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Book Report Project

Name: ______________________ Period: 1st 2nd

Book Title: ______________________________________

Author: ______________________________________Genre: ______________________________________

Page Total: _________ pages

Directions: Students will read a book of their choice. All books need to be preapproved

by me in order to count. All information can also be found on

http://kmschauncey.blogspot.com along with additional examples. The second project is

due Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Which projects they will do must be chosen onMonday, October 17th (the day we return from Fall Break).

1) Scrapbook Create a scrapbook of the story. Minimum of 10 pages. May include pictures, photos,words, souvenirs, memories, letters, diary entries, etc.

2) Glogster (http://edu.glogster.com/) Online multimedia poster maker. If you are interested in this,you will need to get an account from me. Include general information about the book, pictures,videos, text, etc. Glogster projects must be published when you finish them, and then you must

send your link to me via my blog.

3) Podcast Book Talk Create an audio recording talking about your book. Plot, characters, review.Podcasts must be done either before or after school with Mr. Chauncey.

4) Triorama Create a 3d triorama that highlights three major scenes from the book: beginning,middle, and end.

5) Comic book Create a comic book illustrating a summary of the book. Minimum of 5 pages.

Must be full color and put together like a comic book.

6) Book Trailer Create a trailer for a book using Animoto (http://animoto.com/). The trailer mustgive a preview of the book and make people want to read it. It must include dynamic pictures,

good music that works for what you are trying to tell, and videos, if appropriate. Submit yourAnimoto link via blog.

7) Soundtrack Write and perform three songs/raps that summarize the book and talk about thecharacters. Students may either come before or afterschool to record it or record it on their own at

home. In this case, they will need to provide a CD with three different tracks on it, for each song.

Songs must have titles.

8) Sequel Write what happens after the book ends. It must be an additional 3 chapters, a minimumof 8 pages (handwritten) or 4 pages typed. You must include characters from your book in your

sequel. It must either be typed or neatly handwritten.

9) Create your own project All projects must be preapproved by me. I have the right to turn down

any project suggestion. Please have a back-up plan in place.

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Book Report Project

Student Name: _______________________ Student Signature: ____________________

Parent Name: ________________________ Parent Signature: _____________________

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8/3/2019 Book Report Project

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Book Report Project Rubric

Name: ______________________ Period: 1st 2nd

Book Title: ______________________________________

Author: ______________________________________

Genre: ______________________________________Page Total: _________ pages

Expectation 20 points each 15 points each 10 points each 5 points each Score

Demonstrateknowledge ofthe book,characters,story line,

setting,climax.

Clearlydemonstratedunderstanding ofthe book,characters, story

line, setting,climax.

Included someinformationabout thecharacters, storyline, setting

and/or climax.

Missing manypoints about thebook,characters, storyline, setting

and/or climax.

It is not clearthat you readthebook. Information is largely

missing orincorrect.

Included titleand author ofbook

Included titleand author.

Included title orauthor

Included title orauthor butmisspelled orincomplete

Neither title norauthor included.

Followeddirections forchosenproject.

All directionswere followedand you wentabove andbeyond what Iexpected. (Creativity)

Most directionswere followedbut it wasmissingsomething. Some creativity wasshown.

Most directionswere followedbut little or nocreativity wasincluded.

Presentationwas missingmany elementsof the chosenproject.

Grammaticallycorrect writtenpresentationand spellingwas correct.

Grammar andspelling errorsmay have beenpresent but theydid not takeaway from theproject.

Grammar andspelling errorswere a problem;many took awayfrom the project.

Grammar andspelling tookaway from theproject and leftthe readerfeeling as if theywere reading arough draft.

Too manygrammar andspelling errors tomake readingeasy, clearly thisneeded to beedited.

Project isattractive andorganized,includesappropriate

art, graphics,graphs, etc.

Your project isattractive andwellorganized. Itincludes

appropriate art,graphs, etc.

Your project isattractive or wellput together butit is missingsomething like

art or graphs.

Your project isplain and mayhaveorganizationissues; it has no

art or graphs tohelp tell thestory.

Your project ispoorly puttogether and/ormessy. It ismissing art or

graphs.

Total points

Grandtotal/Grade