Historical Fiction Book Report• What is Historical Fiction

How to Pick• Think about a time in history or a historical

person that interests you• Search for books about that time in history• Double check that it is 800 Lexile or ABOVE and

that there is an AR test• Make sure you know enough about the time

period (from the book) to be able to research events

Some Examples• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Bull Run by Paul Fleischman

Dragonwings By  Laurence Yep

• Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

•War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

•Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone

•Sarah's Key By Tatiana de Rosnay

• Locked Garden, The by: Whelan, Gloria

• 47 by Walter Mosley

• Charley Skedaddle by: Beatty, Patricia

• Frontier Lady by: Pella, Judith

• The 290 by, O'Dell, Scott

• Across the Rolling River by, Wilkins, Celia

• Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by, Gregory, Kristina

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by: Shaffer, Mary Ann; Barrows, Annie

• African Myths and Legends by, Ardagh, Philip

• All Their Names Were Courage by: Denslow, Sharon Phillips

• Dust from Old Bones by, Forrester, Sandra

• The Treasure of Way Down Deep by, White, Ruth 

Rubric

Assignment Component ScoreAR Test

☐ 100% = 20 points 90-99% = 18 points☐ ☐ 80-89% = 16 points 70-79% = 14 points☐ ☐ 60-69% = 12 points 50-59% = 10 points☐

  

________/20Timeline

☐ 10 events with illustration and complete sentences explaining each event

☐ 5 events are fictional and 5 are historical ☐ all events are in the correct order ☐ book title and author are visible and prominent ☐ colorful, neat, best work ☐ followed all directions

   

   

________/25Followed Directions

☐ Correct genre. ☐ AR Test completed correctly. ☐ Assignment submitted on or before the last school day of the month. ☐ Lexile Level verified at 800+. ☐ Top of Rubric completed by student.

________/5 Total Book Report Score

 ________/50

Timeline ProjectCreate a timeline that connects the main character with the time period your book is about. Setting up a timeline will require you to record the main events in the order in which they occurred. Your timeline cannot be on notebook paper. You can put it on construction paper, poster board, make it 3-D, suspend it, or use your creativity. All shapes are welcome, but keep in mind the amount of space I have available in the classroom when deciding on the size. Your timeline can be written by hand in pen, but typed is preferred.