Coat Hanger Book Report Mobile
Project:
You will have nine cards hanging from your mobile and one at the top (ten
total). Their shape and size is your decision. Each card needs to have the
information as well as a picture. The picture should relate to the
information on the card.
Each card should be clearly labeled and easy to identify.
The ten cards are:
1. Title and Author of the book you read.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(this one goes at the top)
Main Characters (at least three with a
short description of each character)
Setting (time and place) that the story takes place.
Conflict (what was the problem that happened in the story).
Solution (how did the characters solve the problem).
Favorite Part of the story written in at least 3 sentences.
Summarize the story in at least five sentences and no more than ten.
You should have at least 5 details that happen in the story.
Make sure you only choose the MOST important details to
include.
8. One connection that you made (Text-Text, Text-World or Text-Self).
A sentence about what happened in the story. A sentence about
what happened to you. A sentence about how they are related.
9. Theme or Message (What does the author want you to remember)
10.
Personal Opinion of the
bo ok and why you liked or did not
like it.
Make sure that your whole project is
Third Grade Quality and that it
shows how much time you took to
work on it. Make a project you are
proud of and want to keep in your
room or show off to your
grandparents!
You will present your book report in
class. Practice reading your cards so
that you can read all the words. You
will get to choose when you present
based on when you turn in your final project.
Do Your Best! Be Creative! Have Fun!
Coat Hanger Book Report Mobile
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 Year the book was written.
 You identify the genre of
book.
 Title and Author are
clearly written and labeled
 It is hard to find the Title
or the Author.
 Missing Title
or Author
Characters
 All the most important
characters are listed on the
card with a full sentence
describing who they are and
why they are important.
 All the most important
characters are listed on the
card with a brief
description of who they
are.
 You identify the
protagonist and the
antagonist
 Some of the most
important characters are
missing from or you have
included every single
character, even those that
aren’t very important.
 There is no description.
 The main
characters are
missing.
Setting
 You list the different places
the story takes place and
explain in a sentence what
happened in each place or
why it is important.
 You list the different
places the story takes
place.
 You identify the main
conflict and explain why it
is the biggest conflict
compared to other problems
in the story.
 You identify the main
conflict in the story.
 You identify a problem in
the story, but it is not the
main conflict.
 You do not
identify the
conflict.
Solution
 You explain how the
character solved the
problem and any smaller
conflicts they had to solve
to be successful.
 You explain how the
character solved the
problem.
 You tell the solution of the
story, but it is not
completely clear.
 You do not tell
the solution.
Favorite
Part
 You use connections to
explain why your favorite
part was your favorite.
 You say where favorite part
happened (chapter or page).
 You identify your favorite
part of the story and tell
why.
 You use transitions to talk
about what happened first,
next, then, last.
 You summarize the story in
your own words in 5-10
sentences.
 You retell 5-10 of the most
important parts of the
story.
 You explain in detail what
happened in the story and
how that connected with
you.
 You make a connection to
something in the story.
 Your connection is not
very personal (“I did that
too”).
 You leave out
what
happened or
connection
Theme/
Message
 You give evidence from the
story that explains why
your theme is correct.
 You identify a theme in the
story.
 It is hard to understand
your theme.
 You do not
identify a
theme
Personal
Opinion
 You tell specifically what
parts in the story that you
like or didn’t like that
determined your opinion of
the story.
 You tell me what you
thought about the book.
 You do not go into detail
about why you have the
opinion you do. (“I liked
the book because it was
funny”).
 There is no
opinion about
the book.
 Illustrations are not 3rd
Grade Quality.
 Illustrations all look the
same.
 Some cards
are missing
illustrations.
Title and
Author
Conflict
Summary
Connection
Art
“I liked the book because it was funny
to hear all the silly thing Ramona did,
for example when Ramona broke the
egg on her head, it made me laugh
because I would never want a broken
egg on my head.”
 You include pictures in
some sort of unique way.
“I liked the book because I thought it
was funny to hear all the silly things
that Ramona did throughout the
story”.
 Illustrations are clear and
show time was taken.
 No scribbles, third grade
coloring with a planted
wrist.
 Only one setting is listed.
 You do not explain why
your favorite part was
your favorite.
If someone hasn’t read the
story they wouldn’t know
what happened.
 The setting is
missing or
incorrect.
 You do not
explain what
happened in
your favorite
part.
 You use less
than 5
sentences to
summarize the
story.
Effort
 You checked your own
spelling, even using the
dictionary independently.
 You added some sort of
creativity to your mobile so
it doesn’t look like anyone
else’s.
 There are few spelling
mistakes (only tricky
words a 3rd Grader
wouldn’t know).
 You used your best
handwriting or typed.
 You use full sentences.
 The project looks clean and
well put together.
 There are spelling
mistakes on your book
report that show you did
not sound out words or
use a dictionary.
 It is difficult to read.
 The project looks like it
was put together quickly.
 You don’t use full
sentences.
 Not 3rd Grade
Effort
 You are
missing
pieces.
 You missed
many of the
check in’s.