bookreport

Reading Book Reports Due November 21

You will need to choose one of the projects listed below. The book reports will be on the novels you have been reading over the last few weeks. Some fo the projects have links that can help you with your project. This will be due November 21.

1. **Book Sandwiches**: the ingredients for sandwiches.
 *  On the top slice of bread, write the title and the author of the book
 *  On the lettuce, write a brief summary of the book.
 *  Write about the main character on the tomato slice.
 *  On the mayonnaise, describe the book's setting.
 *  The book's climax on the Swiss cheese.
 *  On the ham slice, describe the plot.
 *  On the bottom piece of bread, draw a favorite scene from the story.

2. **Interview a Character**: Compose six to eight questions to ask a main character in a book just completed. Also, write the character's response to each question. The questions and answers should provide information that shows the you have read the book. You can write this or have someone pretend to be the main character and audio or video record it. If you want to record using a video, Movie Maker on PC and iMovie on Mac on your computer are great editors for video, here are some tutorials on how to use: MovieMaker Tutorial [|iMovie Tutorial] If you want to do an audio interview [|audacity]is a great recorder!

3. **In the News**. Each student creates the front page of a newspaper that tells about events and characters in a book just read. The newspaper page might include weather reports, an editorial or editorial cartoon, ads, etc. The title of the newspaper should be something appropriate to the book. You may make this on a computer or draw yourself. Publisher on your computer makes great newspapers if you want to type it and print it. This is also a cool newspaper maker as well: [|ReadWriteThink Newspaper Maker]

4. **Pecha Kucha Ignite**: Students make a PowerPoint slide show. There are 20 slides that are only 20 seconds each. Students can put pictures, some info, on each slide, just don’t read from the slide and be ready to be fast. If you do not have PowerPoint on your computer you can use [|GDocs Presentations]

5. **Create a Comic Book**: Each student can turn their book, or part of it, into a comic book, complete with comic-style illustrations and dialogue bubbles. You may draw this our use an online comic creator. [|Toonlet] [|Pixton] [|Toondoo]

6. **Script It!** Write a movie script for a favorite scene from the book. At the top of the script, tyou can assign real-life TV or movie stars to play each role. You have the choice of acting it out on film and turning that in instead. (If you need to edit your movie, there is a tutorial for MovieMaker on the "interview a character" section)

No matter your choice you will have to present to the class. You have until November 11 to choose your project, at that time I will give you a rubric. Remember the report is due Nov 21.