Today we discussed different genres and upcoming due dates for book reports. Book Projects will be due on the following dates:
Project #1 due: Tuesday, December 18th
Project #2 due: Thursday, January 31st
Project #3 due: Thursday, February 28th
Project #4 due: Thursday, March 27th
Project #5 due: Thursday, May 8th
You may choose from the following lists a different genre and different project each time.
Genres:
*Biography
*Autobiography
*Informational Books/Nonfiction
*Mystery
*Science Fiction
*Historical Fiction
*Realistic Fiction
*Fantasy
All Projects must include the following:
Title, Author, Main Characters, and a one page summary.
Project Ideas:
*Character Mobile
*Draw a picture for each chapter in your book
*Collage illustrating your book
*Book Jacket for your book --- Author information, summary, front cover
*Story Cube
*Traditional Book Report: Setting, Plot, Events (5-8), Problem, and Solution, along with Title, Author, and Main Characters
*Develop a game to go along with your book. Make sure you have answers to the questions.
*Make a lapbook about your book with vocabulary, timeline, and sections about the story(setting, characters, etc.)
*Write a one sentence summary of each chapter in your book, and make a mini-book.
*Keep a diary while you are reading your book. Write in it every time you read the story, and make predictions about what you think will happen next. Also state why you think that will happen next.
I will be meeting with the students this week to see what book they have chosen for their first report.
