Writing a Book Report

Book reports can take on many different forms. Three types of effective book reports are plot summaries, character analyses, and theme analyses. Writing a book report helps you practice giving your opinion about different aspects of a book, such as the author’s use of description or dialogue. No matter what type of book report you decide to write, however, there are a few basic elements you need to include in order to convey why the book you read was interesting. Always include the following elements in any book report:

• the type of book report you are writing
• the title of the book
• the author of the book
• the time when the story takes place
• the location where the story takes place
• the names and a brief description of each of the characters you will be discussing
• many quotations and examples from the book to support your opinions

A Plot Summary
When you are writing a plot summary for your book report you don’t want to simply retell the story. You need to explain what your opinion is of the story and why you feel the plot is so compelling, or unrealistic, or sappy. It is the way you analyze the plot that will make this a good report. Make sure that you use plenty of examples from the book to support your opinions. Try starting the report with a sentence similar to the following:

The plot of I Married a Sea Captain, by Monica Hubbard, is interesting because it gives the reader a realistic sense of what it was like to be the wife of a whaling captain and live on Nantucket during the 19th century.

Asperger Syndrome

As you may Know in our school there is a very special boy Juan Ignacio Ruiz, who has the Asperger Syndrome. But he is not only special because of his condition, but also loved by the entire community inside the school. That’s why our department starts looking for some useful strategies in order to facilitate teaching and also the comprehension of our students. So we invite you to read this interesting article and then focus your attention on the “Teaching strategies” section:

http://www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/

And after reading, please take a look on the following links:

http://www.nas.org.uk/

http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/

www.researchautism.net

www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk

http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/asperger.html

KJP’s Asperger’s Syndrome Website