Fiction Book Report

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Name:________________________________________________ Date________________ Period__________

Independent Reading Book Report Guidelines (Fiction)Rationale : You are required to read independently for a grade in Mrs. Beerwinkles class becausepracticing SSR has been proven to improve self-disciple, vocabulary development and your own personalstore of knowledge. In order to receive full credit for independent reading, you must show that you trulyengaged with the SSR book and understood what you were reading.

Directions : Carefully and thoughtfully complete the following information about the book that you justread. Remember that the boxes are expandable , just hit enter at the end of a line to go to the next linein a box. Also, be sure to write down the information in your reading log and book log.

Your book report final word count must be 1064 words for English II and 1300words for English III. (The document itself has 564 words.)

BOOK INFORMATION:

Title of Book: [type here] Author: [type here]Publisher: [type here] Copyright Date: [type here]

Number of Pages: [type here] Number of Words: [type here]

SETTING:

Time (past, present, future, fantasy): Textual Evidence for Time:

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Place (urban, suburban, rural,wilderness, etc.):

Textual Evidence for Place:

[type here] [type here]Influence the setting has on the plot and characters (2-3 sentence conciseexplanation):

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CHARACTER:

Who is theMainCharacter ?

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Character Trait#1:

Quoted Evidence (action, dialogue, other charactersreactions)


Character Trait#2:



Character Trait#3:


Beerwinkle 2013 (adapted from Laurie Blois)


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Character Traits that you may want to use:

ableconceite

d daringfun-

loving fun-lovingimaginativ

e loyal prettyself-

confidentsuccessf

ul

adventurous

considerate dark funny funny impulsive messy prim selfish tall

ambitiouscooperati

vedemandin

g gentle gentleindepende

ntmischievio

us proper seriousthoughtf

ul

boldcourageo

usdisagreea

blehandso

me handsome intelligent neat proud short thrilling

bossy creative dreamer happy happy inventive patriotic quiet shy timid

brave curious energetichard-

workinghard-

working joyful pitiful reserved simple tireless

bright dainty excited helpful helpful keen plainrespectf

ulsimple-minded ugly

busy expert honest honest lazy pleasingresponsi

ble smartunselfis

h

cheerful fancy humble humblelight-

hearted poor rich strong wild

compassionate friendly

humorous humorous lovable popular sad studious witty

PLOT:

Conflict: (Select 1) 4-5 Sentence explanation with details specific to theconflict

character vs.charactercharacter vs. self

character vs. nature

character vs.society

character vs. fate

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Climax: 2-3 Sentence Concise Explanation


Resolution/Denouement

2-3 Sentence Concise Explanation


THEME:

Write a theme statement for this book. Remember that a theme must bestated in a complete sentence. Theme is the message the author hopes toconvey to readers.



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Explain in what way the book has changed your mind about an issue or idea,or how reading the book has made you view something in a different way.

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OPINION:

Give a review of this book. Begin with a topic sentence, write two or threesupporting sentences, and provide a closing sentence in which you reiterateyour opinion(s) about the book. Your opinions must be specificgeneralitiesindicate that you did only a cursory reading of the text.

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