ELA+8B+Writing+Projects

=Accelerated Reader =

Book Report Requirements
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• All students will prepare to write a book report • All students will follow the five step writing process to complete a book report
 * Objectives**

//Reading 3.2 Evaluate the structural elements of the plot// //Writing 2.2 Write responses to literature:// a. Exhibit careful reading and insight in their interpretations. b. Connect the student’s own responses to the writer’s techniques and to specific textual references. c. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its audience. d. Support judgments through references to the text, other works, other authors, or to personal knowledge.
 * CA ELA 8 Standards**

 ** IMPORTANT NOTE: NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THIS PROJECT. Bring your printed, completed work ready to hand in at the start of your class period! **  

What your completed document should include
Follow this template when typing your book report. Your finished report must include all of the following information for you to earn full credit.

Date: Tuesday: 05/27/08 Your Period**
 * Your Name

General Information:
Title Author Publisher Publication Date (copyright) Pages Genre

**Introduction:**
In this section, you will introduce the book. Write a hook. Make a statement, or ask a good open-ended question. Summarize the book in one or two well crafted sentences.

**Body:**
In this section, write sentences about the book, including exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, and falling action. Include information about all significant sub-plots.
 * //Plot Details//**

Write several paragraphs in which you discuss the character traits of both major and minor characters in your book. This includes real persons in books of non-fiction.
 * //Major and Minor Characters//**

Time and Place
 * //Setting//**

The morale of the story, the big lesson, the universal theme
 * //Theme//**

Conclusion
Write several paragraphs in which you talk about how you liked the book. Would you recommend it to others? Give specific details (proof) of why you think that way. Use citations!
 * //Review and Recommend//**

Create a glossary of 10 new vocabulary words used in your book. Include the word, the page number on which it is found, the dictionary definition of the word, and quote how it is used in the sentence in the book.
 * Glossary**

For example:

“Someone must have come under suspicion.”
 * Suspicion**, (n.), page 81, under scrutiny, mistrust