Grade Nine Book Report
Select an age-appropriate book that you have never read and create a poster that includes each of the following. The poster needs to be large bristle board paper.
/2 Title and Author
/2 Information about the author including other books that he/she has published
/3 Setting – where, when and mood (general feeling a reader gets from the story).
/5 List of main characters, no more than five, with a short description for each – identify the protagonist (main character – hero) and the antagonist (the person or thing fighting against the protagonist).
/6 Conflict – list 3-5 conflicts from the story. Explain and label each. (person vs person, person vs self, person vs society, person vs nature)
/2 Point of View – state the point of view – the angle from which the story is told: first –person: one of the characters is telling the story using “I”; third-person: someone outside the story is telling it – She walked slowly, wishing she could turn. There are three types of third-person: omniscient (know all about every character), limited omniscient (know the thoughts and feelings of one character), and camera-view (objective and unemotional).
/10 Plot : exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Explain in sentences or use a diagram. Exposition is the beginning – often the initiating event (what gets the story going).
/5 Visuals – at least five pictures – that must be hand drawn (they may be traced)
/2 Description of favourite part
/2 Personal response to the book –
/3 Spelling, Capitalization, grammar
/3 Neatness and Overall Appearance
PRESENTATION:
/5 Volume
/5 Expression
/5 Eye Contact and Fluency
