Directions

• Must be on standard-sized (8 ½ x 11), unlined paper (any color).
• Use colored pens or markers.
• Write your name and date on the back.
• Be creative and thoughtful. It is meant to be a challenge to truly represent your experience of a book in such a small space.
• Fill the entire page (very little white space left showing).
• Writing must be in ink, with no pencil in the final draft.
• Arrange the following required elements on the page in any way you choose:

Elements

• Title and author of the book.

• A one-paragraph (minimum) summary of the entire plot.

• Name(s) and brief description(s) of the main character(s).

• Describe the setting; time, place, social conditions, atmosphere (note whether these elements change or don’t). Include an illustration to show the time, setting, or atmosphere.

  Include two vocabulary words with definitions. Choose words from the book that were unfamiliar to you. Include the page number where each word is found.

• Include two excerpts from the book – quotes or passages that are important to the story. Include the page number where each quote is found and an illustration to go along with the passages.

• Include a personal response to what you have read

  Example: What is one theme, message, or idea that resonated with you when reading?

• Include a comment/recommendation about what your thought of the book.

Examples