I would like to take this opportunity in thanking everyone for their extreme hard work with your book reports!! It was well done, and very creative! Most of you used great methods of technology and technology with in your presentation!
It was a great learning opportunity for me as well!
Thank you!!!!
It was a great learning opportunity for me as well!
Thank you!!!!
Animal Farm final project due November 3
Book Report Due: Monday October 27
Requirements!!!
Content 50 points
Format 10 points
Presentation 10 points
-look below for the RUBRIC & book report template
-be creative: you can use media & technology as well
Requirements!!!
Content 50 points
- First-person voice
- A plot summary that doesn't reveal too much (i.e. the ending) and tells just enough for a reader to decide if it’s the kind of book he or she likes; an invitation or hint to things to come
- Quotes from the book that reveals character, plot, or theme.
- A brief description of main characters
- Where and when the story is set
- What genre it is
- Descriptions of good things the author did (e.g., flashbacks, realistic details, fast pace, hopeful ending etc.)
- A description of the problem or theme
- How the book fits in a larger context-political, historical, social
- A suggestion of who would like the book and why
- Comparisons with other books and genres
- What’s different about this book, contrasting it with others of the same genre
- Comparisons with works by other authors
- Comments about the author’s style or use of language, metaphors, etc.
- The reviewer’s feelings about the book: his or her specific reactions
- A grabbing lead and emphatic conclusion
Format 10 points
- Typed
- Double spaced
- Title for book review
- Proper heading
- 12 font /Times New Roman
Presentation 10 points
-look below for the RUBRIC & book report template
-be creative: you can use media & technology as well