Name: _________________________
Date: __________________________
Book Reports
At the top of your page, copy in red pencil the book report format below:
Title of Book: __________________________________________________________
Author: __________________________________________________________
Illustrator: __________________________________________________________
Follow the directions for each week. Write at least one paragraph for each activity, unless other
directions are given. Note: You will be reading the same book for weeks 1 – 5. Beginning with week
6, you will read a different book each week.
Week 1: Write about the setting of your book. Week 2: Write one or two problems that are solved
Where does this story take place? Describe in at the end of the book. How did the main character
detail and remember to put these sentences in feel at the end, and why? What did or didn’t you
the form of a paragraph. like about the ending?
Week 3: Write about your favorite character in Week 4: Choose a different character from your
the book. The first sentence should tell me book. Describe the character in a paragraph. Some
WHO your character is. Then, write about hints for what to include in your paragraph: age of
three details that describe your character. character, gender (male or female), height (tall or
Next, write about WHAT happens to this short), hair color, clothing usually worn in pictures
character. Last, write about WHY this or descriptions. Then, write about your character’s
character is your favorite. personality: nasty or nice, brave or cowardly,
helpful or hurtful. Use your book to help you find
adjectives that clearly describe your character.
Then, draw a picture of your character.
Week 5: Try to persuade someone else to read Week 6: Read a picture book to a younger brother
this book. Make your reasons for liking this or sister, or just read it to yourself. (Sometimes it is
book so convincing that others will want to fun to read a book that once was read to you!)
read it. Begin by writing something creative. Your book should take place in an unusual setting
For example: I just read the best book in the or include unusual characters. Write about what
library. you see in the pictures that tells you about the
setting or the characters.
Week 7: Choose a non-fiction book to read. Week 8: Choose a non-fiction book on dinosaurs.
Write 10 things you have learned from the non- Choose one kind of dinosaur and write a story
fiction book you chose. You can write this about a day in the life of this dinosaur. Notice what
information as a list. the dinosaur eats, and who its predators are. Is your
dinosaur male or female? What dies it spend its
day doing?
Week 9: Read another picture book. This Week 10: Write about your favorite book. It does
time, choose a character and describe the not have to be one you just read. How much do
character from the pictures in the book. you remember about this book? Briefly retell the
Record all the details you can about this story and explain why it is your favorite.
character’s appearance.
Name: _________________________
Date: __________________________
Newspaper Study Project
Instructions for our newspaper study project:
1. Each week, look in a newspaper and cut out the article you want to use. Tape or glue your
article to a sheet of lined paper.
2. Above the article, use a red pencil to record the following:
a. Title of article
b. Date of article
c. Source of article (Name of newspaper and section where found)
3. Write your answers on a separate piece of lined paper and staple behind the first page.
Note: You will need a highlighter or a colored pencil for this assignment.
Week 1: Follow the instructions above. Use Week 2: Follow the instructions above. Use your
your highlighter to identify all of the nouns in highlighter to identify all of the verbs in your
your article. (Remember: a noun is a person, article. (Remember: a verb shows action.) Use
place, or thing.) Make a list of 15 nouns, and five different verbs you identified in sentences that
symbolize them. you create.
Week 3: Check the advertisements in your Week 4: Look at the pet section of the classified
newspaper. Pretend that you have $1000. Pick ads. Make a list of 10 animals advertised. Write a
two to four items (furniture, or other household paragraph on which animal you would like to buy,
items) that you could purchase with your and a few reasons why.
$1000. Create a math problem to show the
total cost of these items.
Week 5: Cut out the weather map in the paper. Week 6: Find the comics. Read a few, and cut out
Highlight these cities in your newspaper and your favorite. Write a description of your favorite
write the temperature for each: comic character. Use many descriptive adjectives.
New York, New York Draw a picture of this character.
Reno, Nevada
Washington, DC
Chicago, Illinois
Miami, Florida
For each of these cities, write how much colder
or hotter it is than your city. Write a math
problem that shows the difference. (Use Los
Angeles, California, as your city.)
Week 7: Follow the instructions above, Week 8: Follow the instructions above. Use your
selecting a brief article. Use your highlighter highlighter to identify proper nouns. (Remember: a
to highlight all of the articles. (Remember: proper noun names a specific person, place, or
articles are a, an, and the.) Choose 10 thing.) Use five of the proper nouns in sentences
article/noun pairs from the article. Copy them that you create.
into a list and symbolize the articles and nouns.
Week 9: You now have $15.00. You need to Week 10: Find a picture in the newspaper that
go shopping for groceries. Find five items that looks interesting. Without reading the article, write
will total as close to $15.00 as you can get a paragraph that describes the picture
without going over. Show your math