Choose a book you have been reading aloud as a family or a new one to read together , so you can then walk through the template and process with them. If you are reading the book together, model how to take notes of important characters and plot points as you read. These notes will be great to reference later when writing the report.
Once you are finished reading and taking notes, grab your book report template and work through the process of putting together the report this printable makes it so easy! There are many options out there with ideas for creative and different styles of book reports I love these ideas from We Are Teachers , but if you are looking for a simple way for your elementary-aged student to organize their thoughts into a basic book report, these are for you.
They will see all of the important parts that need to go into their book reports, which will help them learn how to write effective reviews and recommendations. Grab it below when you join my subscriber list — I love to send out freebies, homeschool tips, inspiration and more as I go through my own homeschooling journey. Subscribe to my list and join thousands of other homeschool mamas looking for homeschool help, inspiration, and fun.
Your email address will not be published. Skip to content. Love it? Share it! Thank you for subscribing! Make a bullet list of the main takeaways from each chapter or topic along with the best supporting arguments. The key here is to avoid rambling. Remember, this is a summary.
You have two minutes to explain it to her before the bell rings and class starts. What do you include? What do you leave out? For fiction, mention anything someone would need to know about how the book is written for your summary to make sense—e.
The number of body paragraphs will depend on how many main ideas or plot points there are. For nonfiction, sum up all the main ideas into one overarching takeaway.
Notice how the fiction summary follows the structure of the plot, while the nonfiction summary is organized my main ideas. The more pages you read in between mini-summaries, the more likely you are to forget something important.
Always write while the info is fresh in your mind. If your summary gets too long, it loses its purpose. Hope this helps make writing book summaries a piece of cake! Sincerely, Mitch Glass. The third sentence should tell how many pages the book has and the name of the publisher. The fourth sentence can state basic bibliographic information about the book. Bibliographic information means not only the author and title but also what company published the book, what year it was published in and any other relevant information such as the edition and if the book has been translated, simplified or abridged.
The next sentence should state the reason s you decided to read this book. Why did you choose this particular book? Typical reasons might be: You like the author. You like this type of book i. Someone recommended the book to you. It was on a required reading list. You liked the cover. These reasons do not have to be complex. Most people choose the books they read because they like the author or somebody recommended it to them. If you chose the book because you like the author, then state why you like that author.
An optional sentence can be used if the cover back cover of the book gives you any additional information then add a sentence with that information. Was the book a best seller? Are there X million copies in print? Did it win any major awards? Main Character s Paragraph The first sentence of this paragraph should state who the main character or characters of the book are, and why they are important.
Refer to this person or these persons as the Main Character or Main Characters. You will need at least a complex sentence for this, and probably more than one sentence.
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