BOOK REPORT GUIDELINES AND RUBRIC
Your book report should be handwritten, and your writing must be neat and legible. All
paragraphs must be well-developed using correct grammar and spelling just as we have
been practicing. Remember to use punctuation and capitalization!
1. You must include a title page with the following information centered on the page by itself:
Your name, the date, title and author of book, and publishing information including copyright
date
Example:
I. Book Report
Your Name
Date
Title of Book
Author(s) of Book
Publishing Info Example:
Children’s Press, Orlando, FL, 2013
2. You must write one paragraph about each of the following sections. Use centered headers. It
is okay to have more than one section on the same page, but be sure to remember to center
your headers and leave some space between the sections. (except title page – must be alone)
II. Summary
III. Comparison
IV. Self-Reflection
V. Conclusion
II. Summary
Write a brief summary of the book. Write about the main idea of the book and what you think
was the author’s purpose for writing the book. What do you think the author wants the readers to
learn from the book? Remember to be brief, and give the overall main idea.
III. Comparison
Compare your life to the life of a character (or group of characters) from the book. What are the
differences? What are the similarities? You might choose to write about a day in the life of the
character as compared to a typical day for you. You should consider comparing things such as
families, friends, chores, hobbies, homes, cars, neighborhoods, etc. Just remember to write about
differences and similarities.
IV. Self-Reflection
Write about a scene or event from the book and describe what was happening and how this made
you feel. I want to be able to see the image of what you are writing about as I am reading your
report. You may choose to write about a scene or event that was sad or made you angry; or one
that was funny or made you happy; or that brought up any other emotion in you. Remember to
use details and descriptive writing.
V. Conclusion
In a paragraph answer the following questions: Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not?
Would you recommend that I use this book again for a unit on the Great Depression? Why or
why not? Be specific and tell me why you did or did not enjoy the book, and also be specific
about why you would or would not recommend the book to be used with this unit for another
class. Tell me what you liked or did not like about the book, and tell me whether or not you
learned anything about the Great Depression from this book. Remember to use supporting details
in your writing.
Name: _________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________
Grading Rubric for Book Report
Criteria
I.
Title Page
II.
Summary
III.
Comparison
IV.
SelfReflection
V.
Conclusion
4-Exemplary
3-Qualified
2-Developing
1-Beginning
Meets all requirements:
contains all components
in correct format with
correct spelling and good
handwriting
Meets most requirements
for:
components
format
spelling
handwriting
Meets few requirements
for:
components
format
spelling
handwriting
Meets very few
requirements for:
components
format
spelling
handwriting
Meets all requirements:
well-developed
paragraph with brief
summary - states overall
main idea and author’s
purpose – grammatically
correct and good
handwriting
Meets most requirements:
well-developed summary
– includes overall main
idea and author’s purpose
with few grammatical
errors and good
handwriting
Meets few
requirements:
Summary is not brief –
or does not include
main idea or author’s
purpose and/or has
several grammatical
errors and/or bad
handwriting
Meets very few
requirements: does not
include main idea or
author’s purpose and
the writing is difficult
to read due to
grammatical errors
and/or handwriting
Meets all requirements:
well-developed
paragraph – includes
similarities and
differences –
grammatically correct
and good handwriting
Meets most requirements:
well-developed paragraph
– includes similarities and
differences with few
grammatical errors and
good handwriting
Meets few
requirements:
does not include
similarities or
differences and/or has
several grammatical
errors and/or bad
handwriting
Meets very few
requirements:
does not include
similarities or
differences and
writing is difficult to
read due to
grammatical errors
and/or handwriting
Meets all requirements:
well-developed
paragraph – contains
several descriptive words
– grammatically correct
and good handwriting
Meets most requirements:
well-developed paragraph
– contains some
descriptive words with
few grammatical errors
and good handwriting
Meets few
requirements:
does not include
descriptive words
and/or has several
grammatical errors
and/or bad handwriting
Meets very few
requirements:
does not include
descriptive words and
writing is difficult to
read due to
grammatical errors
and/or handwriting
Meets all requirements:
well-developed
paragraph – answers
questions using
supporting details–
grammatically correct
and good handwriting
Meets most requirements:
well-developed paragraph
– answers questions using
supporting details with
few grammatical errors
and good handwriting
Meets few
requirements:
does not answer
questions using
supporting details
and/or has several
grammatical errors
and/or bad handwriting
Meets very few
requirements:
does not answer
questions using
supporting details nd
writing is difficult to
read due to
grammatical errors
and/or handwriting
TOTAL
Grading Scale:
20/20 = 100
19/20 = 95
18/20 = 90
17/20 = 85
16/20 = 80
Comments:
15/20 = 75
14/20 = 70
13/20 = 65
12/20 = 60
11/20 = 55
10/20 = 50
9/20 = 45
8/20 = 40
7/20 = 35
6/20 = 30
5/20 = 25
4/20 = 20
3/20 = 15
2/20 = 10
1/20 = 5
Score