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You will be completing a paper bag book report as an assessment for your dystopian
independent reading book. Each group member will design their own brown paper bag
report,butmayworktogethertodiscussthekeyelementsofthenovel.
OntheOutside
Forthisbookreport,youmustconsidereachthefollowing:
setting,plot,maincharacter,and
theme.
Therearefourpanelsonapaperbag.Youwillbeexpectedtodedicateonepanelofyour
brownpaperbagtoeachofthesefourelements.
1.Forthesetting,youmustincludethetimeandplace(ifthereismorethanonetime/place
includethosetoo).Aswell,youmustcreateasmallillustrationtoaddtothispanelthat
illustratesoneofthemainsettingsinthenovel.
2.Youmustsummarizetheplotinafewsentenceskeepitshortandsweet.Manytimes,thisis
moredifficultthanwritingalengthydescription.
3.Tellaboutthemaincharacteronthethirdpanel.Donotfocusonlyonphysicaltraits.Describe
howthischaracterchangedthroughoutthestory.Whathappenedtohim/hertocausethischange
etc.?Youcanincludetheobviousinformation(familybackground,physicaltraitsetc.).
However,dontincludeONLYthisinformation.
Also:
Listtheothermajor/minorcharactersin
thestorybynameonthispanel.
4.Thefinalpanelmustbeaboutthethemeofthebook.Whatisthetheme(s)andwhatareyour
feelingsaboutthemessageinthisnovel?
Theinformationforeachpanelmustbe
neatlywrittenonapieceofpaperandgluedortaped
tothebag.
Youwontneedanymorethanaparagraphorsoforeachpanel.Drawings/visuals
shouldalsobeincluded.
Besuretoincludethetitleofthenovel,authorand
yourname
clearlyontheoutsideof
thebag!
OntheInside
Eachmemberofthereadinggroupmustinclude
2
items
in
theirbagthathavesomesignificance
tothestory.Eachgroupmembermusthavedifferentitems.Discusswhowillfocusonwhich
elementwithinthestory.
Makesureeachitemthatyoupickisuniqueandincludeaonesentencedescriptorattached
totheitemaboutitssignificance.
Youwillbeexpectedtoshareyourbookreportwiththeclass(insideandout)andwillbemarked
on:inclusionofthesetting,plot,majorcharacter,themeandconventions(fortheoutsideofthe
bag),youritemsinsidethebagandyouroverallspeaking/listeningskillsduringthe
presentation.
Havefunanddoyourbest!
Brainstorming:
Setting
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MainCharacter
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Plot
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Theme
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