ENGLISH 9 BOOK REPORT #2

2008-09 School Year

The current book report requires students to read a novel in the genres of war or historical fiction, then summarize the book in the form of an illustrated timeline.

The summary must be a clear, well-written explanation of the events of the novel. It must then be presented on a poster, divided into 25-30 parts, with an illustration acccompanying each part.

There is a great deal of room for creative expression on this assignment.

Shown here are a few samples of exemplary work done by students in past years.

#1 The Hearts of Horses                                   #2  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

In the example shown below, the creator has divided her                           In this example, the creator has divided her summary into                         

summary into 27 separate scenes.                                                             30 separate scenes. The illustrations are chosen to enhance

 *Each scene has an illustration appropriate to its contents.                        the summary's content.

       *The summary, read from left to right, top to bottom,

        is a single, coherent description of the events of the novel.

       *The writing here is not simply captions for pictures.

         The illustrations serve to aid the understanding of the content.

#3 Great Expectations                                                          #4 Pirates

In the example shown below, the creater chose to hide                               In this example, the creator has chosen to format the poster

her summary in individual panels that opened                                              as a treasure map to reflect the spirit of the novel.

somewhat like an advent calendar.                                                             Each illustration appears on the front of a flap which opens

      *As with the previous example, the summary is a clear,                        to reveal a portion of a well-written summary of the novel.

        well-written description of the events of the novel.

       Each portion of the summary opens to reveal an

      illustration appropriate to the scene it describes.