8th Grade Book Report - Ms. Rhodes' English Classes



English Language Arts

Book Report Assignment

• The first book report is to create a blog about your HERO (8th Grade) or MAIN CHARACTER FROM YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY< BIOGRAPHY, OR MEMOIR (7th Grade) that is in your book. Please note that this required reading is in addition to any novels, short stories, or other materials we are reading as a whole class.

• Students will be required to complete four book reports during the school year. The 1st book report will be submitted on a BLOG at: RhodesEnglishClass. under Writing Everyday Counts- LOG INTO THE BLOG OF YOUR CLASS PERIOD. PUBLISH TO BOOK REPORT ON THE BLOG.

• The first book report will be due in October 15th, 2014

Below is a summary of the assignments for the book reports. Specific dates will be assigned and more detailed descriptions of assignments will be distributed closer to each due date.

|Month |Assignment |Type of Book |

|October |Create a Social Networking Profile |8th- HERO BOOK |

|Due: October 15th, 2014 |(for a character) |7th- AUTOBIOGRAPHY. MEMOIR, OR |

| | |BIOGRAPHY |

Book Report

Create a Social Networking Profile

Directions:

1. Choose a book to read for this book report.

2. Choose a character to analyze and use to create a social networking profile.

4. On the class blog, please complete a pretend social networking site for your HERO (8th GRADE) or MAIN CHARACTER (7th GRADE)

A. An original title for your social networking page (not the title of the book, name of the character, or the title of any existing social networking pages)

B. The name of your character

C. Image

D. *Quote or Greeting

E. *Song Now Playing (titles of songs are in quotation marks)

F. *My Latest Blog Entry (A BLOG YOUR CHARACTER WOULD WRITE- WATCH YOUR GRAMMAR!)

G. *About Me – 2 PARAGRAPHS 5 SENTENCES EACH. (WATCH YOUR GRAMMAR.)

H. *My Interests and Favorites – 1 PARAGRAPH

I. *Citing the book: The title of the book you have read (underline the title if you use handwriting; italicize the title if you type) and the first & last name of the author

J. *The Theme of My Life- (What was the theme of the book? What did your character learn overall as the life lesson? - 1 PARAGRAPH 5 SENTENCES STATING THE THEME AND WHY IT WAS THE THEME.)

5. Write in first person point of view, as if the character was writing about him or herself.

6. All information should be based on the book. Do not simply make up ideas that are not based on the book.

7. The more you write about, the more likely your grade will improve, as long as the information is appropriate and accurate.

8. The assignment must be turned in on time! – 10/15/14 for credit ON THE CLASS BLOG. Go to:

RhodesEnglishclass.

CLICK ON THE TOP LINK: WRITING EVERYDAY COUNTS!

CLICK ON THE BLOG FOR YOUR CLASS PERIOD

LOG IN ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER (you wrote your password and login down in your planner.)-

TYPE YOUR BLOG- SAVE AS YOU GO!!!!!!!

SUBMIT YOUR TYPED BLOG WITH A PICTURE (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A-J COMPLETE)

Original Title for the Social Networking Page

Character’s Name

|Image |A Quote/Greeting |

|-Draw or select an image of your character. |-Add a quote or greeting, which represents something the |

| |character might say. This might also be a way of welcoming |

| |visitors to the page. |

|Song Now Playing |About Me |

|-Choose the title of an appropriate song that might reflect the |Describe facts about the character such as: personality, heroes, |

|mood of the character at some point in the book. Consider the |job or status, inspirations, goals, fears, conflicts, friends, |

|sound of the music, as well as the meaning of the lyrics. Put the|and/or family. Think of the comments here as way to introduce the|

|title of the song in quotation marks. |character to someone who is unfamiliar with him or her. |

|My Latest Blog Entry |My Interests and Favorites |

|Have your character respond to a particular incident in the book.|Choose a few categories to describe some of the character’s |

|Briefly describe what happened, how the character responded, and |favorite things. If the book tells you particular things the |

|what the character plans to do next. |character likes, such as hobbies, certain food, or a book, |

| |include those. However, you can also infer what the character |

| |might like or prefer, based on the book. You can also include |

| |dislikes. |

|The Theme of My Life |

|Discuss at least one theme that relates to the character’s life, as evidenced in the book. Use at least 3 details from the book to |

|support your theme. |

| |

|Citing the Book |

|The title of the book you have read (underline the title if you use handwriting; italicize |

|the title if you type) and the first and last name of the author |

Book Report

Create a Social Networking Profile

Name: period:

Assignment turned in on time with the rubric and parent signature form complete

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Includes the following:

A. An original title for your social networking page (not the title of the book, name of the character, or the title of any existing social networking pages)

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B. The name of your character

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C. Image

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D. *Quote or Greeting

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E. *Song Now Playing (in quotation marks)

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F. *My Latest Blog Entry

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G. *About Me

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H. *My Interests and Favorites

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I. *Citing the character: The title of the book you have read (underline the title if you use handwriting; italicize the title if you type) and the first & last name of the author

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J.*The Theme of My Life

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*The more you write about, the more likely your grade will improve, as long as the information is appropriate and accurate, and based on the book. Feel free to add other pictures and images.

Written in first person point of view

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Total: _______/ points

Student’s name: ____________________________________________________

Book report book: __________________________________________________

I am signing that my child read at least 150 pages the 1st 9 weeks of school.

Parent signature: _____________________________________________________________

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