AP Biology – Book Report Guidelines and Expectations
This semester you will be expected to select and read a Nonfiction book describing scientific research.
After reading the book, write a summary and response, addressing the following writing requirements:
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Write informative/explanatory text, including the narration of any historical events, scientific
procedures/experiments, or technical processes
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introduce topic and organize complex ideas
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develop topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended
definitions, concrete details, quotations
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Introduce precise, knowledgeable claims
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Establish Significance of claim
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Organize a logical sequence of claims, counterclaims, reasons and evidence
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Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly; point out strengths and limitations of
both claim(s) and counterclaims
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Clarify relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and
between claim(s) and counterclaims
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Establish and maintain formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and
conventions of the specific scientific discipline in which you are writing
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Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument
presented
Your book report must be at least 1.5-spaced, 2 pages long, and an additional page with works cited in
MLA format.
This project is worth 100 points
Due date: December 6, 2013 (by 11:59 pm on turnitin.com)
*Tips: It may be helpful for you to outline the historical events/claims and evidence that you encounter
while reading your book.
*While your organization of ideas and writing is at your discretion; it must have a logical, smooth flow