Name ______________________ Period ____ Date ___________
Below
you will find several choices for your Mystery/Fantasy Book Report.
Choose ONE and complete the assignment thoroughly.
1)
Create a life-sized model of your favorite character and dress him/her as
she/he is dressed in the book. You will write a BRIEF summary about your novel
and a paragraph about the character you choose for your model.
USE the checklist and rubric below to help you write this report.
|
Paragraph
1 |
Yes,
I did it |
|
Brief
summary (a paragraph) about the novel you read.
Remember a summary gives you an overview of what the book is about. |
You
Parent _______
_______ |
Paragraph 2 |
Yes,
I did it |
|
At
least 2 traits your character possessed and how it affected them in your
book; you must give specific details from the book about your character. |
You
Parent _______
_______ |
2)
Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood,
clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object. You will write
two paragraphs about the character that MUST include but are not limited to:
|
Paragraph
1 |
Yes,
I did it |
|
Brief
summary about the novel you read. Remember
a summary gives you an overview of what the book is about. |
You
Parent _______
_______ |
Paragraph 2 |
Yes,
I did it |
|
At
least 2 traits your character possessed and how it affected them in your
book; you must give specific details from the book about your character. |
You
Parent _______
_______ |
3)
Interview a character from your book. Write at least ten questions
that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and
feelings about his/her role in the story. These ten questions must also be
answered as the character using information from the book you just read.
Use the checklist below to guide you:
|
What
I MUST have |
I have it |
|
10
questions interviewing one of the main characters (deep thinking
questions) |
You Parent _______
_______ |
|
10
answers to the 10 questions in your character’s tone (how you think they
might have answered the question) |
You Parent _______
_______ |
|
One
paragraph wrapping up the interview |
You
Parent _______
_______ |
I
will be working on project number __________.
I understand all that is expected of me to complete this project and if I
have any questions I will ask my teacher well before the project is due.
My
project is due ________________
Student’s
signature ________________________
Parent’s
signature _________________________
Date ___________
Good
Luck and I can not wait to see what you decide to do!!!!
|
CATEGORY
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Size
of Model |
Life
size model of character from your novel. For example: If you read the book
Peter Pan and you make a model of Tinkerbelle, it would be smaller than a
model of Peter Pan. |
Close
to life size model of character in your novel. |
Half
the size of the character from your novel. |
Smaller
than half the size of the character from your novel. |
|
|
Attractiveness
and Craftsmanship
|
The
model shows that the creator was took great pride in his/her work. The
design and construction look carefully planned. The item is neat (free of
unwanted bumps, drips, marks, and tears). |
The
model shows that the creator took pride in his/her work. The design and
construction look planned. The item has a few flaws (unwanted bumps,
drips, marks, tears), but these do not detract from the overall look. |
The
design and construction were planned. The item has several flaws (unwanted
bumps, drips, marks, tears), that detract from the overall look. |
The
model looks thrown together at the last minute. It appears that little
design or planning was done. Craftsmanship is poor. |
|
|
Summary
of novel (paragraph 1) |
Brief
summary giving an overview of the novel. Some of the important parts may
be highlighted in the summary (paragraph long, about 11 sentences) |
Brief
summary giving an overview of the novel. One-two important parts are
highlighted (paragraph long, about 11 sentences) |
Summary
giving information about the novel. Too many parts highlighted, too much
information given. |
A
retelling of exactly what happened during the whole story. |
|
|
Character
traits (paragraph 2) |
At
least 2 traits your character possessed and how it affected them in your
book; specific details from the book about your character are given. |
At
least 2 character traits your character possessed and how it affected them
in your book. Some specific details from the book about your character are
given. |
One
character trait described and little detail about the character from the
novel. |
No
character trait described and little detail about the character from the
novel. |
|
|
Mechanics
|
No
grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. |
Almost
no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors |
A few
grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors |
Many
grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
|
|
CATEGORY
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Sculpture
|
Sculpture
of character from your novel made out of the materials listed on the
sheet, or discussed with your teacher. |
Sculpture
of model out of a material not on the sheet and not discussed with your
teacher. |
Tried
to make a complete sculpture. |
No
sculpture handed in to teacher |
|
Attractiveness
and Craftsmanship
|
The
sculpture shows that the creator was took great pride in his/her work. The
design and construction look carefully planned. The item is neat (free of
unwanted bumps, drips, marks, and tears). |
The
sculpture shows that the creator took pride in his/her work. The design
and construction look planned. The item has a few flaws (unwanted bumps,
drips, marks, tears), but these do not detract from the overall look. |
The
design and construction were planned. The item has several flaws (unwanted
bumps, drips, marks, tears), that detract from the overall look. |
The
sculpture looks thrown together at the last minute. It appears that little
design or planning was done. Craftsmanship is poor. |
|
Summary
of novel (paragraph 1) |
Brief
summary giving an overview of the novel. Some of the important parts may
be highlighted in the summary (paragraph long, about 11 sentences) |
Brief
summary giving an overview of the novel. One-two important parts are
highlighted (paragraph long, about 11 sentences) |
Summary
giving information about the novel. Too many parts highlighted, too much
information given. |
A
retelling of exactly what happened during the whole story. |
|
Character
traits (paragraph 2) |
At
least 2 traits your character possessed and how it affected them in your
book; specific details from the book about your character are given. |
At
least 2 character traits your character possessed and how it affected them
in your book. Some specific details from the book about your character are
given. |
One
character trait described and little detail about the character from the
novel. |
No
character trait described and little detail about the character from the
novel. |
|
Mechanics
|
No
grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. |
Almost
no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors |
A few
grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors |
Many
grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
Interview
Rubric
|
CATEGORY
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Grammar
& spelling (conventions) |
Writer
makes no errors in grammar or spelling. |
Writer
makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling. |
Writer
makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling |
Writer
makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling. |
|
Ideas
|
Ideas
were expressed in a clear and organized fashion.
At least 8-10 deep thinking questions were asked. |
Ideas
were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but only 6-7 deep thinking
questions were asked. |
Ideas
were somewhat organized, but only 5 deep thinking questions were asked. |
Ideas
were somewhat organized, but only 4 or fewer deep thinking questions were
asked. |
|
Interview |
10
questions asked, 10 clear responses given. |
10
questions asked, 10 responses given, few answers may be vague. |
10
questions asked, 10 responses given, some answers may be vague. |
10
questions asked, 10 responses given, many responses are vague. |
|
Capitalization
and Punctuation |
Writer
makes no errors in capitalization and punctuation. |
Writer
makes 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation. |
Writer
makes 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation. |
Writer
makes more than 4 errors in capitalization and punctuation. |
|
Wrapping
up Interview |
One
paragraph wrapping up the interview (11 sentences). |
One
paragraph wrapping up the interview (9-10 sentences). |
One
paragraph wrapping up the interview (6-8 sentences). |
One
paragraph wrapping up the interview (5 or few sentences). |