Book Reports!

Fourth Graders!  Your Newbery Book Report is due tomorrow, September 30th!  Please fill in your book report form and bring your project to school tomorrow!  Here is an outline of what you need to do for your project, the new book jacket:

Book Jacket

Design a new book jacket for the story you have read.  You may use poster board, paper, or construction paper.  Use an idea or mental picture from the story and recreate it.  Do not forget to include the title, author, and a short summary on the back cover or inside the jacket!  Make it your own!  Have fun! 

Your October book report is due October 31st. You will need to pick a book where the main character is an animal. Your paperwork will be coming home tomorrow. Your (fun!) project is below:  

Brown Bag Book Report

Ahh…lunch. Who knows what we'll find when we open up the dreaded brown bag? Will it be the standard p, b 'n j or tuna fish...or did Mom or Dad try to stick in some raw vegetables that will never be eaten? The fun never ends when it come to sack lunches.

You're going to brown bag it for your October Book Report, so get ready!

ASSIGNMENT:

Read a chapter book where the main character is an animal.  Create a brown bag sack lunch for the main character in your book.

Include the following:

-- brown bag - this must be decorated in some way to personalize it as being that character's. Besides including the character's name, you may want to make a name tag as well as adding pictures.

-- a sandwich - this will be the "meat" of your report, the plot. Create two slices of bread and add "meat" (veggie is good too!). On the "meat", list the major plot points of your book (at least 5.) Put this in a baggie for an extra cool touch.

-- two snacks - think chips, cookies or other treats. Imagine two other characters whose personalities can be represented by a treat. Are they flaky? Sweet? Sour? Solid? Write a description of these characters. For example: Cinderella's step-sisters can be represented by Sour Patch Kid candy and the Fairy-Godmother can be represented by a cupcake.

-- a beverage - think milk carton, juice box or bottle. Create a beverage that sums up the main setting of your book. Name the product accordingly (e.g. Once Upon a Time Punch for Cinderella) and include a three-five sentence explanation of your setting on the back of your beverage drawing.

-- a napkin - to clean things up. This will be how the problem of the story is solved. Write your problem on one side of the "napkin," and how the problem was solved on the other -- each description should be three-five sentences.

-- a placemat - Create a vocabulary placemat using words from your book. Be sure to include 5 challenging/unfamiliar words, each definition and an illustration to help remember the meaning of each word. Placemats should be on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper larger.

-- a note - Parents love sticking little notes into their kids' lunch boxes. Have on of the other characters in the book write a note of at least 5 sentences to your character (it can be an expression of love, hate, sorrow, friendship ...whatever works for your book.).

-- a freebie - develop your own original item for your brown bag, focusing on the theme. This should be at least 3 sentences.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:

Use real-life food containers (chip bags, fruit bar wrappers, etc.) as the model for your project. Then, go crazy with the computer or with markers and colored pencils, creating new labels for the front and back of your "lunch." (Please clean the items first...ants do not add extra credit!) Or make the items out of paper and other craft supplies.

WHAT YOUR REPORT WILL BE GRADED ON:

-- presentation/neatness (15)

-- originality (15)

-- grammar/mechanics (25)

-- plot (10)

--setting (5)

--characters (10)

--theme (5)

--conflict/resolution (5)

--note/letter (5)

--bag (5)

TOTAL - 100

Third grade, your book report and project of your choice is due the last day of the quarter, October 16th. Keep working hard!