Monthly+Book+Reports


 * Examples of what each final product should look like will be shown in class. Each project will be due on the last school day of the mon**
 * **__October__-** Genre: Mystery or scary book. Make a wanted poster including the crime, picture of the “suspects” based on characters in the story, details listed under the pictures, clues, etc. Ideas should be based on the book. Write a brief book summary on a piece of lined paper and post the summary on your poster.

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 * __**November**__- Genre: Factual animal book. Write 15-25 interesting facts in complete and varied sentences on a large index card. Make a sculpture of the animal out of clay, play dough, soap, or other sculpture stuff from a craft store.
 * **__December__-** Genre: Realistic Fiction. Decorate the outside of a medium or large can using construction paper or anything you want. On the cover of the can, write the student’s name, book title, and author, and draw/decorate the can with scenes, symbols, or pictures pertaining to the story. Include 4 index cards in the can that detail: main character description, setting and conflict, summary of main events, personal recommendation and reasons. [[file:December_Directions[1].doc]] [[file:December_Rubric[1].doc]]

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 * **__January__-** Genre: Humorous book. Use a cereal box to display story elements from a humorous book. The front will be the title, illustration, and author. One side panel will tell about main characters with illustrations. The other side panel in 3 parts: problem setting, and personal recommendation with reasons. Write a brief summary on the back.

[[file:January_Directions[1].doc]][[file:January_Rubric[1].doc]]
Use the websites below to view a selection of humorous books. You can use a book from the list or find one of your own. [|List of Humorous Books] [|List of Humorous Books #2]


 * **__February__-** Genre: Biography. Dress up as the famous person in your biography and orally present your life in 1 minute. Use props if you desire. Presentation will be graded on content/facts, voice projection, and eye contact. Complete a timeline with 10 events from the person’s life.

[[file:February_Directions[1].doc]][[file:Feburary_Rubric[1].doc]]

 * **__March__-** Genre: Non-fiction. Make a book jacket out of construction paper. Include student’s name, book title, author, and picture/design on the cover. Inside the jacket, write 15-25 facts on lined paper, and on another sheet of paper write a brief report on your topic based on the facts. Attach facts and report pages to the inside of your book jacket.

[[file:March_Directions[1].doc]] [[file:March_Rubric[1].doc]]

 * **__April__-** Genre: Poetry. Make a booklet of 15-25 favorite poems with one poem on each page. Illustrate the bottom of each page. Memorize and present one poem of about 6-10 line

[[file:April Rubric.doc]]

 * **__May__-** Genre: Historical Fiction. Make a journal for the main character of your book. Write at least 4 journal entries pretending that you are that character living in their historical time period.