Book Reports

SPORTS:

1. What character strengths and weaknesses did the hero of the book possess?

2. Quite often the road to success is paved by many failures. Give examples of failure and how they were dealt with in the book. were any successes achieved as a rusult of these failures?

3. Give an example of were a positive attitude influenced the outcome of a sporting event?

4. How is the question of "winning" versus "playing the game" treated in this book?

5. Tell what a typical day in the life of a professional athlete would be like. How would shopping, going out to a movie or going to a resturant be different for such a celebrity?

WAR:

1. Give 2 situations where courage was demonstrated in this book.

2. Create a timeline showing the key events in this book.

3. How did the war begin and end?

4. Create 5 rules a leader might use to justify engaging a country in armed conflict.

5. Define: a) patriotism b) Nationalism c) ethnocentrism. How do these words relate to this book?

SCHEDULE

Friday, February 29

SD Written

TN Oral

THURSDAY, March 6

KS Written

CO Oral

Friday, March 14

VT Written

DE Oral

Friday, March 21

TN Written

SD Oral

Friday, March 28

CO Written

KS Oral

Friday, April 11

DE Written

VT Oral

ORAL REPORT GUIDELINES
Complete project and prepare 5-7 minute oral talk on specific required points. Be story specific. Practice out loud. Hold paper at your belly button. Balance looking at your paper and looking out at your audience.

WRITTEN REPORT GUIDELINES
Use distributed form with five higher level thinking questions. Do a rough draft first. Edit carefully for spelling and punctuation; get parent signature. Final copy should be written in blue or black ink or may be word processed with draft stapled to the back. Final copy should always be on the top of the stapled packet. Remember to use concrete examples!