Book Report Choices
Each project must include the title of the book, author, number of pages, and your name!
1) Study guide
Each chapter should be labeled and have questions ranging from simple comprehension questions to higher- level discussion questions relating to:
· characters
· setting
· mood
· conflict
· events from the plot (expositions, rising action, climax, resolution)
· predictions about plot and characters
· literary devices
· character motivations and relationships, etc…
Each chapter must include 2-3 vocabulary words.
See the Question Matrix for ideas on how to start questions. You may want to label some of the questions so you are sure they cover a range of elements of literature, literary devices, and difficulty. Number the questions (do not start over for each chapter); you should have 2-5 questions per chapter for a total of over 50 questions! The study guide must include answers.
2) Scrapbook
A scrapbook is similar to a photo album, but it also includes artifacts from life. You may also make a power point scrapbook.
Make sure to include typed details from every chapter about the elements of literature and make up artifacts that cover such things as characters, setting, events in the plot, conflict, climax (LABEL these elements of fiction so you are sure they are there!!). Each chapter should have a page (about 15-20 total) with artifacts such as certificates, invitations, announcements (graduation, birth, marriage), ticket stubs, report cards, pictures (real photographs, clip art, drawings), notes or letters, decorations, samples of school work, etc… Each artifact in the scrapbook should have a typed caption explaining what it is and giving details about it.
Include vocabulary from each chapter.
Be creative in how you bring the character to life on the pages of your scrapbook.
Pretend that you write for a newspaper in the town where your book takes place. Make a newspaper about your book with as many parts from a newspaper as you can. You will be reporting on the events and issues that happened in your book as though you live in this town and the events just happened. Don’t forget to put the title, author, and number of pages somewhere in the headline of your newspaper. Be creative in the "layout" of your newspaper. The following articles are required:
1. Include a cover story giving important details of the plot in the book—use all the terms you know about plot! (Exposition, conflict, climax, rising action, resolution) Pretend as though the story is a real event in your town.
2. Include a letter to the editor in which you take a position or support a view for or against an issue or event in the book.
3. Include a book review in which you evaluate the story, writing, and interest level of the book. Use an introduction, transition words, and details from the story to support your opinions.
4. Somehow work in vocabulary words (about 1 per chapter) maybe as a quiz or
story.
Be creative with how you create your newspaper! You may also include other things from a newspaper such as:
1. A comic strip based on the plot line or theme (lesson).
2. Advertisements that relate to the details of the story.
3. A police blotter or obituaries section relating to the story.
4. Weather forecasts using details from the story.
5. Dear Abby or Dear Ann Landers columns about problems with the characters.
4) News show or Talk show
Make up a show that you videotape or perform. Your show could be along the lines of the news, a talk show such as “Oprah” or “Dr. Phil”, or a news magazine such as “20/20” or “60 Minutes”.
Include information about the elements of literature (exposition, conflict, climax, setting, characters, point of view, mood, etc…)
You must somehow work vocabulary words into your program.
All projects will be graded holistically, looking at the content, depth of ideas, and creativity.