Book Talk - DOC

							                                                    Book Report
                                                                                                                   Name
                                                                                                                 Due Date

This is the form for the month of ___________. Please use this form to help you
prepare your Book Report and submit this form on the day of your book report
presentation for evaluation.

Your Book Report must include the following:

    1. Title page that includes:
           - The title of your book
           - Author’s name
           - Your name
           - Due date
           - A hand drawn picture that represents your book
    2. Setting: write a paragraph describing the setting (place (country, province,
       city building), time, time of the year, era etc.
    3. Plot. Briefly summarize the plot for us (no more than half a page). Outline
       the conflict and how it was resolved.
    4. Character: write a paragraph about a character in the story. Describe the
       character’s: age, appearance, personality traits etc. Tell if you liked this
       character why or why not. Use a piece of evidence (a quote) from the text
       to help explain your character.
    5. Graphic Organizer: create a graphic organizer for your novel (i.e., story web,
       Venn Diagram etc.). See Writer’s Express pages 296 – 297 for more
       examples.
    6. Spelling, grammar and punctuation are important part of this assignment.
       Be sure to carefully edit and revise your report.
               Level 1                       Level 2                       Level 3                   Level 4
               (D-,D, D+)                    (C-, C, C+)                   (B-, B, B+)               (A-, A, A+)
Reasoning &    -identifies few of the        -identifies some of the       -clearly identifies the   -clearly and precisely
Critical       elements of a story           elements of a story           elements of a story       identifies the elements of a
Thinking       (characters, setting, plot,   (characters, setting, plot,   (characters, setting,     story (characters, setting,
               conflict)                     conflict)                     plot, conflict)           plot, conflict)
               -summary is long and          -summarizes some of the       -clearly summarizes       - gives an excellent
               includes detailed             main ideas of the story       the main ideas of the     summary of the main ideas
               information about the                                       story                     of the story
               story
Organization   -no clear overall structure   -inconsistent structure       -well organized           -concise, very well
               -paragraph format is          -paragraph format is          structure                 organized structure
               incorrect                     incomplete                    -complete paragraph       -sophisticated paragraph
               -many elements are            -some elements are            format                    format
               missing or incomplete         missing or incomplete         -contain all necessary    -contain all necessary
               -presentation is sloppy       -presentation is fair         elements                  elements with new
                                                                           -presentation is neat     insights/additions
                                                                                                     -highly polished
                                                                                                     presentation
Conventions    - many major                  - several minor               - few minor               - practically no
               errors/omissions in           errors/omissions in           errors/omissions in       errors/omissions in
               spelling, grammar&            spelling, grammar&            spelling, grammar&        spelling, grammar&
               punctuation                   punctuation                   punctuation               punctuation