Book Reporting Options
PURPOSE:
To share your books with others
To practice analytical thinking skills
To reflect on your book
To create a meaningful way to remember your book
Students will be expected to complete book reports. A book report includes a book report paper,
a project, and a presentation. Book report papers are due on or before the following due dates:
Friday, October 30th; Friday, February 5th ; and Friday, May 6th .
PROJECT IDEAS—
1. Make a poster advertising the book. Include the name of the book, the author, a list of at least
five positive qualities of the book, and an illustration. Your poster should be colorful and
appealing. The poster should be on poster board-sized paper.
2. Make a "wanted" poster for a character in your book. Include the following: a) a drawing of
the character, b) a physical description of the character, c) your reasons why the character is
wanted, d) other information about the character that you think is important, e) the reward
offered for the capture of the character.
3. Make a collage that represents major characters, themes, and events in the book you read. Use
pictures and words cut from magazines in your collage. Every inch of your paper should be
covered.
4. If the setting of your story is somewhere exotic, mysterious. exciting, or interesting, create a
travel brochure. Study real travel brochures for style and format. Describe the location. Explain
the mode of transportation a tourist would use to arrive at the destination. Provide day trips and
activities for travelers once they arrive. Remember, the purpose of a travel brochure is to
encourage tourists to visit. All references within the brochure should be places which exist
within the book.
5. Obtain a job application from an employer in our area. Fill out the application as one of the
characters in your book might do. Before you obtain al1 application, be sure that the job is one
for which a character in your book is qualified. When completing a job application, it is
important that you type or write very neatly. Pretend that you are trying to get your character
hired.
6. Make a test for the book you read. Include ten true-false, ten multiple choice, and ten short
essay questions. After writing the test, provide answers for your questions.
7. Write a one-page paper comparing and contrasting the book with a movie version.
Your book will have at least two paragraphs. One paragraph will contain a topic sentence and a
minimum of three similarities between the book and the movie. The other paragraph will have a
topic sentence and at least three differences.
8. Make a quote book. Every time you find a particularly interesting sentence, image, saying, or line
from your book, copy it in a notebook. Turn in this notebook when you have finished your book. Be
prepared to discuss your quote book with the teacher.
9. On a piece of paper, keep a list of questions you would like to ask one of the characters in your
book. Invent an interview with your character. Write your questions and the character's "responses"
in a one and a half to two page paper.
10. Write a letter to the author of your book (one page minimum). Tell who you are and what you
liked about the book. Name your favorite character. Tell exactly why you found the character
likable or believable. Ask the author questions. Tell him/her about yourself.
11. Rewrite your book for a five or six- year- old. Include a book cover, pages with simplified
incidents, and illustrations. You may leave out certain events or scenes that are unnecessary. Keep
in mind a child's reading ability, attention span, and vocabulary
12. Write a diary as if you were one of the characters in the book. Tel1 not only what you are doing
and what is happening, but how you feel about what is taking place. Write a minimum of ten entries
of at least half a page each. It should look like the type of diary your character would keep. The
diary should be entirely in your words. Copy nothing directly from the book.
13. Research a historical event, a famous person, or a place which is discussed in your book. Write
a one and a half to two page report. For instance, if you read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
you could write about the Mississippi River, Abraham Lincoln, or slavery. Include a list of sources.
14. Add a final chapter to your book. This will be a continuation to the book you read. Your chapter
should be at least three pages long and be written in a style similar to the author's.
15. Draw or paint the ten most important scenes from the novel. Each picture should measure at
least eight by ten inches and should be based on the characters, scenes, and events in the novel. Title
each picture and arrange in chronological order. Include a cover page which provides the author's
and book's name. On the cover page, list the ten events and include corresponded page numbers
from the book.
16. Write a sequel to your book in the form of a comic strip. You must have at least 30 drawings.
17. Design a book jacket for your book. Include an illustration, title, author, and publishing
company of the book on the cover. On the inside flap or on the back of your book jacket, write a
paragraph telling about the book. This is your creation, so do not copy the summary from the
original book jacket.
18. Your own idea!
*EACH book report includes a paper, one project, and a presentation.
--Due dates for the paper:
Friday, October 30th
Friday, February 5th
Friday, May 6th
--The project is always due the following Monday.
--We will sign-up in class for presentation dates.