Monthly Book Reports:
You are required to complete one book report per month. Please follow the following
guidelines:
Book Report: Fiction (Complete this book report if your book is fictional)
**More than ½ of the books you read over the course of the year must be non-fiction!
After you read the book, a three-four page typed, double spaced, font size 12 report is to written in which
you complete the following tasks:
1. Identify the major characters and give a brief description of each.
2. Summarize the plot (in about one – two paragraphs). Include the setting and the point of view
from which the story is told.
3. Describe major conflicts. Refer to your notes to review types of conflict.
4. State the theme of the book. (Remember that the theme of a book is the author’s message.) **Refer
to specific evidence from the book to illustrate your statement.
5. Copy an important quotation from the book. Explain the quotation’s meaning and why you
selected it.
6. Include at least three examples of literary devices that the author used in the book. Literary
devices include onomatopoeia, foreshadowing, allusion, metaphor, imagery, personification,
flashback, hyperbole, irony, or symbolism.
7. If you met the author of this book, what are two suggestions or compliments you would make
about the book?
8. Find at least ten vocabulary words in the book that are new to you. In your personal dictionary,
write the words, the part of speech, the definition and the sentence from the book that the word
appeared. Hand in your personal dictionary with your book report.
9. Read a review of this book. Write a paragraph explaining whether you agree with the review or
not and why. **Include a copy of the review and where you got it from in the report.
10. Create a neat and attractive cover for your report. Cover should include title, author, and a scene
either drawn by you or by a computer that depicts an important scene or theme of the story. You
may not use a cover used by the publisher.
Your grade will be based on adherence to all of the tasks described above and on adherence to
grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rules. Please remember to proofread carefully.
Book Report: Non-Fiction (Complete this book report if your book is non-fiction.)
After you read the book, a three-four page typed, double spaced, font size 12 report is to written
in which you complete the following tasks:
1. Write an introductory paragraph which includes title and author. Explain the author’s
purpose for writing this book. Give examples from the book to show your knowledge of the
content.
2. Write a paragraph which includes an overall summary of the book.
3. Choose five of the most interesting or exciting chapters in the book. Describe each one and
state why you found each one interesting.
4. Describe at least five new facts or ideas that you learned from reading this book. Be sure
that you do not use the same information that you have used in the section above. Include
details.
5. If you met the author of this book, what are two suggestions or compliments you would
make about the book?
6. Would you recommend this book to anyone? Why or why not?
7. Read a review of this book. Write a paragraph explaining whether you agree with the
review or not and why. **Include a copy of the review and where you got it from in the report.
8. Find at least ten vocabulary words in the book that are new to you. In your personal
dictionary, write the words, the part of speech, the definition and the sentence from the book
that the word appeared. Hand in your personal dictionary with your book report.
9. Create a neat and attractive cover for your report. Cover should include title, author, and a
scene either drawn by you or by a computer that depicts an important scene or theme of the
story. You may not use a cover used by the publisher.
Your grade will be based on adherence to all of the tasks described above and on adherence to
grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rules. Please remember to proofread
carefully.