Book Report Blog Project
Grade 9 and 10
Semester 2
300 points total
****Choose 1 (50 points total)****
1. Video – create a video representation of your book. Your video must be 1 to 3 minutes long (no longer)
and should either recreate a scene from your book, act as a trailer for a movie version, or depict an
epilogue to the book.
2. Character Memes – Choose 5 characters from your book and make a meme for each character. The
meme must be about a Student Learner Outcome that the character did or did not achieve. You must also
include the character’s name, description (with age and physical description) ALONGSIDE the meme.
3. Literary Device Game – Create a game for your viewers to match literary devices with quotes from the
book (5 minimum). You can use Quizlet, Kahoot, or another website that you can link to your blog. The
game should be a matching of literary terms with quotes and page numbers from your book.
****Choose 2 -- you cannot choose 2 from the same genre****
Each option should be 500 words minimum (100 points each = 200 points total)
****Each option needs to be completed with a short paragraph explaining how the Drama/Epic/Myth/Fiction
relates to the original story – this paragraph is in addition to the 500-word requirement.****
1. Drama
a. Scene – Choose one scene from your book and turn it into a play.
b. Monologue or Soliloquy – Write a monologue that the main character would have said to a group
of people or to themselves.
2. Epic or Myth
a. Myth or Epic – Turn your book into a myth or an epic. What monsters does the main character
fight? What gods or goddesses would be involved?
b. Archetypes – explain the archetypes in your book. What archetypes do the characters represent?
Choose 5 characters and explain what archetypes they represent. Define the archetype and
provide a quote from the character that shows how they represent that archetype.
3. Fiction
a. Fan Fiction – A work of fiction based on characters or settings originating in another work,
created by fans of the original work
b. Change in Perspective – Choose a scene from the book and write the scene from a different
character’s perspective.
Organization (50 points total)
You will also be graded on the organization and readability of your project on Sharepoint. Your project should
be easy to navigate and pleasing to the eye. Each project requirement should be clearly labeled and easy to find.
Book Report Blog Project Rubric
Category/Standard Does Not Meet Meets Expectation Exceeds Expectation
Video Summary The video represents the
(AERO ELA 9/10 LS. 4a book authentically,
Present information, creatively, and clearly. The
findings, and supporting video accurately portrays the
evidence clearly, concisely, book and meets the length
and logically such that requirement (1-3 minutes
listeners can follow the line long).
of reasoning and the
organization, development,
substance, and style are
appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.)
Character Memes The memes were about
(AERO ELA 9/10 RL. 3 Student Learner Outcomes
Analyze how complex that the characters did or did
characters (e.g., those with not achieve (5 memes total
multiple or conflicting for 5 different characters).
motivations) develop over They included the
the course of a text, interact character’s name and
with other characters, and description (age and
advance the plot or develop physical description)
the theme.) ALONGSIDE the meme.
Literary Device The game matched literary
Match Up Game devices with quotes from the
(AERO ELA 9/10 RL. 4 book (5 minimum). The
Determine the meaning of quotes exemplified the
words and phrases as they literary devices that they
are used in the text, matched with, conveying
including figurative and student knowledge of
connotative meaning.) figurative language.
Writing Tasks The task meets the length
(AERO ELA 9/10 W.3. requirement (500 words).
Write narratives to develop The student develops a
real or imagined experiences narrative that is clear,
or events using effective accurate, and establishes a
technique, well-chosen point of view, characters,
details, and well-structured and plot. There is a short
event sequences.) paragraph that explains how
the writing connects to the
original text.
Organization The blog is colorful, clean,
(AERO ELA 9/10 LF.1. and easy to read and
Demonstrate command of navigate. The blog posts for
the conventions of standard the book report are cohesive
English grammar and usage and share a common visual
when writing or speaking.) theme. No errors in
grammar.