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Cereal Box Book Report
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After completing a reading unit, students will create a cereal box book report. This is an engaging, fun-to-make project where students need to write a book report on our current
literature unit – Stone Fox – using a cereal box to mimic the
look of a book cover.
Students will:
Need to bring a cereal box to school so that we can cover the entire box with a colored sheet of paper. Use the attached papers to put your report together. I have a sample in the classroom that the students have viewed. Make a creative book cover on the front of the cereal box that includes a title separate from the Title Outline. Be as creative as possible and use limited premade pictures. Paper cut-outs and hand drawn pictures have made some of the most creative covers yet. Use the Title Outline below to put on the top of your box. Use the Setting and Reporting Outlines to put on the right and left sides of your box. Finally, use the summary sheet to put on the back of your box.
Remember!
Use your personal-best handwriting when writing your ideas. You may want to make first and second drafts in a notebook before writing on the final project. Please talk with me if you have any questions about this project.
Top of Box: Cut out the Title Outline and place in on the top of your
cereal box.
Title of Book:____________________________________________________
Author: ______________________________________ # of Pages: _______
Name: ________________
Left Side of the Box – Setting
Use complete sentences to tell where and when the story takes place. You may find that there are many settings, mention them. For example, if you were using the story “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” you might write:
The cold wind and swirling snow rips through London during the year of 1964. In a tiny, one- bedroom, wooden house, our main character Charlie Bucket, lives with his parents and all four grandparents. However, once Charlie finds a golden ticket in a Wonka chocolate bar, he is greeted to a world opposite his own – the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory a place full of color, sweet fragrances, and whimsical adventures. Where/When: place - time of year or season
Right Side of the Box - Characters :
List the main characters and write a few sentences about each one. For example, if you were using the story “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” you might include the following characters: Charlie Bucket is a poor, hungry boy who always looks on the bright side of life. He is respectful towards everyone and will refuse to take an extra severing of food because it would deprive the others in his family. Charlie shows his generosity further when he wins a trip to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and invites his grandfather to go with him to share in the joy. Willy Wonka is the lively, but physically small owner of the town’s only chocolate factory. He can be both charming and insensitive, especially in the way he speaks to the five children that spend a day at his magical chocolate factory.
INGREDIENTS SETTING:
INGREDIENTS CHARACTERS:
Stone Fox Book Report Rubric Art - front of the box 10 points Art is the students own work with at most, one or two small images used from the computer Project is neat and turned in on time The cover relates to the story of their book The title of the book is on the front and is clear and easy to read Title Outline put in the correct location 5 points Title written correctly Author written correctly Number of pages is written Stars colored in Student name written neatly and correct Ingredients: Setting 10 points Section is glued on the left side of the box Complete sentences are used Sentences start with capital letters The setting includes: The town, state, season, mountains, year Ingredients: Characters (You may write about one or two characters) 10 points Section is glued on the right side of the box Describe the character and use evidence from the story to support your answer. Complete sentences Proper nouns are capitalized Use at least one of the following (4 points) Compound subject or compound predicate Compound sentence (FANBOY) Back Side of Book Report: Summary – remember not to give all the details of the story, stick to the main idea.
25 points
In the correct location Use the SWBST outline Somebody Wanted But So Then Spelling – minimal errors (Three maximum) Use one of each (4 points each) Compound subject or compound predicate Compound sentence (FANBOY)
This is only for helping you to organize your thoughts. Reflect on how we used it in class.
