Thursday

I hope you enjoyed Mr. Rick's book talks yesterday. He has a real passion for more contemporary fiction, and it seems to me that his goal is to get everyone in this school reading.  I think its very effective to arrange lit. by genre, for example, as it makes browsing so much easier. In general, I like you guys to read classics for book reports, but this time around, anything goes. Just make sure that it is quality literature, ok? And I'd like you to read books at your appropriate grade level. I this means that the ideas in the book will engage you intellectually (not just a "fun read") and that you will find the vocabulary level somewhat challenging. My feeling is that you should encounter at minimum 10 words and/or terms that you did not know prior to reading the book, probably more. For example, The Scarlet Letter is plenty hard for all of you (and too hard to most, admittedly), but Huckleberry Finn is a bit too easy. I think that you guys know what I mean without breaking it down for you. But, as I said, pretty much everything goes for this book report.

BOOK REPORT
Handout: Creative Book Report handout

Example of collage book report (similar to a book report, anyway)
Example of animated movie book report
Example of timeline
Example of timeline book report
How to make a diorama
Example of diorama book report
Example of movie poster book report

Mr. Isom's recommended Reading List
College Recommended Reading List
Top 100 Books of the Century, Modern Library List