How Do You Write A Book Report?
Writing a good book report requires summarizing a lot of information in a very small space. Your job is to extract the main ideas of a book and possibly analyze it as well and then type it up into a presentable report. Follow these steps to make the task easier. Step 1 Take thorough and careful notes as you read the book. (See “How to Take Reading Notes.”) Use Post-it flags to mark pages that contain important passages or quotes. Step 2 Gather your reading notes and the book and have them by your side as you write your report. Step 3 Ask yourself, What would I want to know about this book? Step 4 Look through your notes and decide, based on the length of the book report and your answers to the above question, what is essential to include and what can be excluded. Step 5 State the main point of the book: Why did the author write the book? Or for fiction, give a brief plot summary. Step 6 Outline the plot or main ideas in the book (See “How to Write a Paper Outline”), or for fiction desc
If you want to get through school, you have to know how to write a book report. Book reports teach you to learn to read critically with an eye toward the big picture as well as the specifics of the book. They also let your teacher find out whether you read the book or merely skimmed it. Read the book. There really is no substitute for this step. You may have a “system” that you think will let you slide by, but I guarantee that your teacher will see through it. Using Cliff’s Notes or reading every other chapter will not tell you what you need to know to write a book report that covers everything you need to cover. It will not show you the big picture or the subtleties that exist in the book. Arrange an outline and a general theme for your book report. You will want to introduce the main idea in the opening paragraph as well as what you feel are the most important parts of the book that make up its overall theme and tone. Using three points is generally enough to back up what you are say
