Paper Bag Book Report and Rubric Language Arts Grades

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Paper Bag Book Report

This is a fun alternative to the standard book report, whichmany students have come to know and hate. It can be used withany story or novel and includes the main elements of setting,plot, characters and theme. Students really enjoy this form of assessment as a change and are usually excited to share theirwork. Therefore, this is a perfect opportunity to also address oralpresentation skills of speaking and listening, in addition to thecomprehension and presentation of the main story elements.

Other bonuses to the paper bag book report:

-Students enjoy it

-It is easily adaptable to any grade level

- Its quick and easy to assess

-You can change the assignment to include: an example of figurativelanguage - a metaphor, simile from the novel, a favorite quote with anillustration, an important quote from a character whatever you choose tofocus on

-Requires students to provide the necessary information in a small area therefore they need to cut to the chase and must truly understand the story

-Can be adapted to other areas:

* You could complete a poetry report where students present theirfavorite line(s) from the poem other titles by the same author, goodexamples of descriptive language etc.; in addition to items inside the bagthat represent the main idea(s) from the poem

*You could also use this assignment to assess non-fiction topics:social studies content, science concepts, healthy eating etc.


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-It makes a nice display when complete

Paper Bag Book Report

You will be completing a paper bag bookreport as an assessment for this novel/story.

On the Outside.

For this book report, you must consider each the following:setting, plot, main character, and theme.

There are four panels on a paper bag. You will be expected todedicate one panel of your brown paper bag to each of these fourelements.

1. For the setting, you must include the time and place (if there is morethan one time/place include those too). As well, you must create asmall illustration to add to this panel that illustrates one of the mainsettings in the novel.

2. You must summarize the plot in a few sentences keep it short andsweet. Many times, this is more difficult than writing a lengthydescription.

3. Tell about the main character on the third panel. Do not focus on thephysical and the obvious. Tell how this character changed throughoutthe story. What happened to him/her to cause this change etc.? You

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can include the obvious information(family background, physical traitsetc.). However, dont include ONLY thisinformation. As well , list the other

major/minor characters in the story byname on this panel.

4. The final panel must be about thetheme of the book. What is the

theme(s) and what are your feelings about the message in this novel?

The information for each panel must be neatlywritten/typed on a small piece of paper andglued/taped to the bag. You wont need any more than aparagraph or so for each panel.

Drawings/visuals are welcome, butoptional

Be sure to include the title of the novel, author andyour name clearly on the outside of the bag

On the Inside

You must include 10 items in your bag that have somesignificance to the story. Be imaginativeThink outside of the



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box. You can use toys, modeling clay, or anything else that mayrepresent something important from the story. Make sure eachitem that you pick is unique and include a one sentencedescriptor attached to the item about its significance.

You will be expected to share your book report with theclass (inside and out) and will be marked on: inclusion of the setting, plot, major character, theme and conventions(for the outside of the bag), your ten items inside the bagand your overall speaking/listening skills during the

presentation. This will give you a total mark out of 50 for

this book report.

Have fun and do your best!

Name: ____________________ Date:_____________

Paper Bag Book Report Rubric

Category 4 Excellent 3 - Good 2 Fair 1 - InadequateSetting Includes ALL

settings andtimes that were

important to thebook, as well asan appropriateillustration

Includes most of settings andtimes that were

important to thebook, as well asan appropriateillustration

Includes eithersome settingsand times that

were importantto the book oran appropriateillustration

Includesincorrect orincomplete

settings/timesand/or anincompleteillustration

Plot Includes ALL keyevents to story,without retellingthe entire book;includes onlythe mostnecessaryinformation

Includes mostkey events tostory, withoutretelling theentire book;includes onlythe mostnecessaryinformation

Includes somekey events tostory, butexcludes otherimportantevents

Includes aninadequateexplanation of the plot,excluding manyof the keyevents

MainCharacter Includes ALLimportantinformationabout the maincharacter(including hows/he changedover the courseof the story, as

Includes mostimportantinformationabout the maincharacter(including hows/he changedover the courseof the story, as

Includes someimportantinformationabout the maincharacter, butexcludes otherInformation

ALSO, names

Includes littleimportantinformationabout the maincharacter ORchooses a minorcharacter ratherthan the maincharacter



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well as the moreobviouscharacter traits)

ALSO, namesALL other major

and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story

well as the moreobviouscharacter traits)

ALSO, namesmost/all other

major and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story

some othermajor and minorcharacters thatwere discussedin the story

May or may notinclude othermajor and minorcharacters thatwere discussed

in the story

Theme Includes acompletedescription of the theme(s) of the book AND awell explainedpersonal opinionconcerning thetheme(s)

Includes a gooddescription of the theme(s) of the book AND awell explainedpersonal opinionconcerning thetheme(s)

Includes someinformationabout thetheme(s) of thebook, but omitsthe personalopinion aboutthe theme(s)

Includesincomplete/inaccurateinformationabout thetheme(s) andmay or may notinclude anopinion about

the theme(s)Conventions All spelling andpunctuation iscorrect; title,author andname areincluded

Most spellingand punctuationis correct; title,author andname areincluded

There are manyerrors withconventions;title, author andname areincluded

There aremultiple errorswithconventions; keyinformationmissing

On the Inside: Students will receive one mark for each unique item that theyhave included inside the paper bags for a total of ten marks (Be sure to labeleach with a sentence strip)

Total: _____

A note about the oralpresentation:

It's not necessary to have the students all presentto the whole class. If you know that you'll haveopportunities to record oral presentation skills asanother time in the term, you can try thefollowing, more stream-lined option.



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-Have students break into smaller groups, perhaps3-4 groups, depending on class size and spreadout around the room.

-Students then present to their own smaller groupof 6 -10 students (you can even number studentsso that they know their presentation order).

-Students still need to present effectively in frontof the group (in correspondence with the rubric)but should be less nervous as it's to a muchsmaller group.

-You should be able to gather data on at least half of the class during the presentations.

-You should play the role of "timer" so that onepresentation doesn't drag on for 10 minutes.

-While you are observing presentations andscoring with the rubric, you also need to takenotes on the active listening of the other studentsin the group. Make sure students know that you'll

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be watching them and marking them on theirlistening skills.

-The other members of each group should have apeer assessment task to complete while eachstudent presents. The most simple way to do this,is to ask each student to write what the studentdid a good job of during the presentation (theycan use the rubric to guide them) and what

content and ideas they liked and ONE thing thatthe student could have done differently. They canwrite these down, share them and/or give thewritten copy to the presenter at the end.

Make sure that everyone knows that this ONEthing for improvement is for the everyone's good,because no one is perfect. It is meant to be helpful

NOT to hurt anyone's feelings.

Oral Presentation Rubric

Category 4 Excellent 3 - Good 2 - Fair 1 Inadequate

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excellent eyecontact forthe entirepresentation

good eyecontact for theentirepresentation

some eyecontactduring thepresentation

contact

Confidence andPreparation

Showed ahigh level of confidenceand wasready topresent

Showed someconfidence andwas ready topresent

Was notready topresent, butwassomewhatconfidentwithoutpreparation

Lackedconfidence;wasnt readyto present

Volume of Voice

Appropriatevolume andtone of voicefor the entirepresentation

Appropriatevolume andtone of voicefor most of thepresentation

Appropriatevolume andtone of voiceafterintervention

from theteacher

Inappropriatevolume/toneof voice evenafterintervention

from theteacherActive Listening Listened

actively forALL of thepresenters

Listenedactively formost of thepresenters

Listenedactively forsome of thepresenters

Had to beasked tolisten moreactively

AppropriateQuestions/Comments

Asked morethan onequestion/commentduring thepresentations

Asked onequestion/comment during thepresentations

Did notvolunteer aquestion/commentduring thepresentations

Askedinappropriatequestion/off topiccomment

Total ____

Comments: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ___


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TotalMark:___

Observation NotesStudent Name



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