There Are Five Sections to This Book Report. These Are As Follows

English 8 Book Reports

To keep those brains reading, all eighth grade students will be required to write a book report once a quarter on the book of their choosing. Students will be required to select a book by the second week of each quarter, and parents/guardians, as well as the teacher, will sign off on the book of choice. Students must pick a grade-appropriate book, and must select a book that they have not read previously.

There are five sections to this book report. These are as follows:

I.  Introduction: The introduction paragraph must include:

v  The title of the book

v  The author

v  The genre

v  Your opinion of the book in the form of a thesis statement

II.  Summary

v  All six parts of the plot diagram: Hook, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

v  This summary must be more than eight sentences long.

III.  TWO Connections to yourself or the world. Connections might be:

v  Risk Taking

v  Relationships

v  Individuality

v  Goals and dreams

v  Overcoming obstacles

v  Current Events

IV.  Literary connection: Identify THREE literary devices you have learned about this year in your story. These literary terms must also have a PAGE NUMBER for when they occurred. Some examples to help you brainstorm are:

v  Conflict types

v  Allegory

v  Mood/tone

v  Point of view

v  Simile/metaphor

v  Hyperbole

v  Personification

V.  Critique/Conclusion

v  Now is your chance to tell me if you loved or hated this book. You must also give me two reasons why you did or did not like this book, none of that “I just didn’t, it was boring, it was lame” malarkey. WHY was it boring and lame? WHY was it the greatest book you’ve ever read?

The due dates for all of the book reports are as follows:

v  Wednesday, November 15th

v  Wednesday, January 17th

v  Wednesday, March 28th

v  Wednesday, May 30th

Book Report Rubric

Paragraphs / Awesome / Pretty Good / Needs Improvement / Serious
Improvement
First Paragraph
(15) / Hook thesis, and information effectively conveyed / Hook and thesis; information provided / Hook or thesis; incomplete information / No hook or thesis; incomplete information
Second Paragraph
(25) / Summary in sequence and well developed (More than 8 sentences) / Summary in sequence; incomplete summary
(7-8 sentences) / Summary in sequence; incomplete summary
(5-6 sentences) / Brief summary; not organized in sequence
(2-4 sentences)
Third Paragraph
(15) / Two or more connections were made with elaboration / Two connections made but they lacked elaboration / One connection was made / No connections were made
Fourth Paragraph
(20) / Three literary devices were identified with elaboration / Two literary devices were identified but lacked elaboration / One literary device was identified / No literary devices were identified
Fifth Paragraph
(15) / Opinion and recommendation with at least two reasons / Opinion and recommendation with less than two reasons / Opinion and recommendation with no reasons / No opinion or recommendations
All paragraphs
(10) / Near perfection, one to two grammatical errors. Formatting is correct. / Three to five grammatical errors, a couple formatting errors / Six to nine grammatical errors, multiple formatting errors / Ten or more grammatical errors, several formatting errors