Hello, everyone, and welcome to another Shelf Stuff At Home video.
I'm Talia, from the Book Talk with Talia series, and as you can tell, I'm at home.
So I hope everyone is having a healthy and safe week.
And in today's episode,
I thought that we could talk about ways that you can ace your book report.
So I know a lot of you are at home right now and
doing kind of telecommuting school.
So you're not able to go into school, but you are able to go on the computer and
still talk to your teachers and friends.
But if you're anything like me, your book reports are kind of hard to
figure out when you can't do an actual presentation for them.
I always did my best book reports when I was actually able to present in front of
the class because that's how I got my jokes in,
that's how I made it sound extra interesting.
And I think my grades were always better because I was able to do a really great
presentation which is not something that you might be able to do right now when
nobody can see each other except over a camera.
So I thought that I would give you some tips, tricks and
good ideas for acing your book report.
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So to start, the most important thing to remember is if your teacher has a rubric
for your book report, you're gonna wanna follow it.
Basically, if your teacher already has an idea for
what you need to do to get an A, then you're gonna wanna follow their rules.
That's the easiest way for you to figure out what you should include in your book
report and what you might not wanna include.
But if your teacher doesn't have a rubric and you're basically free to do whatever
you want, you might wanna follow some of these ideas.
The first thing you might wanna think of is who is the author of this book?
What kind of books have they written in the past?
Have they written any books in the past?
Is there something about this book that speaks to a particular part of their past?
Those are just things that you might wanna consider when you're starting out your
book report.
In the beginning of your book report,
you'll also wanna be giving a brief summary of the book.
So nothing that spoils it for whoever is reading your book report, but
just enough so that they don't get confused when you start getting into
the plot and the characters.
And they have no idea what you're talking about if they've never read
the book before.
So you'll wanna make sure that you mention the setting of the book.
Describe when and where the book takes place.
And it's especially important to mention how the setting is significant
to the book, if it is.
Not all settings are, but most are.
And keep in mind, the setting of the book isn't necessarily where the book takes
place like Mississippi, USA.
If it happens to take place mostly in a middle school in Mississippi,
then you'll wanna be mentioning that it takes place in a middle school.
So you'll definitely wanna make sure that you describe the characters in the book,
in particular making sure that you mention the main characteristics of the characters
that are important to the book.
For example, if the character is known as a goal getter, and
that kind of a characteristic starts off the events of X, Y, and Z in the book,
you'll wanna mention that.
Of course, you'll wanna make sure that you talk about the main event of the book and
don't forget your who, what, when, where, and why.
Who did this main event effect?
Which characters?
What about the events specifically affected them and
why was this such a big turning point in the novel?
So those are kind of your meat and potatoes, who the author is,
what the book is about, your characters and the events.
But for fun, there's a lot of other things that you can put in your book report that
you might not have considered.
One thing that I always thought gives a personal twist on your book report is
just talking about what was the most interesting part of the book for you.
So whatever part of the book that you found the most interesting that held your
attention the most, your teacher or your fellow classmates might wanna know that.
Another fun thing you can do is write down a quote from the book and kind
of dissect it, or why it was important to the story, or what spoke to you.
Something I always like to do is to try and
determine what kind of a person the book might be good for.
So is there a specific type of person that you think would be interested in this
story, someone who like sports or someone who really likes animals.
If there's a point in your life when you think that the book
would have been especially important for you, mention that.
In other words, who would you recommend this book to?
Another fun thing to think about is when and
why did this book become successful if it did?
Did it hit on a particular trend at the time that it was published?
Was it by an author who had a whole bunch of other very popular books?
Did it win an award of some kind and that's why it became popular?
Did it only become popular or well-known after the author's lifetime or
was it around back when the author was alive?
If you're anything like me, you might kind of pick some books that are a bit more
obscure or not super well-known.
So in that case, why do you think this book isn't as well known as other books?
Is there any particular reason why you think this book didn't become super
popular?
And again, I did touch on this at the beginning of the video,
but the most important thing to remember is always the rubric or
the template that your teacher gives you.
Because if it's hard for you to figure out what you wanna write about, they have
everything in there that you're going to need to follow to get the best grade.
So make sure you think of that first.
But if you do have a teacher who lets you kind of choose whatever you wanna do for
your book report, keep these facts in mind and
you might have the best most interesting book report that you've ever written.
All right, those are all of the tips and tricks that I have for
you to ace your book report.
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And thank you so much for watching this video.
I will see you soon for another Shelf Stuff At Home video.
I am Talia, and thanks for watching.
Talk to you soon, bye.
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