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Task — Writing a book report

1 Write some notes about a book.

|Why did you choose the book? | |

|Use the past tense. | |

|What is the book about? |

|Main characters | |

|Write the names of the characters. | |

|Write adjectives to describe the characters. | |

|Use the present tense. | |

|Summary of the story |Beginning: |

|Use the present tense. | |

| |Middle: |

| | |

| |Ending: |

|What did you like / dislike about the book? |

|Use ‘-ing’ adjectives to talk about the book | |

|Use the past tense. | |

|Use ‘-ed’ adjectives to talk about how you felt | |

|Use the past tense. | |

|3 Write about your favourite character | |

|Use the past tense. | |

|You may also write about | |

|what you have learnt from the book | |

|the best / worst part of the book | |

|What would you do if you were the characters? |

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2 Write a book report using your notes.

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|Book Report |

|Title : ___________________________________________________________________ |

|Author : ___________________________________________________________________ |

|Why did you choose this book? |

|I chose this book because _____________________________________________________ . |

|What is the book about? |

|The book is about ____________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|What did you like / dislike about the book? |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|What would you do if you were the characters? |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

|___________________________________________________________________________ |

Checklist for Ch 6 Task

Check your writing and tick (().

|Checking for myself |( ( |( |( |

|I can use my own words to write ideas using a table. | | | |

|I can turn my ideas into sentences to write a book report. | | | |

|I spelt all the words correctly (checked spellings using the textbook or dictionary). | | | |

|I used complete sentences. | | | |

|I used the simple present tense correctly to write a summary of the book (e.g. This book| | | |

|is about a princess who eats the Queen’s apple and faints.). | | | |

|I used the past tense correctly to write my comments (e.g. I thought the plot was | | | |

|interesting.). | | | |

|I used -ed adjectives and -ing adjectives correctly. (e.g. I was moved. The plot was | | | |

|surprising. ). | | | |

|I used If I were …, I would … correctly to talk about imaginary situations. | | | |

Now ask your partner to check your writing and tick (().

|Checking by ( ____________________ ) |( ( |( |( |

|Do I understand my partner’s writing? | | | |

|Did my partner spell all the words correctly? | | | |

|Did my partner use complete sentences? | | | |

|Did my partner use the simple present tense correctly to write a summary of the book? | | | |

|Did my partner use the past tense correctly to write his / her comments? | | | |

|Did my partner use -ed adjectives and -ing adjectives correctly? | | | |

|Did my partner use If I were …, I would … correctly to talk about imaginary situations? | | | |

Remember to make changes to your writing before you hand it in.

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Use If I were …, I would …

a / an (adj.) man / woman / … who (phrase about what the character does)

Link your ideas using words like because, but, so, who or which.

Be careful of the tenses you use.

Also think of a sentence to

describe the characters.

A man / woman / girl /

boy / animal?

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