Book Reports and Homework

Homework this week (and for the rest of the school year) can be found under the homework tab. Please Bloomz message or email me if you have extenuating circumstances as to why your child can’t do homework. I’d rather have the reasoning rather than just dock their citizenship grade.

We are also doing a book report for next month. Here is the information I went over with my students:

The book you choose to read should be appropriate for your reading level and a minimum of 100 pages in length. The book cannot be one you have read before or one we have read in class. If you started the book during the summer but haven’t finished it, you may use it. We will do sign-ups for when you will present your book report. All presentations should be 3-5 minutes long.

The book must be fiction.

Your first quarter book report is due on NOVEMBER 8-10. You will sign up for a time/day to present.

Present your book to the class:

• All presentations must be 3-5 minutes.
• Share a brief summary of your book.
• Tell us enough to get us interested, but not so much that it ruins the ending. 
• Give the book a rating of 1-5 stars, depending on how well you liked it. The more you liked it, the more stars you will give. Explain to the class why you rated it the way you did.
• Be prepared and use good presenting skills (speak loudly).
• Use one of the Creative Ideas below, or get approval from Miss Dixon if you have an original idea.

Creative Ideas :

• Write a TV or radio commercial advertising the book.
• Prepare a skit about your book and perform it for the class.
• Design a book jacket (different from the one it already has) illustrating your three favorite scenes. Include a summary on the inside cover. 
• Build a diorama (in a box) of your favorite scene or setting.
• Design a map of the area where the story takes place. Make sure to include a scale and legend.
• Make an illustrated time line for a historical book. 
• Design a vacation or informational pamphlet about a location in the book. 
• Design a mobile, using pictures of characters or places in the story. 
• Pretend you are a book critic for a local newspaper or TV station and share your review of the book.
• Dress up like a character in the book and describe the role that character plays in the book.
• Compose a song about your book, an event in the book, or one of the characters and sing or play it for the class.
• Prepare and perform a puppet show.
• Make a collage about your book.
• Pretend you are a newscaster from the local news. 
• Create a “Wanted” poster for a character from the book. 
• Write a news article on the book; answer Who? What? When? Where? How? Why? Pretend you are a newscaster and give us the information in a live news broadcast.
• Create a comic strip.

Let me know if you have questions!