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Paper Bag Book Report
This is a fun alternative to the standard book report, whichmany students have come to know and hate. It can be used withany story or novel and includes the main elements of setting,plot, characters and theme. Students really enjoy this form of assessment as a change and are usually excited to share theirwork. Therefore, this is a perfect opportunity to also address oralpresentation skills of speaking and listening, in addition to thecomprehension and presentation of the main story elements.
Other bonuses to the paper bag book report:
-Students enjoy it
-It is easily adaptable to any grade level
- Its quick and easy to assess
-You can change the assignment to include: an example of figurativelanguage - a metaphor, simile from the novel, a favorite quote with anillustration, an important quote from a character whatever you choose tofocus on
-Requires students to provide the necessary information in a small area therefore they need to cut to the chase and must truly understand the story
-Can be adapted to other areas:
* You could complete a poetry report where students present theirfavorite line(s) from the poem other titles by the same author, goodexamples of descriptive language etc.; in addition to items inside the bagthat represent the main idea(s) from the poem
*You could also use this assignment to assess non-fiction topics:social studies content, science concepts, healthy eating etc.
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-It makes a nice display when complete
Paper Bag Book Report
You will be completing a paper bag bookreport as an assessment for this novel/story.
On the Outside.
For this book report, you must consider each the following:setting, plot, main character, and theme.
There are four panels on a paper bag. You will be expected todedicate one panel of your brown paper bag to each of these fourelements.
1. For the setting, you must include the time and place (if there is morethan one time/place include those too). As well, you must create asmall illustration to add to this panel that illustrates one of the mainsettings in the novel.
2. You must summarize the plot in a few sentences keep it short andsweet. Many times, this is more difficult than writing a lengthydescription.
3. Tell about the main character on the third panel. Do not focus on thephysical and the obvious. Tell how this character changed throughoutthe story. What happened to him/her to cause this change etc.? You
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can include the obvious information(family background, physical traitsetc.). However, dont include ONLY thisinformation. As well , list the other
major/minor characters in the story byname on this panel.
4. The final panel must be about thetheme of the book. What is the
theme(s) and what are your feelings about the message in this novel?
The information for each panel must be neatlywritten/typed on a small piece of paper andglued/taped to the bag. You wont need any more than aparagraph or so for each panel.
Drawings/visuals are welcome, butoptional
Be sure to include the title of the novel, author andyour name clearly on the outside of the bag
On the Inside
You must include 10 items in your bag that have somesignificance to the story. Be imaginativeThink outside of the
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box. You can use toys, modeling clay, or anything else that mayrepresent something important from the story. Make sure eachitem that you pick is unique and include a one sentencedescriptor attached to the item about its significance.
You will be expected to share your book report with theclass (inside and out) and will be marked on: inclusion of the setting, plot, major character, theme and conventions(for the outside of the bag), your ten items inside the bagand your overall speaking/listening skills during the
presentation. This will give you a total mark out of 50 for
this book report.
Have fun and do your best!
Name: ____________________ Date:_____________
Paper Bag Book Report Rubric
Category 4 Excellent 3 - Good 2 Fair 1 - InadequateSetting Includes ALL
settings andtimes that were
important to thebook, as well asan appropriateillustration
Includes most of settings andtimes that were
important to thebook, as well asan appropriateillustration
Includes eithersome settingsand times that
were importantto the book oran appropriateillustration
Includesincorrect orincomplete
settings/timesand/or anincompleteillustration
Plot Includes ALL keyevents to story,without retellingthe entire book;includes onlythe mostnecessaryinformation
Includes mostkey events tostory, withoutretelling theentire book;includes onlythe mostnecessaryinformation
Includes somekey events tostory, butexcludes otherimportantevents
Includes aninadequateexplanation of the plot,excluding manyof the keyevents
MainCharacter Includes ALLimportantinformationabout the maincharacter(including hows/he changedover the courseof the story, as
Includes mostimportantinformationabout the maincharacter(including hows/he changedover the courseof the story, as
Includes someimportantinformationabout the maincharacter, butexcludes otherInformation
ALSO, names
Includes littleimportantinformationabout the maincharacter ORchooses a minorcharacter ratherthan the maincharacter
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well as the moreobviouscharacter traits)
ALSO, namesALL other major
and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story
well as the moreobviouscharacter traits)
ALSO, namesmost/all other
major and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story
some othermajor and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story
May or may notinclude othermajor and minorcharacters thatwere discussed
in the story
Theme Includes acompletedescription of the theme(s) of the book AND awell explainedpersonal opinionconcerning thetheme(s)
Includes a gooddescription of the theme(s) of the book AND awell explainedpersonal opinionconcerning thetheme(s)
Includes someinformationabout thetheme(s) of thebook, but omitsthe personalopinion aboutthe theme(s)
Includesincomplete/inaccurateinformationabout thetheme(s) andmay or may notinclude anopinion about
the theme(s)Conventions All spelling andpunctuation iscorrect; title,author andname areincluded
Most spellingand punctuationis correct; title,author andname areincluded
There are manyerrors withconventions;title, author andname areincluded
There aremultiple errorswithconventions; keyinformationmissing
On the Inside: Students will receive one mark for each unique item that theyhave included inside the paper bags for a total of ten marks (Be sure to labeleach with a sentence strip)
Total: _____
A note about the oralpresentation:
It's not necessary to have the students all presentto the whole class. If you know that you'll haveopportunities to record oral presentation skills asanother time in the term, you can try thefollowing, more stream-lined option.
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-Have students break into smaller groups, perhaps3-4 groups, depending on class size and spreadout around the room.
-Students then present to their own smaller groupof 6 -10 students (you can even number studentsso that they know their presentation order).
-Students still need to present effectively in frontof the group (in correspondence with the rubric)but should be less nervous as it's to a muchsmaller group.
-You should be able to gather data on at least half of the class during the presentations.
-You should play the role of "timer" so that onepresentation doesn't drag on for 10 minutes.
-While you are observing presentations andscoring with the rubric, you also need to takenotes on the active listening of the other studentsin the group. Make sure students know that you'll
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be watching them and marking them on theirlistening skills.
-The other members of each group should have apeer assessment task to complete while eachstudent presents. The most simple way to do this,is to ask each student to write what the studentdid a good job of during the presentation (theycan use the rubric to guide them) and what
content and ideas they liked and ONE thing thatthe student could have done differently. They canwrite these down, share them and/or give thewritten copy to the presenter at the end.
Make sure that everyone knows that this ONEthing for improvement is for the everyone's good,because no one is perfect. It is meant to be helpful
NOT to hurt anyone's feelings.
Oral Presentation Rubric
Category 4 Excellent 3 - Good 2 - Fair 1 Inadequate
Eye contact Maintained Maintained Maintained Avoided eyehttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krystal-Mills
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excellent eyecontact forthe entirepresentation
good eyecontact for theentirepresentation
some eyecontactduring thepresentation
contact
Confidence andPreparation
Showed ahigh level of confidenceand wasready topresent
Showed someconfidence andwas ready topresent
Was notready topresent, butwassomewhatconfidentwithoutpreparation
Lackedconfidence;wasnt readyto present
Volume of Voice
Appropriatevolume andtone of voicefor the entirepresentation
Appropriatevolume andtone of voicefor most of thepresentation
Appropriatevolume andtone of voiceafterintervention
from theteacher
Inappropriatevolume/toneof voice evenafterintervention
from theteacherActive Listening Listened
actively forALL of thepresenters
Listenedactively formost of thepresenters
Listenedactively forsome of thepresenters
Had to beasked tolisten moreactively
AppropriateQuestions/Comments
Asked morethan onequestion/commentduring thepresentations
Asked onequestion/comment during thepresentations
Did notvolunteer aquestion/commentduring thepresentations
Askedinappropriatequestion/off topiccomment
Total ____
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TotalMark:___
Observation NotesStudent Name
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