Thursday, July 3, 2008

8th Grade Post, Language Arts Book Report Format

Here is the Summer Book Report Format, follow it clearly. You must complete three reports with books containing at least 100 pages (No Illustrated Classics). If you have any questions just reply and I will check on my blog periodically.


Reading Book Analysis

Instructions
1. This Book Report consists of three separate pages
2. Type or write out the questions and the complete answers under the question.

Page Topic
1 Character Analysis- Personality Traits & Physical features
2 Handout questions
3 Paragraph of your opinion


Character Analysis (Page 1)
1. Characters’ Name:
2. Personality Traits:
3. Physical Features: (if none write, “None provided”)



Handout Questions (Page 2)
1. Title of the book:
2. Author:
3. Copyright date:
4. Name of the main characters:
5. Theme of the story for example: Mystery, Adventure, Comedy, etc.:
6. Plot: what was it about- Synopsis (meaning) summary of the book- No More Than One (Paragraph, 8-12 sentences)
7. Climax: what was the high point of the story- major event
8. Resolution: ending, or solution, or outcome
9. Would you change anything about the story?
10. Why?- related to number 9



Opinion (Page 3)- Paragraph Format, 8-12 sentences
· What did you like best about the book? Why?
· What did you least like about it? Why?
· What part truly got your attention?
· Did you visualize what you were reading while you were reading? Explain how.
· Would you recommend this book? Why?

47 comments:

Anonymous said...

CADNESS. But it has to be done.

Anonymous said...

mr manjarezs,
I already read tell them we remember the story of the holocast but it isn't 100 pages please check out the book. if it is good can i do it as a report?
-Alexis C.

Anonymous said...

Alexis,
This is Mr. Manjarrez. I looked at the page count for you book and it looks like there are only 42 pages in this book. That is not enough, I'm sorry but you must complete a report on another book.
P.S. Does your Mom need to talk to me, I read the note.

Anonymous said...

yes she does she did call the office. -Alexis C.

Anonymous said...

for the Character Analysis what character do we do? the main character or anyone?

Anonymous said...

This is Mr. Manjarrez. For the character analysis you must work on the main characters. Use your good judgement. Usually there are at least 3 main characters to each story but make sure you cover all of the main characters.

Anonymous said...

umm,can someone put down a few of the books that are on the summer reading list i lost mine!!!!!

Anonymous said...

figures... i knew it would be more then 2 book reports lol. FOB :) and what if a book has like 109 pages but like 7 of them are pics? thanks

-chris

Anonymous said...

so do we need 3 pages for each seperate book report???

Anonymous said...

mr.manjarrez,
do we have to do the books from the reading list, or can we choose any book we want, that has more than 100 pg.

Anonymous said...

if we can type it, is their a specific size font u want us to use?

Anonymous said...

how will u be grading the reports?

Anonymous said...

so do we do 3 pages for each book?
for example PG.1 CHRACTER ANALYSIS
PG.2 HANDOUT QUESTIONS PG.3 PARAGRAGH OF OPINION. like this for each book?

Anonymous said...

will we be graded on our spelling and grammar?

Anonymous said...

can we read any book but at least has to be 100 pages

also does each bookreport need 3 pages

Anonymous said...

This is Mr. Manjarrez everyone.
You can only work on the books from the reading list. As long as the books are about 100 pages it is O.K. Yes the report should be 3 separate pages. If typed, the report should be 12 Font, Times New Roman. As long as each report has the necessary parts I posted from the blog you will receive full credit, and yes you must do all three pages/parts for each book. Spelling and grammar do count, so I would recommend using the computer to complete your report.

Anonymous said...

Mr. manjarrez for the character analysis do we do only one character? beacuse i am done i just wanted to make sure.

Anonymous said...

Nooo

I was hoping for at least 2 but not 3.
But oh well im done with 1 of them =D

Thanks for finally posting it!

-Daniel Peña

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr.Manjarrez?

I recently got 2 of the 3 books needed for the book report. And since i have camp next week i was wondering; since i was reading the book "bull run" it consists of 16 points of views and i wanted to know if i have to describe all of them?

Anonymous said...

This is Mr. Manjarrez,
Just describe half of the points of view in the plot.

Anonymous said...

Mr. manjarrez for the character analysis do we do only one character? beacuse i am done i just wanted to make sure.

Anonymous said...

For opinion(page 3)is only supposed to be one paragraph

Anonymous said...

do we title page

Anonymous said...

does all the pages need paragraphs
or listing (example)

title: ldksdl
or
the title is skdjsk

Anonymous said...

do we need a title page

Anonymous said...

how long does each page have to be

Anonymous said...

for character analysis(page 1)
isnt it going to be really short
or do we put it in paragraphs?

Anonymous said...

This is Mr. Manjarrez
The first page must contain at least 3 characters, so if that is all you have then it is just 1 page. Page 3 is in paragraph form, there is no title page and as long as you do the required parts it will only be one page per part.

Anonymous said...

Is each page in paragraph form or
listing

Anonymous said...

MADNESS!!! How's everyone doing on it?

Anonymous said...

Mr. Manjarrez,
I'm doing Cheaper By The Dozen for my book report. There are at least 14 main characters in the story. Do I have to do all 14 or can I just do 5 or 6?

-aimee

Anonymous said...

post a comment peopple

Anonymous said...

mr.manjarrez,
you replied to a comment saying
" there is no title page ". is it ok if we do a title page, cause i already finished my book reports, and i did title pages for all three of them.

Anonymous said...

could we do double space
or does it have to be single?

Anonymous said...

How many books do we have to read?
And what if cant fit the whole summary on page 2? Do we add another page?

Anonymous said...

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have fun

Anonymous said...

mr. marnjarrez i also checked out the story bull run and was wondering do i only describe have of the character?

Anonymous said...

do we do only one paragraph for page three in the reports

Anonymous said...

only 8-12 sentences

Anonymous said...

how many books do we have to do?

Anonymous said...

three

Anonymous said...

mr manjarrez i am also
doing cheaper by the dozen
how many characters do i have to use?

Anonymous said...

Thomas, I tryed to get the info for you. Tomarrow I will.

Anonymous said...

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This is Ashley Tovar from the fifth grade. My mom and I visited your blog and enjoyed every picture from your trip to Rome.I hope you had a lot of fun! Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.
Your Student,
Ashley

Anonymous said...

Hi Ashley, this is Mr. Manjarrez. Thank you for the great comment. I'll see you soon and don't forget that we'll be using this website soon.

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