Book Report Outline: NON-FICTION
Directions: Write
a book report using the following outline. Your book report should be at least
400 words (a little less than two pages typewritten minimum), and discuss each of the items in this outline. Each Roman numeraled “part” can be a full paragraph
or more. See the online scoring guide for grading standards.
Book reports for Non-Fiction: (Real Adventure, Autobiography, History, How-To, Essay, Biography, Diaries, Manuals,
Etc.)
Part I: (at least 100
words)
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Title, correctly cited
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Author
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Genre of book
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Number of pages
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Number of words, approximately
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Amount of time it took you to read
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Author’s biography
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If this is one in a series of books by this author
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Any unique feature of this book (e.g. pop-up
pictures, beautiful illustrations, etc.)
Part II: (at least
50 words)
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What was the author’s purpose in writing
this book? Did the author succeed in his or her goal when writing this book?
Part III
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What was the main subject of this book?
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What was the most interesting part of this book
for you? Why?
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Identify and explain three things you learned
from reading this book (150 words minimum total):
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Part IV
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Explain any themes and/or morals of the story,
and any lessons that the individuals involved, or authors offered and learned about themselves and others (at least 50 words).
Part V
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Give your personal evaluation/opinion of this
book. What did you think of this book?
Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not? What made you pick it up in the first place? Are you glad
that you read it? Do you wish that you had read something else? Would you recommend it to a friend? What about it really grabbed
you … or made you wish you could use it as a doorstop or coaster, instead? Give
it a rating on a scale of one to five, one being worst, and five being best. (At least 50 words)
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Complete a ROUGH DRAFT
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Submit only a FINAL DRAFT, which is due _______________________________
