Book Reports

[Mickey1122]

I am doing one right now, on Founding Brothers. It's by Joseph Ellis, due tomorrow. I have come to the conclusion that I really don't like book reports. It used to be a summary, which I didn't like. Now, I have to "make claims about the text, using specific examples." Not fun...

 

[PatriotsRule]

Yikes. I'm actually glad we're doing essays instead of book reports now. Book summaries are just boring.

 

[Mickey1122]

Mine is worse than an essay though. It has to have "A.P. Qualities." Namely, I have to talk about the purpose, structure, and quality.

 

[PatriotsRule]

Yikes again. Good luck! Once you put your mind to it, you'll get it.

 

[Mickey1122]

I'm almost finished. It's written, now I have to edit it.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I hate editing.

 

[Mickey1122]

Me too. Especially at 10:25 PM.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Did you wait until the last minute to finish this?

 

[Mickey1122]

We didn't have a very long time. And I had to read the whole book also. (And it's recommended that you read that kind of book twice for complete understanding.) I gaurantee you that everyone in the class is doing the exact same thing. lol.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Oh, I thought we had another procrastinator on this board. Lol.
that's what DIS does to you, though.

 

[Mickey1122]

I finished.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I am uber happy I haven't done one since last April.
I've only ever had to do them in french. Once in english, but we usually just do reading logs.
French= most hated subject at school.

 

[Mickey1122]

Pourquoi?

 

[Babyjustrun]

The teacher himself.
We don't learn anything but verbs we already know and how to structure a phrase.
honestly, I do not need to know how sentences are made in french, when I'm writing I'm not thinking about whether it's a Complément d'Object Direct or Indirect.
Pointless.
It's boring.

 

[VolleyballQt07]

i kinda like em! i think they're kinda fun! in 6th grade, my whole class and i were really "excited" when our teacher said we'd have one due twice a month. but she didn't want us doing a regular ones. we got to make like mobiles and posters and 10 facts and a letter to the author. they made them alot better!

hope you get it finished in time.

 

[Loves Disney]

I had to read Founding Brothers for my honors US History class last year. It wasn't a book report though, it was summer reading for that class.

I haven't had a book report in forever...until now rofl. We have one in my Forensic Science class and the book is AWESOME! It's Patricia Cornwell's The Body Farm. I picked the book from a list of forensic type books. But then, of course, I love forensics so the books is interesting for me rofl.

It actually due next Tuesday and I just started this 300-something paged book the other day lol. Procrastination -- it always catches you!!!

 

[Babyjustrun]

i kinda like em! i think they're kinda fun! in 6th grade, my whole class and i were really "excited" when our teacher said we'd have one due twice a month. but she didn't want us doing a regular ones. we got to make like mobiles and posters and 10 facts and a letter to the author. they made them alot better!

hope you get it finished in time.

ugh. we had three in french last year.
these were the components:

Title Page
Index
Part A:
Vocabulary, 20 words you don't understand
Verbs, 10 different verbs, written out in three different tenses
Part B:
Summary of the book. At least 2 & a half pages typed out (usually turned out to be like four because the book is so darned detailed. It also took forever to do because you basically ended up re-reading the book and typing it out)
Part C:
Creativity. Poem, New Ending or Sequel.