Book Reports

It’s that time again, time for your Marking Period Book Report!

     Pick a book and get it approved by your teacher. Read the book that you have chosen and pick one of the activities from below to complete. You may do a different activity if you ask permission and receive approval. With each activity, you must include at least a 2 paragraph summary of the book.

• Pretend you are a newspaper reporter whose job is to interview one of the characters. Write your interview.
• You have become a character in one of the novels. Describe your experience during a conflict.

• Redesign the front and back cover of your novel. Include the pertinent information as well as a blurb on the back.
• Pretend you are a character in the book and write a diary.
• Create a poster advertising the book. Explain it.

• Draw a movie poster advertising the story, and cast a real actor in each character's role. Explain it.
• Pretend you are a movie critic. Criticize the book as if it were a movie.

• Construct a scrapbook of your favorite character. Explain it.
• Put together a collage of the story from magazine pictures. Describe.

• Write a letter to the author giving your reactions to the book.
• Explain how the story would have been different if some major event had happened differently

• Create a newspaper page for your story. Summarize the plot in one of your articles. Cover the weather in another. Include an editorial and a collection of ads that would be pertinent to the story.
• Pretend that you have been chosen to write a sequel to this story. Write a brief summary of the sequel. Include information about the sequel's plot, setting and main characters.

·       Book Report Recipe:

1.     1 cup of plot
Tell briefly what the story is about, but don't give away the ending.

2.     2 teaspoons of characters
Who are the main characters? Describe them briefly.

3.     2 tablespoons of excitement
Select a short passage from the book that describes something exciting that happened. Try to find a passage that has the main character in it.

4.     Mix thoroughly and bake. When cool, frost with this special icing:

o       1/2 cup of opinion
What did you like about the book? What didn't you like?

o       1 teaspoon of recommendation
Whom do you think would enjoy this book? Why?

5.     Finally sprinkle on the following information:

o       title of book

o       name of author

o       name of publisher

o       number of pages

o       literary genre