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Example of the Summer BookReport minibook.....

Here is the example book report minibook. 

One small problem. Photobooth takes pictures mirror image. So... all the writing is backwards. Think of it as a nod to my favorite Renaissance Man, Leonardo Da Vinci, and read it in the mirror.

Sorry! If you know how to reverse images without photoshop, let me know. :) But at least this will give you an idea.

page 1/Cover. On the front cover, illustrate cover art for your book, write the title and author of the book as well

page 2. On the next page (back side of your cover) write the bibliographic information for your book: publisher, where the book was published, and the copyright date.  This would be a good place to put your name as well.

 page 3. The next page is a Title Page for your book (again, this page usually has the title of the book, the author, and another illustration)

page 4-5. The main “spread” (two facing pages) of your mini-book should contain an illustration of your favorite part of the novel, along with an explanation telling why it is central to the conflict of the book.

page 6. The next page after that should be used to write and define ten words from the book whose definitions you did not know (please include page numbers next to the words). Include the word, the context sentence and page number, a clear and simple definition, and an illustration.

Example:

Carbuncle

“Not the Countess of Morcar’s blue carbuncle!” I said. “Precisely so...It is absolutely unique, and its value can only be conjectured, but the reward offered of £1000 is certainly not within a twentieth part of the market price.” (85)

A carbuncle is a bright red gem or garnet.

Page 7. The inside of the back cover should be used to write a brief “about the author” paragraph. Give biographical details about the author of your book. Cite your sources.

Example: Although he didn’t feel it was his most important work, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his serialized stories about Sherlock Holmes and his loyal biographer Dr. Watson. Doyle was born in 1859 in Scotland. He was an influential writer on many topics throughout the Victorian era. He died in England in 1930.

From “Arthur Conan Doyle.” from bio.com. Accessed April 22, 2014.

Page 8. On the back cover, write a teaser for the book that would entice others to read it.  Think of this part as if you were trying to “sell” the novel to others (… “a fascinating tale of romance, chivalry, and intrigue”…etc.).

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Halloween Poetry!

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/240370

POEM SAMPLER

Halloween Poems

Spooky, scary, and fun poems that will make your hair curl. 

BY BECCA KLAVER

Wikimedia Commons

If you dare, feast your eyes and ears upon this selection of poems, articles, and audio clips designed to give goose bumps and curdle the blood. Thomas Moore, Edgar Allan Poe, and Christina Rossetti tell rhyming tales perfect for chilling spines around the campfire. Shakespeare’s singing charmers from Macbeth and Sexton’s “lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind” are some of poetry’s most infamous witches. We’ll never look at tree branches with an innocent eye again, thanks to Paul Laurence Dunbar and Louise Glück; Adelaide Crapsey and Mary Karr ensure the same for darkened windows. Michael Collier and Michael Waters mischievously depict the gender play and genial debauchery of costumes, while W.S. Di Piero and Carl Sandburg warn us that Halloween is a day when real danger might look fake, and vice versa. We get a peek into the demons and spirits of other cultures via Annie Finchand Rae Armantrout: whether you say ghost, genie, or djinn, the tingle in the spine is universal. 

POEMS

“Djinn” by Rae Armantrout
“All Souls” by Michael Collier
“To the Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window” by Adelaide Crapsey
“The Haunted Oak” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
“Samhain” by Annie Finch
“All Hallows” by Louise Glück
“Field of Skulls” by Mary Karr
“A Ballad: The Lake of the Dismal Swamp” by Thomas Moore
“To -- -- --. Ulalume: A Ballad” by Edgar Allan Poe
“Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti
“Theme in Yellow” by Carl Sandburg
“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton
“Song of the Witches” by William Shakespeare
“Wedding Dress” by Michael Waters

ARTICLES

“Poems Can Be Creepy” by Susan Hutton
Halloween poetry for the classroom.
“Ghost Hunting with the Dead Poets Society of America” by Kathleen Rooney
Is dying the best thing that ever happened to poetry?
“Nevermoreland” by Abigail Deutsch
In Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe gets the funerals he deserves.

BLOG POSTS

“Happy Halloween, Happy Birthday, John Keats” by A.E. Stallings
“A Halloween Poem: Strange Are the Products” by Forrest Gander
“Ghosts in Charlotte Smith’s Elegiac Sonnets” by Javier Huerta
“Wednesday Shout Out” by Rigoberto González

POEM GUIDES

Aimee Nezhukumatathil on Linda Pastan’s “The Deathwatch Beetle”
Pastan captures the sound of mortality while echoing Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Jeremy Axelrod on Thomas Hardy’s “The Shadow on the Stone”
After the poet lost his wife, he found his voice.

AUDIO

“Scary Movies” by Kim Addonizio
“There She Is” by Linda Gregg
“The Pumpkin Tree” by Robert Wrigley

Originally Published: October 19, 2010

ExSPELLiamus!

Summer Reading Assignment Reminder

For Incoming 7th Graders:

Aloha to our new Kawaikini middle schoolers. Come to the first day of class prepared to discuss and write about a book that you have read over the summer. 

Write on a piece of paper: 

the author
the title
the genre (the type of book)
the main characters
the setting (where an when does the book take place)
the plot (what happens)

For Returning Secondary Students (8-12th Graders):

Click on the link below to access the assignment form:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n8K4BhHkYADNsfPP6euGr-Aa9PZLkSD0x_z7S7qMDvo/edit?usp=sharing

Or if you'd rather write the information on your own paper, here's the assignment:

Summer Reading Assignment: 2013

Read two books over the summer. In the form below, identify the literary elements. If you're not sure what they mean, look them up.

Book Title:
Author:
Genre:
Setting:
Point of View: 1st person: --Omniscient --Limited --Unreliable 2nd person 3rd person
Protagonists:
Antagonists:
Central Conflict:

Plot Summary:
Theme (give evidence):
Find examples of Metaphor (You are a rock. My heart flies.)
Find examples of Simile (You are like a rock. My heart seems to be flying)
Hyperbole She was as tall as a tree. I was blinded by her beauty
Oxymoron The sweet pain The cruel kiss
Alliteration An army of angry alligators
List 10 new words and their defintions

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Plot Twist!