fourth graders do book reports

1. BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS READING IS FUN! Beauty and the Beast.....click

2. BOOK REPORTS TEN WAYS TO DO BOOK REPORTS The Princess Bride...click

5. Book Report Form 1. Who are the main characters? 2. What is the plot of the book? 3. Would you recommend this book for your friends? 4. Write a short synopsis of your book. click me #1

6. Character Report Dorothy of Oz #2

9. You are the editor and want changes! It is your job to write a letter to the author persuading him to change. click me #5

10. AUTHOR! AUTHOR! AUTHOR! Dear Author, I wanted to tell you why I appreciated your book. How would you finish the letter? click me #6

11. You are a reporter. Interview one of the main characters. Interviewing #7 click me

12. Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! You are a reporter. Write a news story about something important in your book #8

13. LETTER TO YOUR CLASS Convince them they need to read your book Dear Class, My book is so good, it makes Pokeman look dull! It is a must read for every student. #9

14. Power Point Children may use Power Point to present outlines of their book samples Brandon’s Sid’s Ryan’s #10

16. Would you recommend this book to your friends? Yes, I would recommend this book. On a one to ten scale, I would rate it a ten. Give a brief summary of the book. Matilda is an endearing tale of a gifted girl who exhibits impossible gifts to meet an improbable situation. Miss Trunchbull is evil personified, and throws children over the fence. Matilda suffers for a long while, and then finds she is able to levitate things. Using this power she defeats Trunchbull, and lives forever with Miss Honey. back

17. Rewriting the ending- student sample Angeline falls off the end of the pier, tumbling into the water. She is about to drown when suddenly she finds a dolphin helping her to the surface. She grabs a hold of the dolphin and is in for the ride of her life! Soon they come to an island. The dolphin leaves her at the seashore, and to her utter amazement, she finds her mother stranded on the same island. How do they get off? You will have to wait for the sequel to find out. Be sure and stay tuned! back

18. Dear Mr. Lewis, I wanted to tell you how much I liked your book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Peter, Susan, and Edmund are so much fun, but I have to tell you that I liked Lucy best of all. My teacher tells me that you named Lucy after someone you knew. She is very lucky and I hope she knows it! I loved imagining the world you created for us, and I hope that someday I can write and create a similar world. Yours truly, Katie back

19. Interviewing Reporter; So, Babe you won the finals and proved that you are better than dogs. How does it feel? Babe: Oink Reporter: That is marvelous insight Babe! What are your plans now that you are a Champion? Babe: Oink Reporter: There you have it! Marvelous wisdom from the world’s greatest pig. back

20. STUDENT SAMPLES click me

21. Editor asking changes Dear Mrs. Cohen, As your editor, I wish to compliment you on your wonderful manuscript. It is full of wonderful things and I look forward to seeing it published. There is one small thing I wish for you to consider. Please consider including a chapter told from Jackie’s viewpoint that will tell of his greatest moment in baseball. With this one change, I am sure we will publish. Yours truly Joe back

22. ABOUT ME Fourth grade gifted teacher at Pony Express Elementary, Sacramento City Unified School District Ten ways to do Book Reports meets reading and writing standards for multi-grades as difficulty level can be adjusted for different levels. Particularly, it meets the 3.0 Standard for 4th grade. “Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of… literature.”

23. Human Boy Disappears A human boy answering to the name of Edmund has disappeared. Last seen at Mr. Beaver’s house. Believed to be heading toward Queen’s castle. Edmund is a small brown haired boy of about 8, and has chocolate stains all over his white shirt. If seen, please contact Peter at 555-FIND. Under no circumstances is he to be approached, as he may have friends in the wrong high places (if you know what I mean).