Book Report #1 Guidelines
1. Pick a book that interests you. It may not be a book you have done a book report on
or read before. I would also ask that it is a book without a movie made about it.
The book you choose needs to be fiction. Remember to select something that is at
or above your personal reading level. You must check your book with me before
_____________. Everyday your book is late will result in a tardy.
2. After you finish reading your book you will be completing the project described
below. The due date for this project is _____________.
3. Project:
a. Create a mobile to advertise your book. Your mobile should include the
following items:
i. Title and author of the book (a picture of the author would be nice if
you can find one).
ii. Pictures and paragraph description(s) of the main character(s)
iii. Pictures and paragraph description(s) of the setting(s)
iv. Pictures and paragraph description(s) of the problem(s) and
resolution(s) that occur in the book
v. Anything else you find appropriate
Use magazines, newspapers, Internet sites, clip art, etc. for pictures. The pictures
do not have to be “the” pictures of the items listed above. Use your imagination and
creativity. How do the characters and setting look in your imagination?
b. Construction of your mobile should follow these guidelines:
i. The mobile must be constructed of something other than a hanger.
Wood, paint stir sticks, rulers, or an item that represents something
significant in your book (ex. golf club for a book about Tiger Woods)
will all work well.
ii. The items listed above under “a.” should be in color and the
explanations must be typed. Please place them on sturdy paper or
cardboard. A minimum of five quality sentences is expected for each
explanation (see classroom examples).
iii. The pictures and explanations should be hanging neatly and in an
organized fashion from yarn or string. Please don’t make your mobile
too large, long, or heavy that it cannot be suspended from the ceiling.
Be sure that your mobile will be able to hang from the ceiling clips in
the classroom.
*Be sure to take a few minutes to look closely at the examples in the classroom. They may
spark some of your own ideas and/or clarify the directions! Do your BEST! 
NAME ____________________________________
HOUR ______________
Book Report Mobile Rubric
TITLE OF BOOK _______________________________________________
AUTHOR _______________________________________
1. CREATIVITY:
(Color, inventive ideas, pictures, etc.)
15
5
0
2. NEATNESS:
(Solid construction, easy to view, typed)
15
10
0
3. TITLE/AUTHOR (names must be included)
10
5
0
4. SETTING(S)
20
10
0
5. CHARACTER(S)
20
10
0
6. PROBLEM/RESOLUTION
20 10 0
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Total=
Total Possible=
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