Book Reports

This term you can choose what kind of book report you complete. The emphasis is on being CREATIVE and producing a QUALITY repsonse to the book you have read. Your options are below.

You can review the book. This will include your prediction from before you read the book, a summary of the story, what you liked about it, anything you didn't like or would change, and a rating out of five stars and why. This activity is to be complete individually and will be presented to the group in week 10.

You can do a traditional book report. This will include a summary of the story, a list of the characters and a description of the main character, a description of the setting and a drawing or map of it, any interesting vocabulary and what the words mean, information about the author and a rating and why. This activity is to be complete individually and will be presented to the group in week 10.

You can recreate a chapter of the book as a play. You will need to write a script, consider the background and props, and how you will set the scene for your chose chapter. You will need to work in a group for this activity and you will perform your play in front of the group in week 10.

You can perform “hot-seating.” You choose a character to dress up as and perform as while others ask the character interesting and challenging questions. You will need to work in a group for this activity to decide who will become the character and help each other to create the questions. The hot-seating will be performed in front of the group in week 10.

You can recreate a chapter of the book as a movie. You will need to write a script, consider if you will need a narrator, if you will use costumes and where you will film your movie. You can work in a group or alone for this activity and will show your movie to the group in week 10.

You can create a song about your book. You can retell the story in a song or pick a character or event to write your song about. You can work in a group or alone for this activity and will perform your song (live or recorded) in week 10. 

You can rewrite a chapter from the book from another characters point of view or change an event that would alter the course of the story. This activity will need to be completed individually and you will read your new chapter to the group in week 10.

You can create a newspaper article about an event in the book. You will need quotes from the characters, good background information to set the scene and some quality pictures or diagrams. This activity will need to be competed individually and you will present your article to the group in week 10.

You can create a news report about an event in the book. You will need a news reporter who sets the scene, someone to play the characters and some witnesses of the event. This activity will need to be completed as a group and will be performed to the group (live or recorded) in week 10. 

Obviously if you wish to complete a group activity, it will need to be done with a group of people who have read the same book as you. Some negotiation may need to happen when deciding which report you will do, and what roles you take if working in a group. Good luck and I look forward to seeing some fantastic book reports.

Nat :)