Book Jacket Book Report

This is an engaging Book Jacket Book Report for your middle school students!

This book report can be genre-specific or it can be assigned to any book your students might choose to read.  (For example, if you assign a genre-specific book, such as mystery or fantasy, this book report lends itself. But if you allow kids to choose any genre they are interested in, this book report works for that as well.)

You can use the Book Jacket Book Report as a summative assessment after you’ve taught students about character, the elements of fiction, and how to write a summary and a short book review.

I give my students 4-5 weeks to complete the project. 

Included in this packet are the following:

--objectives and learning targets that are aligned with the Common Core Standards

--detailed lesson plans

--clear student-friendly directions

--templates

--an opportunity for students to reflect on their project and what they have learned about themselves as readers and as creators of the project

--a grading sheet for teachers.

Although you could easily modify this project digitally, students enjoy reading each other's book jackets (which is part of the lesson plan), and they make a great bulletin board.

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You can email me at gruenwaldy1@gmail.com if you have any questions.

15-page editable Word doc includes:

Lesson Plans

Book Browse

Project Directions

Note-taker

Templates for the front, back and inside flaps of the book jacket

Self-Evaluation

Grading Sheet