Book Report Outline

Here is a copy of the outline for the long term project:

Pick a book written by any male author; please follow the guidelines listed below. Please bring in the book for pre-approval no later than November 5.

Rough draft is due December 3, final draft is due December 17, 2012; use Turnitin.com to submit your paper. Your paper must be at least 4 pages long; cover, 2 pages of body, and a work cited page.

MLA format:

a)     Times New Roman Size 12 Font

b)    One inch margins on all sides

c)     Double space only

d)    Cover Page has to include your name, homeroom, date, book title underlined, author, and my name, Ms. Chaney

BOOK REPORT OUTLINE

A.   Title: Give the title of your book – underline it once

B.    Author: Give the name of the author of your work. List details concerning his life work, and include any information that might have a direct bearing on the work that you have read by him. Is there a special reason why they wrote this work? Finally list all other works done by this author.

C.    Theme/thesis: Write on good paragraph about the subject/main idea of the story.

D.   Setting: Describe the setting or local in which the events in the story take place.

E.    Characters: List the main and minor characters. Write one good sentence about each; tell why they are important to the story.

F.    Action/situation: Use details to tell what happens in the story. Please be specific by using examples from the story.  Please write at least three (3) paragraphs for this section

G.   Opinion: What is your opinion of the story? Did you enjoy reading it yes/no, explain. List facts to back up your statements.

H.   Recommendation: Would you recommend this book to the rest of the class? Write at least one sentence for your recommendation