Book Report Recipe

Book Report Recipe

Your recipe must include the following ingredients. You may use the template on the following page or design your own.

1.1 cup of plotTell briefly what the story is about, in your own words, but don't give away the ending.

2.2 teaspoons of charactersWho are the main characters? Describe them briefly. Use at least 2 character traits.

3.2 tablespoons of excitementSelect a short passage from the book that describes something exciting that happened. Try to find a passage that has the main character in it. Copy the passage down and tell why you chose it.

4.Mix thoroughly and bake. When cool, frost with this special icing:

o1/2 cup of opinionWhat did you like about the book? What didn't you like?

o1 teaspoon of recommendationWhom do you think would enjoy this book? Why?

5.Finally sprinkle on the following information:

otitle of book

oname of author

oname of publisher

onumber of pages

oliterary genre

Recipe For ______

From ______

Serves : An Entire Class

Ingredients:

1 cup plot
2 teaspoons characters
2 tablespoons excitement
1/2 cup opinion / 1 teaspoon recommendation
a dash of title and author
a hint of publisher and pages
a teaspoon of literary genre

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Book Report Recipe Grading Rubric

Plot –told briefly what the story was about,was in your own words, did not give away ending. /20

Characters-named the main character(s), described each using at least 2 character traits and details from the story. /20

Passage- chose an appropriate passage, included the main character, told why you chose this passage, gave multiple reasons. / 15

Opinion- gave what you liked about the book and why and/or what you did not like about the book and why. Gave multiple reasons; used details from the book. /15

Recommendation- told whom you would recommend this book to and why. /10

Author-included the author with correct capitalization and spelling /2

Title- included the title with correct capitalization and spelling /2

Publisher- included the publisher with correct capitalization and spelling /2

Pages- gave the correct number of pages/2

Genre- gave the correct literary genre/2

G.U.M.S.- Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, Spelling/10