Book in a “Box” Book Report

 

After reading your book, please take a cereal box or smaller box and decorate the outside in some way that conveys some of the major themes, details, or elements found in the book. Also include on the outside the Title, Author, Genre in a sentence, Setting, and Main characters.

 

On the inside of the box, please include the following:

 

Vocabulary: Find five new words that contain a prefix or a suffix. Explain the meaning of the root word and how the prefix or suffix affects the meaning.

 

Sequencing: Draw a comic strip with 5-6 events from the story in order. Make sure to have a climax and at least two rising and falling actions.

 

Perspective: Pretend that you are a reporter interviewing the main character. Write a list of questions that you want to ask and the answers your character would give. Include at least 7-10 quality questions.

 

Theme: Write a paragraph about the main idea and/or theme of the book. Make sure to give three examples from the text for support.

 

This book report is due: __________________________

 

**As  you read, please complete a 2-3 sentence summary for each chapter. This can be done on post-it’s, which can be pasted into your literature notebook when you are completed, or they can just be kept in your literature notebook.  These will be checked by your teacher one week prior to the due date of the report.***

 

Please plan ahead. We suggest you make a timeline of what you need to get done each week in order to complete your report on time. Your book report needs to be neatly done and turned in on time. Below is an example of how the book report will be graded.


 

 

Objective

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1

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4

Points

Turned in on time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summaries completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title, Author and Genre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting and Characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box is decorated to show theme

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequencing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perspective

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theme 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points           0        Objective was not attempted

1                     Objective is attempted but not met. Shows little to no effort, is not neatly done and contains many errors.

2                   Objective was somewhat met, is not neatly done, many spelling errors. Does not display best effort

3                   Objective was met, neatly done, has three or more spelling errors.

4                   Objective was met, less than three spelling errors, and displays best effort.