March Break is here (and assignments are not far away)
All classes have a Creative Writing assignment due the week we get back to classes. Part one of the assignment is due the very Monday. I will post a copy of the assignment shortly. All students have a hard copy.
Please take some time to read your silent reading novels as the Book Report is due April 18th. The specs follow. HAVE A GREAT BREAK.
Book Reports
The book reports have a desired and required format to follow.
It is to be one flowing essay with no subtitles or sections. No "I"--third person only. It is the facts of your book.
There are four required sections:
1) introduction --name of book, author, setting, main characters, general impression of book
2) character sketches of main characters=each main character needs one 5 paragraph sketch consisting of: introduction, physical description (sex, strengths, abilities, disabilities, anything about the body), mental/emotional description (smart, disabled, bubbly, personality, depression, anything about inner self), social life (status, popular/loner, relationships, jobs, etc., anything relating to outside interactions), and conclusion.
3) Plot summary-a few paragraphs telling me the main plot points. I insist on a detailed description of any and all conflicts, not just saying "man vs. man", etc. Also there must be a mention of the climax.
4) Conclusion (which includes your recommendation for the book). There should be no use of the first person. It should be a judgment of the book. "This novel was exciting and the author captured (whatever) from the start" or "This novel was too young for teens and the events were not very interesting" for example.
Typed, 12 font- no larger
Times New Roman
1 inch margins
double spaced
Title page PAPER MUST FOLLOW THE "WRITE STUFF" found on the BMHS site and this site
Please take some time to read your silent reading novels as the Book Report is due April 18th. The specs follow. HAVE A GREAT BREAK.
Book Reports
The book reports have a desired and required format to follow.
It is to be one flowing essay with no subtitles or sections. No "I"--third person only. It is the facts of your book.
There are four required sections:
1) introduction --name of book, author, setting, main characters, general impression of book
2) character sketches of main characters=each main character needs one 5 paragraph sketch consisting of: introduction, physical description (sex, strengths, abilities, disabilities, anything about the body), mental/emotional description (smart, disabled, bubbly, personality, depression, anything about inner self), social life (status, popular/loner, relationships, jobs, etc., anything relating to outside interactions), and conclusion.
3) Plot summary-a few paragraphs telling me the main plot points. I insist on a detailed description of any and all conflicts, not just saying "man vs. man", etc. Also there must be a mention of the climax.
4) Conclusion (which includes your recommendation for the book). There should be no use of the first person. It should be a judgment of the book. "This novel was exciting and the author captured (whatever) from the start" or "This novel was too young for teens and the events were not very interesting" for example.
Typed, 12 font- no larger
Times New Roman
1 inch margins
double spaced
Title page PAPER MUST FOLLOW THE "WRITE STUFF" found on the BMHS site and this site
posted by Mrs. Natasha LeBlanc at 4:26 AM
