Book report

This article is about the assignment issued to students to 1999, pp. 3–11 p
report on the content of a book. For the use of the term
[3] Writing Books Reports: Grades 3–6, Remedia Publica-
in literary criticism, see book review.
tions, p. 1

A book report is an essay discussing the contents of a

book, written as part of a class assignment issued to stu-
dents in schools, particularly in the United States at the
elementary school level.[1]
Teachers frequently give students a list of books from
which they may choose one for the report, although some-
times students may select a work entirely of their own
choosing.[1][2] Teachers may set the list of books through
such methods as including the works of one particular au-
thor, reading multiple works to students aloud and having
each student select one of the books for the report, or
choosing the books through a class selection process.[2]
The contents of the book report, for a work of fiction,
typically include basic bibliographical information about
the work, a summary of the narrative and setting, main el-
ements of the stories of key characters, the author’s pur-
pose in creating the work, the student’s opinion of the
book, and a theme statement summing up the main idea
drawn from a reading of the book.[1][3]
To ease the process of writing the narrative and stories
of the main characters, students may be advised to write
sequence of action summaries,[2][3] story 'pyramids’,[1] or
story journals.[2]
Book reports may be accompanied by other creative
works such as illustrations, “shoe box” dioramas, or re-
port covers.[3]
Individual components of the book report can also be
made into separate artistic works, including pop-up
cards, newsletters, character diaries, gameboards, word
searches, and story maps.[2]
Students are typically advised to produce the report in
multiple stages, including prewriting, first draft writing,
revision, first evaluation, editing and rewriting, publish-
ing, and post-project evaluation.[1][2]

1 References
[1] Kathleen Christopher Null, How to Make a Book Report:
Grades 3–6, Teacher Created Resources, TCR 2327, pp.
3–8

[2] Jennifer Overend Prior, How to Make a Book Report,

Grades 1–3, Teacher Created Resourcdes, TCR 2503,

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