Book Reports

HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK REPORT

This month we will make posters to advertise your book.

DIRECTIONS: 

1.  Make a poster to advertise your book.

 2  Poster needs to be approx. 14"x16"  size or larger.  As long as it is larger than a 8 1/2 x 11.

3.   Include title, author, characters, setting,  and plot, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK WOULD WORK.

 4.  Your goal is to make a poster that will be eye catching and it will encourage others to read the book!!!!

5.  BE CREATIVE!!!!!!!

6.  WE WILL PLAN TO HANG THESE UP OUTSIDE OF OUR NEW LIBRARY!!!!!

FOLK TALES, FABLES, AND FAIRY TALES ONLINE:

FABLES, FOLK TALES AND FOLKLORE:    http://oaks.nvg.org/pega4.html

OLD TIME FAIRY TALES:     http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/FAIRYTALES/index.html

GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html

CHILDREN’S STORY:    http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/ft2.html

Monthly Book Projects

It is very important for students to get in the habit of reading, reading and reading.  They will have monthly reading assignments and will be doing a monthly book project.  Different genres and projects will be used each month.  Each month students will receive detailed instructions for their projects.

We will be doing 8 book report projects this year.  Students will read different literature genres for each book.  Below is an outline  explaining each project and approximate due date.

Literature genre                                                     project                                                          approx. due date

Fiction                                                                Windsock                                                    September 30

Series book (Hardy Boy, Little House on the Prairie, etc)          Memory Bag                                         October 31                     

Biography                                                         Timeline and ?                                           December 1

Newberry Award (Must be approved by Mrs. Street)        Character Trait Post                                  January 31          

Fables/Fairytales/Tall Tale                                 Book Float                                                February 28                  

Mystery or Adventure                                        Book Jacket                                             March 30           

History or Historical fiction                                Letter to a character and                           April 29 

Poetry                                                               Poetry Notebook                                     May 31          

You can find  books at Trinity's Library, my classroom Library or a Public Library.

MOST IMPORTANT:  HAVE FUN READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!