Paper Bag Book Report

PAPER BAG BOOK REPORT You need to have a brown paper bag 1. Inside the paper bag there should be 6 to 10 items that represent significant events or characters from the book. (An example: Goldilocks and the Three Bears you might put in a spoon, thermometer, ad for running shoes, a piece of doll furniture.) 2. On the paper bag draw a scene from the book which you will explain during the class presentation. 3. Also on the paper bag the following information must included: Title of the book, author, publishing company, date of publication, your name and date. 4. On a separate page of paper, give a summary of the story which should include the “5 W’s - Who? What? Where? When? Why? (1 pages).

GRADING RUBRIC CATEGORY 4 –A 3 – B 2 – C 1 -D Knowledge Can accurately tell Can accurately tell Can accurately tell Has trouble author, illustrator, title author, title and title and favorite part remembering title and favorite part of favorite part of story of story without prompting. story

Voice Always speaks Usually speaks Usually speaks loudly Speaks too softly or loudly, slowly and loudly, slowly and and clearly. Speaks mumbles. The clearly. Is easily clearly. Is easily so fast sometimes audience often has understood by all understood by all that audience has trouble understanding. audience members audience members trouble all the time almost all the time. understanding.

Listens to Always listens Usually listens Usually listens to Does not listen Others attentively to other attentively to other other storytellers, but attentively. Tries to storytellers. Is polite storytellers. Rarely sometimes appears distract the and does not appear appears bored and bored. Might once or storytellers, makes fun bored or make never makes twice accidentally of them, or does other distracting gestures distracting gestures make a gesture or things instead of or sounds. or sounds. sound that is listening. distracting. Knows the Story The storyteller knows The storyteller knows The storyteller knows The storyteller could the story well and the story pretty well some of the story, but not tell the story has obviously and has practiced did not appear to without using notes. practiced telling the telling the story once have practiced. The story several times. or twice. The speaker appears ill- The speaker speaks speaker is relatively at-ease. with confidence. confident. project Student has all Student includes all Student has all but Student student has requirements. but one requirement. two requirements. more than 2 requirements missing.

. Book Report Due October 6, 2008