Mrs. Norton’s Language Arts 3rd nine weeks book report
Newspaper Project
Book Requirements:
*Any genre *Must be an AR book
*2+ points
*grade level no lower than 3.8
Book Report Due Date: February 22, 08
AR test due dates:
Regular: Feb. 4
Enriched: Feb. 4, March 3
Assignment:
You will create a 1 page newspaper (FRONT ONLY). It will contain at least 6 sections. All 6 sections will pertain to the book, its characters, and its plot.
4 of the sections will contain the following:
1. Description of all main characters (physical. emotional, etc)
2. Description of the setting throughout the book.
3. Summary of the story.
4. Write a 2 paragraph review (your opinion) of the book.
The other 2 sections can contain any of the following:
weather reports, editorials, cartoons, ads, etc. The title of the newspaper should be named appropriately from some part of the book. Your name, class period, AR points, Title and author of the book should be placed somewhere toward the top.
**You may type it or write it, but it MUST BE LEGIBLE!
**It may be in color, or black and white (NOT left in pencil).
*I will be checking for spelling, mechanics, usage, and effort spent in creating the newspaper. I do not expect this to be a one-night project.
*Please be neat and decorative.
**Late projects will have 50 points taken off the earned grade.
