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Book Report Templates: One of a Kind Book Report Sets
Below is a short video introducing the book report templates that are available on this page.
Below are small graphical images of the variety of shapes that I have designed my book report templates in. Your students will find these uniquely shaped book report sets fun to complete, and each one contains writing activities related to the book report's shape, and the written responses required of students are different in each book report set.
I have often found a book report idea that I really liked in a teacher resource book or on a website, but these projects involved purchasing a lot of additional items and driving around after school hours to find art supplies. This is not fun to do after a long day in the classroom!
My book reports are unique in shape, but simple in supplies!
After you have printed out the templates, the only materials that you will need to have in your classroom to complete these book report projects are scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
You will not need to go shopping after school for art supplies and materials to complete these book report projects.
A teacher's time is precious, so all of my book report sets include a 5 page bulletin board display banner in them to save you time in decorating your bulletin board display of your students' book report projects. The majority of my book reports sets also contain thematic bulletin board accent pieces in them for you to add the finishing touches to make your bulletin board display colorful and dynamic.
Below is a list of the book report sets that are available on Unique Teaching Resources:
Please click on the links below to go to each book report set:
Do you want an exciting and challenging book report idea for your students that will make them hungry to read their books?
Traditionally, requiring students to write about the story elements of a book (characters, setting, plot, etc) is a task that most students find quite boring. By using this uniquely shaped Cheeseburger Book Report, your students will find this task delicious!
This Cheeseburger Book Report Set contains four book report templates that assemble into a cheeseburger. The finished cheeseburger project measures 9 inches in width and 21 inches in height.
There are 11 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner and 8 cheeseburger posters with reading slogans on them to add as accent pieces to your bulletin board display.
These cheeseburger graphic organizers are a unique and fun way to get your students excited about completing a writing assignment about the books that they have read.
Your students will be anxious to be chefs and create a delicious sandwich filled will information about all the key elements of the books that they have read.
By using these uniquely shaped sandwich graphic organizers, your students will be hungry and enthusiastic to start this yummy reading project!
This Sandwich Book Report Set contains seven book report templates that are stapled together to form a sandwich book. The finished sandwich book measures approximately 7 inches in width and 7 inches in height.
There are 19 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 pages of accent pieces in the shape of a piece of bread for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
Are you looking for a book report idea that involves your students in designing board games about their books?
The unique written responses that are required of students for this project will make them have to think about their characters and settings in a whole new way! When these game board book report projects are complete, students can have the opportunity to have fun playing each others' games before you display them on your bulletin board.
This Game Board Book Report Set contains four worksheet templates that assemble into a game board. The finished game board project measures 15 inches in width and 12 inches in height.
There are 20 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner.
Your students will WANT to be creative and use their imaginations to complete this fun reading response activity. Students really enjoy trying to think up a crime or something that the main character did that would make them wanted by the police.
Instead of a traditional one page worksheet, I have created a 4 template Wanted Poster book report set. On three of the book report templates, there are different writing responses, and on one template, there is an area for a drawing of the character. Students write about the character's physical description, where the character was last seen, a narrative describing the crime that the character committed, and a summary of the book.
This Wanted Poster Book Report Set contains four book report templates and two heading templates that are glued together to form a Wanted Poster. The assembled Wanted Poster book report measures 18 inches in height and 12 inches in width.
There are 15 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 4 pages of accent pieces in the shape of a wanted poster with reading slogans on them for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
If you have used this activity before with your students, I am sure that you will find that your students will have fun and enjoy completing these larger and more detailed graphic organizers even more!
Your students will be anxious to be directors and shout "ACTION!" as they pretend that they are directors for a film version of the books that they have read.
This movie camera shaped reading response set will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to write about adaptations that they have to make to their books in order to make a film version of the novel. They have to think about the plot of their book when they write about their movie's film location, special effects, stunts, props, costumes, lead actor or actress, and the supporting cast.
This Movie Camera Book Report Set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a movie camera. The finished movie camera project measures 17 inches in width and 15 inches in height.
There are 16 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 pages of a bulletin board accent pieces in the shape of a director's board for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
Are you looking for a book report project that is designed specifically for biographies that will be fun for your students to complete?
By using these large newspaper book report templates, your students will enjoy being editors and designing their own newspapers based on the famous people that they have read about in their books.
These newspaper graphic organizers combine the components that are included in many biography book reports with the features included in writing a newspaper. The key components of this project include writing two newspaper articles, a comic strip, and completing a timeline.
This Biography Newspaper Book Report Set contains four book report templates and two heading templates that are glued together to form a newspaper. The assembled Biography Newspaper book report measures 18 inches in height and 12 inches in width.
There are 16 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 pages of accent pieces in the shape of a newspaper poster with writing slogans on them for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
Your students will love creating a large visual image of the main character of their book for this book report project! The writing templates that I have designed fit inside on the character's shirt and outside on the character's vest.
This Character Body Book Report Set contains directions on how to fold a piece of construction paper into a body shape that has a vest that opens up to show the shirt, where students do their writing. It is impossible to tell you the measurements of this book report because each student designs their own head, hands, legs, and feet for their characters. Without the body parts, the main part of this project measures 18 inches in width and 12 inches in height, and students add their head, hand, legs, and feet to this main body piece.
There are 10 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. In addition, I have designed matching letter writing stationary and a matching bulletin board banner so that your students can write a letter to their main character when they finish their character body book report.
Do you want a book report idea for your students that also involves research skills? The unique written responses that are required of students for this project will make them have to think about their characters in a whole new way! They will have to select a country that they think that the main character would enjoy visiting, select what the main character would pack in their suitcase, why it was fun to travel with the main character, and many other creative responses.
This Main Character Vacation Suitcase Report Set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a suitcase. The finished suitcase project measures 11 inches in width and 16 inches in height (including the handle, the height of the project is 23 inches).
There are 16 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. In addition, this set includes 40 bulletin board accent pieces of international children carrying their country flags.
Your students will blast off with reading with this rocket book report set!
Traditionally, requiring students to write about the story elements of a book is a task that most students find quite boring. By using these uniquely shaped Rocket Templates, your students will take off with enthusiasm to complete these writing tasks that use rocket related vocabulary.
This Rocket Book Report Set contains five book report templates that assemble into a rocket. The finished rocket book report templates measures 12 inches in width and 27 inches in height.
There are 14 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. In this set there are 4 smaller rockets with reading slogans on them and 18 planet clip art templates to add as accent pieces to your bulletin board display.
Your students will have a blast planning a birthday party for the main characters in the books that they read!
Based on what your students have learned about their main characters, they have to choose a location, the guests, food, gifts, and the games that they will play at the birthday party. By using this uniquely shaped Birthday Cake Book Report, your students will find these unusual writing responses delicious!
When my students have finished their projects, I bring in a large birthday cake for the whole class, and we all sing Happy Birthday to our main characters.
This Birthday Cake Book Report Set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a birthday cake. The finished birthday cake project measures 9 inches in width and 17 inches in height.
There are 15 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 birthday balloons and a Happy Birthday Cake for you to add as accent pieces to your bulletin board display.
Do you want a fun and colorful book report idea for your students that will make them want to hop on board the reading bus? These bus shaped book reports, along with the free reading road signs that are included in this set, will help you to create a dynamic bulletin board display in your classroom.
This School Bus Book Report Set contains 5 book report templates that assemble into a school bus. Students draw pictures in the bus windows, and bus door opens up to reveal a character inside it. The finished school bus book report templates measures 28 inches in width and 8.5 inches in height.
There are 16 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 12 reading road signs to use as accent pieces for your bulletin board display, as well as a background of a road template for you to use.
Your students will be barking with enthusiasm to start this reading project! For this book report, students write about the main character (inside the dog's ears), the climax of the story (this is titled: Something Worth Barking About), and the conclusion of the story (this is titled: A Tail Wagging Event.)
This Dog Book Report Set contains 4 book report templates that assemble into a dog. Students draw a picture inside the dog's bowl. The finished dog book report templates measures 12 inches in width and 20 inches in height.
There are 12 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 18 pages of dog related accent pieces for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
On my Butterfly Book Report page you will find 2 different sets of butterfly book reports to choose from. Originally, I only had one version of these butterfly reading response templates, but I received quite a few letters from teachers requesting an easier version for their younger students.
The first butterfly book report set focuses on colorful verbs, colorful adjectives, colorful characters, and colorful plot. The second set focuses on story elements: setting, characters, plot, solution, and conclusion.
These Butterfly Book Report Sets contain five worksheet templates that assemble into a butterfly. The finished butterfly project measures 14 inches in width and 14 inches in height.
Each set contains 13 pages of flower accent pieces that match the flowers in the bulletin board banner, for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
I have created two matching sets of caterpillar book reports. The writing templates are in the shape of a caterpillar, but the writing responses and line space is identical in these two book report sets. I give my girl students butterfly templates and my boy students caterpillar templates. When my students have completed their book report projects, I can create a bulletin board full of colorful butterflies and caterpillars. You will find the caterpillar book report set below.
On my Caterpillar Book Report page you will find 2 different sets of caterpillar book reports to choose from. Originally, I only had one version of these caterpillar book report templates, but I received quite a few letters from teachers requesting an easier version for their younger students.
The first caterpillar book report set focuses on colorful verbs, colorful adjectives, colorful characters, and colorful plot. The second set focuses on story elements: setting, characters, plot, solution, and conclusion.
These Caterpillar Book Report Sets contain five book report templates that assemble into a caterpillar. The finished caterpillar project measures 30 inches in width and 9 inches in height.
Each set contains 7 pages of caterpillar accent pieces for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
I have created two matching sets of butterfly book reports. The writing templates are in the shape of a butterfly, but the writing responses and line space is identical in these two book report sets. I give my girl students butterfly templates and my boy students caterpillar templates. When my students have completed their book report projects, I can create a bulletin board full of colorful butterflies and caterpillars. You will find the butterfly book report set above.
Do you want to encourage your students to dive into reading great books? Do you want to create a vibrant ocean themed bulletin board display that promotes reading that was created by your own students? On this page you will find 12 varieties of fish book report templates so that you can assign different fish templates to your students for this book report activity.
By using a large variety of these different fish templates, you will be able to create a Dive Into Reading bulletin board display that contains an abundance of different types of sea life on it that will capture everyone's attention!
These 12 uniquely shaped fish Dive Into Reading Book Reports each contain a first draft writing worksheet, grading rubric, black and white fish templates, color fish templates, and a matching bulletin board banner. These finished fish book reports make a colorful ocean bulletin board display of your students' work that will promote reading in your classroom. There are two sets of Dive Into Reading Book Reports available on this page, and each set contain 6 different fish templates in it.
Your students will enjoy pretending that they are radio disc jockeys with this book report project. As a DJ, students have to write a radio news update and song lyrics on their radio shaped templates.
This Radio Book Report Set contains 6 book report templates that assemble into a radio flip book. Students draw pictures on the radio's speakers, and these speakers flip open to reveal the two main writing sections of this book report. The finished radio project measures 21 inches in width and 8 inches in height.
There are 15 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. In this set there are 6 DJ microphones and 6 CDs with slogans on them to add as accent pieces to your bulletin board display.
Challenge your students to climb this mountain story map graphic organizer! Your students will enjoy climbing their mountain by writing and drawing about the exposition and rising action, reaching the summit by writing and drawing about the climax of their story, and descending the mountain by writing and drawing about the falling action and resolution.
Besides using these book report templates for individual student book reports, they are ideal for a teacher to use as a lesson activity for a book that the whole class has read together. These templates would also work well to use as a collaborative group project for students to work on together after they have finished reading a class novel.
This book report set contains 5 worksheet templates that assemble into a mountain shaped banner.
Students draw pictures along the mountain's slope to correspond with the following writing sections: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The finished mountain story map project measures 32 inches in width and 10 inches in height.
There are 15 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a matching 5 page color bulletin board display banner and a grading rubric. There are 5 mountain display posters (one page each) with the definitions of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution written on them to use as accent pieces for your bulletin board display.
Almost every child enjoys working on a computer. What better way would there be to get your students enthusiastic about completing a book report project than to have them do a book report on computer templates that contain computer writing themes?
Traditionally, requiring students to write a summary, describe the climax, or write a letter to the main character in a book is a task that most students find quite boring.
By using this uniquely shaped computer book report, your students will eagerly want to fill up their computer's hard drive with these computer related writing responses.
This Computer Book Report Set contains 4 worksheet book report templates that assemble into a computer. Students draw a picture in the computer screen. The finished computer book report templates measures 16 inches in width and 12 inches in height.
There are 12 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 7 pages of computer related accent pieces for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
Are you looking for an engaging, challenging, and extra large book report project with a medieval theme?
This Castle Book Report Set contains 11 worksheet templates that assemble into a large castle. The finished castle project measures 25 inches in width and 18 inches in height.
I have designed the worksheet components and book report templates in this set so that this castle project can be completed as a group project, or as an individual student project. These castle templates can be used with any novel, but they are ideal for novels that have a medieval theme or a castle as the setting.
Your students will find this project SUN-sational! By using this uniquely shaped sunflower book report that contains graphic organizers that are worded in a SUN-sational way, your students' written responses will be blooming with creativity.
These sunflower graphic organizers would be ideal to use during the fall, as you often see sunflowers with scarecrow and fall graphics. Since these projects are brightly colored flowers when they are finished, they are also idea for spring themes as well.
This Sunflower Book Report Set contains 3 worksheet book report templates that assemble into two sunflowers inside a pot. The finished sunflower book report templates measures 11 inches in width and 14 inches in height.
There are 11 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 16 pages of sunflower related accent pieces for you to use to help you decorate your bulletin board display.
This is an ideal reading project to use at the end of the school year. For this book report project, each student creates a trophy for their favorite book that they read during the past year.
I have my students share their Favorite Book Report projects aloud in class during the last week of school. While my students are listening to their classmates tell about their favorite books, my students are writing down ideas for titles of books to read over the summer vacation that have been highly recommended by their classmates.
This First Place Trophy Award Book Report Set contains five book report templates that assemble into a trophy cup and stand. The finished First Place Trophy Award project measures 11 inches in width and 23 inches in height.
By using these uniquely shaped graphic organizers that are shaped like a trophy, your students will be enthusiastic to work on this last book report near the end of the school year.
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On this page, I have explained how I use these unique book report templates to have students respond to literature in a way that they find fun, and that keeps them engaged and on task. If you have not viewed this page, it is available by clicking on this link: Go Directly to Book Report Page
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Book Report Templates and Sets:
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Below are small graphical images of the variety of shapes that I have designed my book report templates in. Your students will find these uniquely shaped book report sets fun to complete, and each one contains writing activities related to the book report's shape, and the written responses required of students are different in each book report set.
