BOOK REPORT FORM

Independent Reading

Name: _________________________

Class: _________________________

Teacher: _______________________

Date: __________________________

Date you started reading: _____________________________

Date you finished reading: _____________________________

Title (underlined):_________________________________________________

Author: _________________________________________________________

1. TYPE OF BOOK (underline one) FICTION NON-FICTION

 What type of novel is it? (adventure, fantasy, historical, horror,

mystery, romance, science fiction, war story, western story, etc.)

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2. SETTING / PLACE: Be specific and use short "phrases" from the book
to back up your claim.

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3. SETTING / TIME: Again, be specific and use short "phrases" from the
book; list your clues!

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4. LEAD: Copy the first sentence in the book word for word. Use quotation
marks.

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5. PROTAGONIST: Who is the story or novel's central character? This

person may or may not be a hero.

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6. ANTAGONISTS: Who are the characters or forces that try to stop or

thwart the protagonist or main character? Identify them and show what
they do to block the protagonist. The antagonist can be a "force of nature
(as in Jack London's To Build a Fire, in which a man fights frigid weather
while trying to light a fire from a single match to keep from freezing to
death)."

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7. THE MAIN or CENTRAL CHARACTER: Identify the main character and

then follow the action of the book. Identify five main events in his or her
life and then show what is revealed about his/her character or personality.
FIND WORDS IN THE BOOK that indicate what kind of person he or she is
or his or her character whenever possible; use quotation marks to show
the difference between "ideas from the book" and your own ideas.
MAIN EVENTS AND CHARACTER:

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8. Identify the other important characters and provide physical and

emotional descriptions:

Physical and emotional

Important characters
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9. MY OPINION: Was the book worth your time? Would it be worth others
reading it? Does it help you: escape, think, walk in someone else's
shoes? Why? Explain your thoughts.

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10. GREAT QUOTE: Use quotation marks. Choose something the author,
or a character, says, that you would like to be able to say, just like that, in a
similar circumstance, or something VERY funny, sad or meaningful--
something that is true to life.

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11. WHAT REMINDED YOU OF THIS BOOK? When you were reading, you
SHOULD be relating it to something else you read or saw (a book, play,
short story, news story); AND/OR, relate the book to events you have
experienced or heard about, or have seen on television or at the movies.

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