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 Fiction Book Report




Choose a fiction book to read. In your book report you should have the following:



 1. A cover which includes the following: the title, author, and illustrator should be on your report. You should also draw a picture of what you think the main characters/setting looks like. Please draw your own, don’t trace or copy from the cover/inside of the book.

 2. A description of when and where the book takes place. You can include facts.

Choose 5 questions below to answer in your book report.

Summarize the three most important events that happened in your book. Why did you choose these events?

Compare a situation in the book to a similar situation in your life. How did having gone through this situation help you understand the book or character better?

Outline in point form the most important events from your book. Describe the events in a few sentences each.

If the main character died at the end of your book, what would you write for a eulogy?

What are two emotions that the main character has felt? What do you think happened to make the character feel that way?

Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support your answer with evidence.

Did any of the character’s feelings change as you read? Explain why or why not.

Describe the major conflict in your book. Whose side are you on? Why?



You will have sometime during the weeks to read your book if you need to.
Your report should be typed. If you need to, you can type it on Wednesdays during Homework Help with Lotta. Remember to check your grammar (capitalization, sentences, verb agreement, etc). Send your report to hillary.brown@stockholm.se  in before 4/2
Goals related to LGR11
  E
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some ease by choosing and using reading strategies in a basically functional way. By making simple, chronological summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with some connections to the context, you show basic reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply simple and to some extent informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  

C
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some relatively good ease by choosing and using reading strategies in an appropriate way. By making developed summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with relatively good connections to the context, you show good reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply developed and relatively well informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  

 A
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some  good ease by choosing and using reading strategies in an appropriate and effective way. By making well developed summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with good connections to the context, you show very good reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply well developed and well  informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  
































Historical Fiction Book Report

Choose a historical fiction book to read. In your book report you should have the following:

1.      The title, author, and illustrator should be on your report. You should also  draw a  picture of what you think the main characters/setting looks like. Please draw  your own, don’t trace or copy from the cover/inside of the book.

2.      A description of when and where the book takes place. You can include facts.

3.      Choose two questions from below to answer.

Summarizing questions:

Outline in point form the most important events from your book. Describe the events in a few sentences each.

Read the summary blurb on the back of the book. How would you change the blurb if you wrote it. Explain your reasoning.

If the main character died at the end of your book, what would you write for a eulogy?

4.      Choose two questions to answer below.

Synthesizing questions:

What is something you’ve learned from your reading?

Did any of the character’s feelings change as you read? Explain why or why not.

Describe the major conflict in your book. Whose side are you on? Why?



Your report should be typed. If you need to you can type it on Wednesdays during Homework Help with Lotta. Remember to check your grammar (capitalization, sentences, verb agreement, etc). Send your report in at the latest Thursday 3rd Dec. It is important that you do keep to this date since I am working on your Dec grade for MLENG. Below you can see the goals that I will be assessing.  


Goals related to LGR11

 E
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some ease by choosing and using reading strategies in a basically functional way. By making simple, chronological summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with some connections to the context, you show basic reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply simple and to some extent informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  

C
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some relatively good ease by choosing and using reading strategies in an appropriate way. By making developed summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with relatively good connections to the context, you show good reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply developed and relatively well informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  

 A
You can read texts for children and youth related to your interests and age with some  good ease by choosing and using reading strategies in an appropriate and effective way. By making well developed  summaries of the contents of different texts and commenting on the main points with good connections to the context, you show very good reading comprehension. In addition, on the basis of your own experiences and frames of reference, you apply well developed and well  informed reasoning to the main message contained in the texts.  













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