8th GRADE BOOK REPORTS
This Book Report worth 50 points will be due on Friday, October 13.The next book report will be due on Friday, November 17th. Read every night and every chance you get. Bring your book to school!
Directions: Number your paper and answer the questions in complete sentences/paragraph form.
**The book report should be typed in 12 point font and double spaced, or written in black ink1. Full title, author’s name, copyright date, and number of pages: For a novel or
play, underline the title; for a short story, use quotation marks.
2. Give a brief summary of the plot: Must be no more than seven sentences long.
3. Explain the significance of the title: Authors do not choose a title randomly.
Usually there is an important reason and the title is symbolic.
4. Describe your first impressions of the main character: Give examples to
explain your ideas.
5. Identify what caused a change in the main character and explain how the
character changed: These changes may have been a consequence of choice,
a conflict of some kind that has to be resolved, a display of some outstanding
trait like courage, or even a result of events that occur during the novel.
6. Cite a memorable passage from the book: Copy word for word a short
passage that you thought was worth remembering. Explain why you chose this
passage from the book.
7. Read all the following questions and then write one response about the
significance of reading this literary work: What discovery did you make as a
result of reading this book? What change occurred in your life after reading
this book? Did you receive any enlightenment? Did the book affirm your views
on life in some way? In other words, what did you get out of reading this book?
My Brother Sam is Dead The Pearl Old Man and the Sea The Hiding PlaceFlowers for Algernon Maus Pride and Prejudice My Antonia
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Lord of the Flies
Monster The Diary of Anne Frank Farewell to Manzanar
**The book report should be typed in 12 point font and double spaced.
1. Full title, author’s name, copyright date, and number of pages: For a novel or
play, underline the title; for a short story, use quotation marks.
2. Give a brief summary of the plot: Must be no more than seven sentences long.
3. Explain the significance of the title: Authors do not choose a title randomly.
Usually there is an important reason and the title is symbolic.
4. Describe your first impressions of the main character: Give examples to
explain your ideas.
5. Identify what caused a change in the main character and explain how the
character changed: These changes may have been a consequence of choice,
a conflict of some kind that has to be resolved, a display of some outstanding
trait like courage, or even a result of events that occur during the novel.
6. Cite a memorable passage from the book: Copy word for word a short
passage that you thought was worth remembering. Explain why you chose this
passage from the book.
7. Read all the following questions and then write one response about the
significance of reading this literary work: What discovery did you make as a
result of reading this book? What change occurred in your life after reading
this book? Did you receive any enlightenment? Did the book affirm your views
on life in some way? In other words, what did you get out of reading this book?