stage setting of a scene in the book. Include a written explanation of the scene.
20. Make several sketches of some of the scenes in the book and label them. Tell how they fit into the
story.
21. Write a book review as it would be done for a newspaper. (Be sure you read a few before writing your
own.)
22. Construct a diorama (three-dimensional scene which includes models of people, buildings, plants,
and animals) of one of the main events of the book. Include a written description of the scene.
23. Write a feature article (with a headline) that tells the story of the book as it might be found on the front
page of a newspaper in the town where the story takes place.
24. Write a letter (10-sentence minimum) to the main character of your book asking questions, protesting
a situation, and/or making a complaint and/or a suggestion. This must be done in the correct letter
format.
25. Read the same book as one of your friends. The two of you make a video or do a live performance of
MASTERPIECE BOOK REVIEW, a program which reviews books and interviews authors. (You can
even have audience participation!)
26. If the story of your book takes place in another country, prepare a travel brochure using pictures you
have found or drawn.
27. Write a FULL (physical, emotional, relational) description of three of the characters in the book. Draw
a portrait to accompany each description.
28. After reading a book of history or historical fiction, make an illustrated timeline showing events of the
story and draw a map showing the location(s) where the story took place.
29. Read two books on the same subject and compare and contrast them.
30. Read a book that has been made into a movie. (Caution: it must hve been a book FIRST. Books
written from screenplays are not acceptable.) Write an essay comparing the movie version with the
book.
31. Create a mini-comic book relating to the book.
32. Make three posters about the book using two or more of the following media: paint, crayons, chalk,
paper, ink, real materials.
33. Be a TV or radio reporter, and give a report of the book as if it is happening "live".
34. Do a collage/poster showing pictures or 3-d items that related to the book, and then write a sentence
or two beside each one to show its significance.
35. Draw a comic strip of your favourite scene.
36. Make a model of something in the story.
37. Use magazine photos to make a collage about the story
38. Write a different ending for your story.
39. Write a different beginning.
40. Compare and contrast two characters in the story. .
41. Sketch a favorite part of the book–don’t copy an already existing illustration.
42. Compare and contrast this book to another.
43. Make a graphic representation of an event or character in the story.
44. Make a travel brochure advertising the setting of the story put information from the book inside the
brochure.
45. Choose five "artifact" from the book that best illustrate the happenings and meanings of the story,or
objects described in the book and put them in a paper bag.
46. If the story of your book takes place in another country, prepare a travel brochure using pictures you
have found or drawn.
47. Write a FULL (physical, emotional, relational) description of three of the characters in the book. Draw
a portrait to accompany each description.
48. Read two books on the same subject and compare and contrast them.
49. Read a book that has been made into a movie. (Caution: it must have been a book FIRST. Books
written from screenplays are not acceptable.) Write an essay comparing the movie version with the
book.
50. Make three posters about the book using two or more of the following media: paint, crayons, chalk,
paper, ink, real materials.
51. Add another character to the book. Why would he be put there? What part would he serve?
52. Write a movie script of the story.
53. Construct a miniature stage for your favorite part of a story – use a small cardboard box.
54. Make an ID card which belongs to one of the characters. Be sure to make the card look like the cards
for that particular state. Include a picture and all information found on and ID card. Don’t forget the
signature!! ******This gets them researching what ID cards /Driver’s Licenses look like; as well as
thinking about the character–especially the signature.