BOOK REPORT: Grade 8

Due Date: Monday, Jan 18, 2016

Time will be given in class beginning in the New Year.

Start with: INFORMATION ABOUT BOOK

Title:

Author:

Publisher:

Place and year of publication:

Number of pages:

Part 1: Actual writing - Using Word or any computer word type program

1. Plot Summary of Book (2 or 3 paragraphs)

When you are writing a plot summary for your book report you don't want to simply retell the story. You need to explain what your opinion is of the story and why you feel the plot is so compelling, or unrealistic, or sappy. It is the way you analyze the plot that will make this a good report. Make sure that you use plenty of examples from the book to support your opinions. Try starting the report with a sentence similar to the following:

The plot of I Married a Sea Captain, by Monica Hubbard, is interesting because it gives the reader a realistic sense of what it was like to be the wife of a whaling captain and live on Nantucket during the 19th century.

2. Create a plot line with diagram and two points about each aspect using full sentences.

3. Story elements

a) Setting

1. Place of story

2. Time of story

b) Point of view

c) Conflict

d) Two flat and two round characters and why

e) Protagonist and antagonists

f) Use of Archetypes – give three examples and explain

g) Use of literary devices. Give five examples and explain

h) Mood – discuss mood and provide evidence

4. Theme

a. Identify the major theme

b. Use examples and quotations from the book to prove that the theme is important to the story.

c. Enure that you talk about each example or quotation you've included. Make a direct connection between the theme and the example from the book.

5. Concluding paragraph

a) Overall response to the book (would you recommend it? Good? Bad? WHY?)

Part 2 – IMovie/movie trailer

Create an IMovie/movie trailer promotional video – you must create your own and NOT use the “real” trailer!

You are going to create your own book trailer which communicates the key details of the plot (without spoilers!) about the book you read.

  • You will introduce the main character(s)
  • You have to communicate one or more of the key themes
  • You can use any images and music that assist in your telling of the story

Example: