Project:

You will have nine cards hanging from your mobile and one at the top (ten total). Their shape and size is your decision.Each card needs to have the information as well as a picture.The picture should relate to the information on the card.

Each card should be clearly labeled and easy to identify.

The ten cards are:

  1. Title and Author of the book you read.

(this one goes at the top)

  1. Main Characters (at least three with a short description of each character)
  2. Setting (time and place) that the story takes place.
  3. Conflict (what was the problem that happened in the story).
  4. Solution (how did the characters solve the problem).
  5. Favorite Part of the story written in at least 3 sentences.
  6. Summarize the story inat least fivesentences and no more than ten.

You should have at least 5 details that happen in the story.

Make sure you only choose the MOST important details to include.

  1. One connection that you made (Text-Text, Text-World or Text-Self).

A sentence about what happened in the story. A sentence about what happened to you. A sentence about how they are related.

  1. Theme or Message(What does the author want you to remember)
  2. Personal Opinion of the book and why you liked or did not like it.

Make sure that your whole project is Second Grade Quality and that it shows how much time you took to work on it. Make a project you are proud of and want to keep in your room or show off to your grandparents!

You will present your book report in class.Practice reading your cards so that you can read all the words.You will get to choose when you present based on when you turn in your final project.

Do Your Best! Be Creative! Have Fun!

  • 1st Due Date: Monday, 11-6-17 (Select and Read the fiction book)
  • Final Due Date: Monday, 11-13-17

  • Aim for 2s or 3sCoat Hanger Book Report Mobile

3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Title and Author /
  • Year the book was written.
  • You identify the genre of book.
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  • Title and Author are clearly written and labeled
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  • It is hard to find the Title or the Author.
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  • Missing Title or Author

Characters /
  • All the most important characters are listed on the card with a full sentence describing who they are and why they are important.
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  • All the most important characters are listed on the card with a brief description of who they are.
  • You identify the protagonist and the antagonist
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  • Some of the most important characters are missing from or you have included every single character, even those that aren’t very important.
  • There is no description.
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  • The main characters are missing.

Setting /
  • You list the different places the story takes place and explain in a sentence what happened in each place or why it is important.
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  • You list the different places the story takes place.
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  • Only one setting is listed.
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  • The setting is missing or incorrect.

Conflict /
  • You identify the main conflict and explain why it is the biggest conflict compared to other problems in the story.
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  • You identify the main conflict in the story.
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  • You identify a problem in the story, but it is not the main conflict.
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  • You do not identify the conflict.

Solution /
  • You explain how the character solved the problem and any smaller conflicts they had to solve to be successful.
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  • You explain how the character solved the problem.
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  • You tell the solution of the story, but it is not completely clear.
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  • You do not tell the solution.

Favorite Part /
  • You use connections to explain why your favorite part was your favorite.
  • You say where favorite part happened (chapter or page).
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  • You identify your favorite part of the story and tell why.
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  • You do not explain why your favorite part was your favorite.
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  • You do not explain what happened in your favorite part.

Summary /
  • You use transitions to talk about what happened first, next, then, last.
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  • You summarize the story in your own words in 5-10 sentences.
  • You retell 5-10 of the most important parts of the story.
/ If someone hasn’t read the story they wouldn’t know what happened. /
  • You use less than 5 sentences to summarize the story.

Connection /
  • You explain in detail what happened in the story and how that connected with you.
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  • You make a connection to something in the story.
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  • Your connection is not very personal (“I did that too”).
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  • You leave out what happened or connection

Theme/
Message /
  • You give evidence from the story that explains why your theme is correct.
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  • You identify a theme in the story.
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  • It is hard to understand your theme.
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  • You do not identify a theme

Personal Opinion /
  • You tell specifically what parts in the story that you like or didn’t like that determined your opinion of the story.
“I liked the book because it was funny to hear all the silly thing Ramona did, for example when Ramona broke the egg on her head, it made me laugh because I would never want a broken egg on my head.” /
  • You tell me what you thought about the book.
“I liked the book because I thought it was funny to hear all the silly things that Ramona did throughout the story”. /
  • You do not go into detail about why you have the opinion you do. (“I liked the book because it was funny”).
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  • There is no opinion about the book.

Art /
  • You include pictures in some sort of unique way.
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  • Illustrations are clear and show time was taken.
  • No scribbles, neat and organized.
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  • Illustrations are not 2nd Grade Quality.
  • Illustrations all look the same.
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  • Some cards are missing illustrations.

Effort /
  • You checked your own spelling, even using the dictionary independently.
  • You added some sort of creativity to your mobile so it doesn’t look like anyone else’s.
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  • There are few spelling mistakes (only tricky words a 2nd Grader wouldn’t know).
  • You used your best handwriting or typed.
  • You use full sentences.
  • The project looks clean and well put together.
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  • There are spelling mistakes on your book report that show you did not sound out words or use a dictionary.
  • It is difficult to read.
  • The project looks like it was put together quickly.
  • You don’t use full sentences.
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  • Not2nd Grade Effort
  • You are missing pieces.
  • You missed many of the check in’s.