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Book Report Handout for SSR

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1 - TITLE & AUTHOR:

 

2 - PUBLISHER & COPYRIGHT DATE:

 

3 - SETTING:

  • Where and when does the story take place?

 

  • Is the story closely related to the setting, or could it have taken place anywhere or any time? Explain.

 

 

4 - POINT OF VIEW - Who is telling the story?

  • Is it the author who stands outside of the story and knows all that is going on? (3rd person omniscient point of view)
  • Is it one of the characters within the story? (1st person point of view)

5 - PLOT

 

A - Identify and explain the role of each of the following:

            1 – Protagonist:

 

            2 – Antagonist:

 

            3 - Supporting Character(s):

 

B - Explain the central conflict in the story, and tell how it was resolved.

 

 

 

C - What situation in the story aroused your greatest feeling of suspense? What was the outcome?

 

 

D - Describe an ironic event in the story, and explain how it affected the characters involved.

 

 

 

7 - CHARACTER ANALYSIS

 

A - Compare the protagonist to another character in the story. How are they alike and how are they different?

 

 

 

B - Explain how one of the characters changed as a result of his/her experiences or of the influence of other people.

 

 

 

C - Give your reasons for admiring or disliking any character in the book.

 

 

 

8- GENERAL

 

A - Do you think this story could happen in real life? Why? Why not?

 

 

 

 

B - How does this book add to your knowledge of people, places, events, or other periods of history?

 

 

 

 

 

C - List ten new words that you learned from reading this book, and write their definitions.

 

 

 

 

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"He who learns but does not think is lost! 
He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger!" 
Confucius 551-479 B.C. (Chinese philosopher)

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"YOU make choices, but  CHOICES make you." (DOS)
 
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds.” (FDR)

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DID YOU KNOW THAT NO PIECE OF PAPER CAN BE FOLDED IN HALF MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES?  TRY IT.  THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

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