BOOK REPORTS

1. Keep this paper in a safe place.

2. Reports are due on the due dates unless special

arrangements are made with Mrs. Rubado.(ten points deducted for a late book report that has not been discussed with Mrs. Rubado)

3. Reports must be made from an approved book that you

can read yourself.

4.During the first week of each month, turn in an index

card for the book you choose to read. On your index card please print: (Please let your child write it!)

The student’s name

Author’s last name, author’s first name

Title of the book

Idea used for reporting (give the number)

Due Date (month, day, year)

5. Mark your calendar at home with these dates:

September 18, October 23, *November to be scheduled later (Nothing in December), February 19, March 19.

*November’s book report must be a biography and you must choose #42 for your report. The entire first grade will be participating that day. More details to come later.

6. Well-prepared reports last at least 2 minutes. Please do

not go over 5 minutes. You should be able to explain or

read your report to the class yourself.

7. Each report must be different. You may choose a

number only once. Please keep track of the numbers you have chosen.

56 Ways to Make a Book Report

  1. Give an oral summary.
  2. Give a written summary.
  3. Write about the most important part.
  4. Write the most interesting part. (Write in your own words.)
  5. Read the most interesting part. (Be able to pronounce all the words.)
  6. Tell what you liked or disliked about some of the characters.
  7. Dramatize a certain episode. (As many as 4 students may work together.)
  8. Dramatize or demonstrate something you learned.
  9. Make a peep box of the most important part.
  10. Design a book cover with an inside summary.
  11. Build a model of an important object in the book.
  12. Draw a clock showing the time that an important event occurred.
  13. Create another ending for the story.
  14. Make a “lost and found” ad for a person, pet, or object mentioned in the story.
  15. Make a picture book of the most important part of the story.
  16. Illustrate the most important part in cartoon form.
  17. Paint a mural of the story or the parts in it.
  18. Make a watercolor painting of the setting of the story.
  19. Draw, paint, or color the main characters.
  20. Compare the book with another you have read with a similar subject.
  21. Produce a movie of the story.
  22. Gather a collection of objects from the story.
  23. Make a collage related to the story.
  24. Put together a three dimensional scene from the book.
  25. Create a puppet show with stick puppets of the main idea.
  26. Make a poster to advertise the book.
  27. Present a pantomime of an important part.
  28. Read from the book orally while others pantomime.
  29. Draw a map to show where the story takes place.
  30. Tell about the author or illustrator.
  31. Write a brief biography of the author.
  32. Give a chalk talk.(In our room it will be a dry erase board talk)
  33. Make characters to use in a flannel board story.
  34. Construct a wire mobile to illustrate your book.
  35. Conduct a scientific experiment associated with your reading.
  36. Tape record and play back an interesting part of the book. (Make sure the recording is clear.)
  37. Make a diorama.
  38. Design and make stand-up characters.
  39. Write a poem about the story.
  40. Tell part of the story with a suitable musical accompaniment.
  41. Write a letter to a friend telling what you thought of the book.
  42. Design and dress up as one of the characters.
  43. Write a letter as if one character was corresponding to another.
  44. Write a letter to one of the characters as if he or she was a friend.
  45. Pretend one of the characters is writing to you.
  46. Tell what you would have done had you been in the same situation as one of the characters.
  47. Make-up a conversation between two characters in the story. (Each one should speak at least 5 times.)
  48. Write an imaginary conversation between yourself and one of the characters. (Each one should speak at least 5 times.)
  49. Draw a picture of the ending of the story and give it a title.
  50. Make up a riddle or limerick about your story.
  51. Make a story sequence chart with illustrations.
  52. Prepare a newspaper article about a character’s activities.
  53. Choose two characters and tell how they met in the story.
  54. Write a short play about one of the characters in trouble. Read it with someone.
  55. Create a Power Point presentation about the book.
  56. Create your own book report idea. (Must be approved by the teacher.)