MACS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Home ELA Science Math - Woodruff. Grade 6 Book report. Week of.Students have time daily to work on all assignments listed. Nov 13, 2012 - Explore Michelle Walters Swartz's board 'Book reports' on Pinterest. See more ideas about book report, teaching reading, school reading.
- Sandwich Book Report. SOURCE: 123Homeschool4Me. You'll notice a lot of our creative book report ideas revolve around food. In this project, each layer of this book report sandwich covers a different element of the book—characters, setting, conflict, etc. A fun adaptation to this project is the book report cheeseburger.
- Book Report Alternative: Hooking a Reader with a Book Cover Students select a book to read based only on its cover art. After reading the book, they use an interactive tool to create a new cover for it.
- Write the title of your book on a strip of construction paper and glue it to the top of the carton. Write your name on the bottom of the carton. Plan out the space on each side of the carton so you will have room for a label, a description of your literary element, and an illustration. Create labels for each side of the carton and glue.
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by Diana Mitchell
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DIGG
STUMBLEUPON
DEL.ICIO.US
NEWSVINE
| Grades | 8 – 12 |
| Type | Journal |
| Published | January 1998 |
| Publisher |
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Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Grade Language Arts
English Journal 87.1 (January 1998): 92-95.Related Resources
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Graders
Students respond to a book they have read by thinking symbolically to create a business card for one of the characters.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students make bookmarks on computers and share their ideas with other readers at their school, while practicing summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews�all for an authentic audience.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students select a book to read based only on its cover art. After reading the book, they use an interactive tool to create a new cover for it.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students explore book covers of a variety of books then create a new cover for a book they have read.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students write resumes for historical fiction characters. They first explore help wanted ads to see what employers want, and then draft resumes for the characters they've chosen.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students must think critically to create comic strips highlighting six important scenes from a book they have read.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students explore familiar literary characters, usually first encountered as adults, but whose childhood stories are only told later. Students then create childhoods for adult characters from books of their choice.
Home › Professional Development › Professional Library
Journal > English Journal
by Diana Mitchell
E-mail / Share / Print This Page / Print All Materials (Note: Handouts must be printed separately)
DIGG
STUMBLEUPON
DEL.ICIO.US
NEWSVINE
| Grades | 8 – 12 |
| Type | Journal |
| Published | January 1998 |
| Publisher |
If you subscribe to English Journal you can read the full article
Purchase this issue of English Journal
Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Grade Language Arts
English Journal 87.1 (January 1998): 92-95.Related Resources
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Graders
Students respond to a book they have read by thinking symbolically to create a business card for one of the characters.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students make bookmarks on computers and share their ideas with other readers at their school, while practicing summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews�all for an authentic audience.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students select a book to read based only on its cover art. After reading the book, they use an interactive tool to create a new cover for it.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students explore book covers of a variety of books then create a new cover for a book they have read.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students write resumes for historical fiction characters. They first explore help wanted ads to see what employers want, and then draft resumes for the characters they've chosen.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students must think critically to create comic strips highlighting six important scenes from a book they have read.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students explore familiar literary characters, usually first encountered as adults, but whose childhood stories are only told later. Students then create childhoods for adult characters from books of their choice.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students write a persuasive letter to the editor of a newspaper from a selected fictional character's perspective, focusing on a specific issue or situation explored in the novel.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students select a job listing for a character in a book they have read, then create a resume and application letter for that character.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Comic frames are traditionally used to illustrate a story in a short, concise format. In this lesson, students use a six-paneled comic strip frame to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they've read. Each panel retells a particular detail or explains a literary element (such as setting or character) from the story.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The list of ten things about Opal's absent mother that her father shares in Because of Winn-Dixie serves as inspiration for students to create their own lists describing literary characters.
Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
In this alternative book report, students identify the elements of fiction in books they have read by creating glogs, interactive multimedia posters, and then share their glogs.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students celebrate a novel they have read and get hands-on experience with technical writing by creating a board game based on the novel and writing the instructions for it.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students respond to a play they have read by creating a resume for one of its characters.
Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Grade 1st
Grades 4 – 7 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices that feature journeys by creating postcards one of the settings featured in their books.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Projectsmr. Mac's 6th Grader
Students identify the elements of fiction in a book they have read and share summaries of them by writing and illustrating their own mini-book.
