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Butterfly Book Report Sets: Two Different Sets to Choose From
Welcome to my Butterfly Book Report Sets page. 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.
You can choose which butterfly reading response set is the most appropriate for your students. The butterfly templates are exactly the same for each set, the only differences in these two butterfly projects are the written responses inside the graphic organizers.
Butterfly Book Report Set #1
Colorful Verbs, Colorful Adjectives, Colorful Characters, and Colorful Plot
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Butterfly Book Report Set Colorful Verbs, Colorful Adjectives, Colorful Characters, and Colorful Plot
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Butterfly Book Report #1: Butterflies are one of the most colorful creatures that can be found, and this butterfly book report focuses on colorful writing. Students have to find examples of the author using colorful verbs and adjectives in their book. Then, they have to write a colorful description of the main character and explain why the plot of this book is colorful and interesting.
This Butterfly Book Report Set will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to review finding and using descriptive verbs and adjectives, and then using colorful verbs and adjectives in their own writing to describe the main character and plot of their book.
Traditionally, requiring students to find examples of verbs and adjectives in a book is a task that most students find quite boring. Before students start this task, they are given example sentences of descriptive verbs and adjectives on their first draft worksheets.
These first draft worksheets also contain examples from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl and example sentences of how Roald Dahl uses descriptive verbs and adjectives in his writing. By using this butterfly book report that emphasizes colorful writing, your students will want to spread their wings and fly into these grammar and writing activities.
This butterfly book report set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a butterfly. The finished butterfly project measures 14 inches in width and 14 inches in height.
These finished book reports make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work. Everything that you need to complete these projects is included in this set. All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
There are 17 worksheet/template pages in this butterfly book report set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 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.
This set includes assembly directions on how to prepare and assemble this project. Below is a sample of the assembly directions page.
This butterfly book report includes a grading rubric.
I believe that it is important for students to evaluate their own work, so my grading rubric contains both a student assessment and a teacher assessment component. When the students grade their work, they color in the faces. When the teacher grades the work, the teacher circles the small numbers in each box beside the faces. I often find that my students are harsher on themselves than I am, and that the grade that I give them is higher than they have scored themselves.
Since this project uses the word color in it numerous times, there is an additional set of each resource that contains the UK spelling of colour for each rubric, first draft, final draft templates, and the flower accent pieces.
Below is an example of my butterfly book report grading rubric:
I believe that the writing process is important and that teachers should use process writing whenever possible. For this reason, my students never begin their book reports by writing on their final draft templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their work on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
This Butterfly Book Report Set is divided into four writing sections:
Left Top Wing - Colorful Verbs: Students find examples of sentences that contain colorful verbs in them.
Right Top Wing - Colorful Adjectives: Students find examples of sentences that contain colorful adjectives in them.
Left Bottom Wing - Colorful Character: Students write a description for the main character and try to use colorful adjectives and verbs in their writing.
Right Bottom Wing - Colorful Plot: Students explain why the plot of this book is colorful (interesting) and why they recommend that other students read this book.
Butterfly Head and Body: Title of book, author, genre, student name, and date
This set contains five worksheets for students to write their first drafts on, the first four worksheets are shown below. On my first draft worksheets, I have designed the writing line spaces to match the spaces allotted on the final draft butterfly templates.
These first draft worksheets contain example sentences using colorful verbs and adjectives for the students to read before they try to find examples of these parts of speech in their own book. There are also examples from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl so that students can read examples from a particular book.
Below is an example of the first draft writing worksheets for this book report set. 4 of the 5 worksheets are shown below.
This butterfly book report set includes 5 templates that assemble into the shape of a butterfly.
Below are examples of these five templates:
When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important for them to have a visual example of what their final draft book report projects should look like. I always assemble the butterfly book report project myself beforehand and display it at the front of my classroom for my students to see.
My students enjoy seeing my butterfly book report first. They also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report on, and this gives me a great chance to promote a book that I would like to encourage my students to read.
To save you time in coloring your example that you show your students, I have included color butterfly templates of this project for you to use.
Finally, I know that it takes teachers a lot of time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend their valuable time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have designed a matching 5 page display banner for your bulletin board.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board display of these butterfly book report projects.
The words inside the flowers on this banner say "Our Class Loves To Read!"
EXTRA GOODIES: For some of my book report sets, I am able to think of, and create, additional accent pieces to help you in decorating your bulletin board displays.
This Butterfly Book Report Set includes a set of flowers that match the flowers in the display banner. This set includes stems and leaves that will help you to assemble these flower accent pieces.
These flowers say "We Use Colorful Verbs and Adjectives In Our Writing."
You will be able to design a colorful and dynamic bulletin board display using your students' finished butterfly book report projects.
These butterfly 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.
The writing responses that are required of your students will have them searching for examples of descriptive verbs and adjectives in their books. Then, students use colorful verbs and adjectives in their own written responses. In addition, this butterfly book report set includes some flower bulletin board accent pieces to help you in decorating your bulletin board for this colorful theme.
Butterfly Book Report Set #2
Story Elements: Setting, Characters, Plot, Solution, and Conclusion
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Butterfly Book Report Set: Story Elements: Setting, Characters, Plot, Solution, and Conclusion
$4.99
Butterfly Book Report #2: For the second version of this book report, students focus on writing about the main elements of their book: setting, characters, plot, solution, and conclusion.
Traditionally, requiring students to write about the main elements of a story is a task that most students find quite boring. By using these unique butterfly book graphic organizers, your students will be ready to take off and fly with their writing responses.
This butterfly book report set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a butterfly. The finished butterfly project measures 14 inches in width and 14 inches in height.
These finished butterfly book report projects make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work. Everything that you need to complete these projects is included in this set. All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
There are 14 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 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.
There is an additional set of resources in this set that contain UK spelling and grammar.
This set includes assembly directions on how to prepare and assemble this project. Below is a sample of the assembly directions page.
This set includes a book report grading rubric.
I believe that it is important for students to evaluate their own work, so my grading rubric contains both a student assessment and a teacher assessment component. When the students grade their work, they color in the faces. When the teacher grades the work, the teacher circles the small numbers in each box beside the faces. I often find that my students are harsher on themselves than I am, and that the grade that I give them is higher than they have scored themselves.
Below is an example of my Butterfly Book Report grading rubric:
I believe that the writing process is important and that teachers should use process writing whenever possible. For this reason, my students never begin their book reports by writing on their final draft templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their work on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
This butterfly book report set is divided into three writing sections and one section for an illustration:
Left Top Wing - Setting and Characters
Right Top Wing - Solution and Conclusion
Left Bottom Wing - Plot
Right Bottom Wing - Illustration
Butterfly Head and Body: Title of book, author, genre, student name, and date
This set contains two worksheets for students to write their first drafts. On my first draft worksheets, I have designed the writing line spaces to match the spaces allotted on the final draft butterfly templates.
Below is an example of the first draft writing worksheets for this butterfly book report set.
This set includes 5 templates that assemble into the shape of a butterfly.
Below are examples of these five templates:
When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important for them to have a visual example of what their final draft book report projects should look like. I always assemble the butterfly book report project myself beforehand and display it at the front of my classroom for my students to see.
My students enjoy seeing my butterfly project first. They also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report on, and this gives me a great chance to promote a book that I would like to encourage my students to read.
To save you time in coloring your example that you show your students, I have included color butterfly templates of this project for you to use.
Finally, I know that it takes teachers a lot of valuable time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend their valuable time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have designed a matching 5 page display banner for your bulletin board.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board display of these Butterfly Book Reports.
The words inside the flowers on this banner say "Our Class Loves To Read!"
EXTRA GOODIES: For some of my book report sets, I am able to think of, and create, additional accent pieces to help you in decorating your bulletin board displays.
This Butterfly Book Report Set includes a set of flowers that match the flowers in the display banner. This set includes stems and leaves that will help you to assemble these flower accent pieces.
These flowers say "We Are Spreading Our Wings and Blooming By Reading Books!"
Matching Caterpillar Book Report Sets!
While I was creating these two butterfly book report projects, I designed two matching caterpillar book reports.
I wanted to create a colorful spring book report bulletin board display that contained both caterpillars and butterflies.
Above is an old example of these two projects used together to give you an idea of a spring bulletin board display using both butterflies and caterpillars. (I have updated, improved, and changed these templates since I took this photograph in 2006, but I am including this photograph to give you a visual example of how these two projects would look together).
The writing spaces in the butterfly's body match the writing spaces in the caterpillar's body for both book report sets. The first draft worksheets and grading rubrics are exactly the same except for the graphics on them.
These caterpillar and butterfly book report projects are identical to each other in all of the written responses. The only difference is the shape of the butterfly and caterpillar templates.
These identical projects will look great displayed together!
I give my girl students the butterfly templates to write their book reports on and my boy students the caterpillar templates.
By having my students write in two different book report templates, I can then create a dynamic bulletin board display full of both caterpillar and butterfly book report projects.
These caterpillar and butterfly book report projects can be used separately, I am just making a suggestion that worked well for me, and I liked the idea of having my girl students work on butterfly shaped templates and my boy students working on caterpillar templates.
Since I have updated and changed the caterpillar templates since this photograph was taken, I would love to have a new photograph of a bulletin board display of these two projects used together. If I use your photograph on my web page, I will send you any resource that you pick on my website for free!
If you want to submit a photograph to be used, please use the form on my Contact Me Page and write me a short note that you have a photograph that you want to share with me. I'll write you back with an e-mail address where you can send the photograph.
Below you will find these two matching caterpillar book report projects.
Matching Caterpillar Book Report Set #1
Colorful Verbs, Colorful Adjectives, Colorful Characters, and Colorful Plot
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Caterpillar Book Report Set Colorful Verbs, Colorful Adjectives, Colorful Characters, and Colorful Plot
$4.99
Caterpillar Book Report #1:This book report focuses on colorful writing and matches my first butterfly book report set. First, students have to find examples of the author using colorful verbs and adjectives in their book. Then, they have to write a colorful description of the main character and explain why the plot of this book is colorful and interesting.
This Caterpillar Reading Response Set will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to review finding and using descriptive verbs and adjectives, and then using colorful verbs and adjectives in their own writing to describe the main character and plot of their book.
Traditionally, requiring students to find examples of verbs and adjectives in a book is a task that most students find quite boring. Before students start this task, they are given example sentences of descriptive verbs and adjectives on their first draft worksheets.
These first draft worksheets also contain examples from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl and example sentences of how Roald Dahl uses descriptive verbs and adjectives in his writing. By using this caterpillar book report that emphasizes colorful writing, your students will want to put their feet in motion and march into these grammar and writing activities.
This caterpillar shaped book report set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a caterpillar. The finished caterpillar project measures 30 inches in width and 9 inches in height.
These finished book reports make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work. Everything that you need to complete these projects is included in this set. All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
There are 17 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 pages of caterpillar accent pieces for you to use to help you decorate your caterpillar bulletin board display.
This set includes assembly directions on how to prepare and assemble this project. Below is a sample of the assembly directions page.
This set includes a book report grading rubric.
I believe that it is important for students to evaluate their own work, so my grading rubric contains both a student assessment and a teacher assessment component. When the students grade their work, they color in the faces. When the teacher grades the work, the teacher circles the small numbers in each box beside the faces. I often find that my students are harsher on themselves than I am, and that the grade that I give them is higher than they have scored themselves.
Since this project uses the word color in it numerous times, there is an additional set of each resource that contains the UK spelling of colour for the grading rubric, first draft, and final draft templates.
Below is an example of my Caterpillar Book Report grading rubric:
I believe that the writing process is important and that teachers should use process writing whenever possible. For this reason, my students never begin their book reports by writing on their final draft templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their work on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
This Caterpillar Book Report Set is divided into four writing sections:
Section 1 - Colorful Verbs: Students find examples of sentences that contain colorful verbs in them.
Section 2 - Colorful Adjectives: Students find examples of sentences that contain colorful adjectives in them.
Section 3 - Colorful Character: Students write a description for the main character and try to use colorful adjectives and verbs in their writing.
Section 4 - Colorful Plot: Students explain why the plot of this book is colorful (interesting) and why they recommend that other students read this book.
Caterpillar Head and Feet: Title of book, author, genre, student name, and date.
This set contains five worksheets for students to write their first drafts on, the first four worksheets are shown below. On my first draft worksheets, I have designed the writing line spaces to match the spaces allotted on the final draft caterpillar templates.
These first draft worksheets contain example sentences using colorful verbs and adjectives for the students to read before they try to find examples of these parts of speech in their own book. There are also examples from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl so that students can read examples from a particular book.
Below is an example of the first draft writing worksheets for this book report set. 4 of the 5 worksheets are shown below.
This set includes 5 templates that assemble into the shape of a caterpillar. This assembled caterpillar project measures 30 inches in width and 9 inches in height.
Below are examples of these five templates:
When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important for them to have a visual example of what their final draft book report projects should look like. I always assemble the project myself beforehand and display it at the front of my classroom for my students to see.
My students enjoy seeing my caterpillar project first. They also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report on, and this gives me a great chance to promote a book that I would like to encourage my students to read.
To save you time in coloring your example that you show your students, I have included color caterpillar templates of this project for you to use.
Finally, I know that it takes teachers a lot of time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend their valuable time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have designed a matching 5 page display banner for your bulletin board.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board display of these Caterpillar Book Reports.
The words inside the caterpillar's body on this banner say: "Our Class Loves To Read!"
EXTRA GOODIES: For some of my book report sets, I am able to think of, and create, additional accent pieces to help you in decorating your bulletin board displays.
This Caterpillar Book Report Set includes 7 templates that assemble into a large caterpillar bulletin board display.
This caterpillar bulletin board display says: "We Use Colorful Verbs and Adjectives In Our Writing!"
Matching Caterpillar Book Report Set #2
Story Elements: Setting, Characters, Plot, Solution, and Conclusion
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Caterpillar Book Report Set: Story Elements: Setting, Characters, Plot, Solution, and Conclusion
$4.99
Caterpillar Book Report #2: This second caterpillar book report matches my second butterfly book report. For the second version of this book report, students focus on writing about the main elements of their book: setting, characters, plot, solution, and conclusion.
Traditionally, requiring students to write about the main elements of a story is a task that most students find quite boring. By using these unique caterpillar book reports, your students will be marching along with enthusiasm with their writing responses.
This caterpillar shaped book report set contains five worksheet templates that assemble into a caterpillar. The finished caterpillar project measures 30 inches in width and 9 inches in height.
These finished book reports make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work. Everything that you need to complete these projects is included in this set. All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils.
There are 14 worksheet/template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner. There are 8 pages of caterpillar accent pieces.
There is an additional set of resources in this set that contain UK spelling and grammar.
This set includes assembly directions on how to prepare and assemble this project. Below is a sample of the assembly directions page.
This set includes a book report grading rubric.
I believe that it is important for students to evaluate their own work, so my grading rubric contains both a student assessment and a teacher assessment component. When the students grade their work, they color in the faces. When the teacher grades the work, the teacher circles the small numbers in each box beside the faces. I often find that my students are harsher on themselves than I am, and that the grade that I give them is higher than they have scored themselves.
Below is an example of my Caterpillar Book Report grading rubric:
I believe that the writing process is important and that teachers should use process writing whenever possible. For this reason, my students never begin their book reports by writing on their final draft templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their work on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
This Caterpillar Book Report Set is divided into three writing sections and one section for an illustration:
Section 1 - Setting and Characters
Section 2 - Plot
Section 3 - Solution and Conclusion
Caterpillar Head and Feet: Title of book, author, genre, student name, and date
This set contains two worksheets for students to write their first drafts. On my first draft worksheets, I have designed the writing line spaces to match the spaces allotted on the final draft caterpillar templates.
Below is an example of the first draft writing worksheets for this caterpillar book report set.
This set includes 5 templates that assemble into the shape of a caterpillar. This assembled caterpillar project measures 30 inches in width and 9 inches in height.
Below are examples of these five templates:
When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important for them to have a visual example of what their final draft book report projects should look like. I always assemble the project myself beforehand and display it at the front of my classroom for my students to see.
My students enjoy seeing my caterpillar project first. They also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report on, and this gives me a great chance to promote a book that I would like to encourage my students to read.
To save you time in coloring your example that you show your students, I have included color caterpillar templates of this project for you to use.
Finally, I know that it takes teachers a lot of valuable time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend their valuable time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have designed a matching 5 page display banner for your bulletin board.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board display of these Caterpillar Book Reports.
The words inside the caterpillar's body on this banner say: "Our Class Loves To Read!"
EXTRA GOODIES: For some of my book report sets, I am able to think of, and create, additional accent pieces to help you in decorating your bulletin board displays.
This Caterpillar Book Report Set includes 8 templates that assemble into a large caterpillar bulletin board display.
This caterpillar bulletin board display says: "We Are Marching Forward By Reading Books!"
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 my other book report sets:
Please be sure to visit my main Book Report Page for a list of all of the book report sets that I have available on Unique Teaching Resources.
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Thank you for visiting this Butterfly Book Report Page. Please be sure to check out the other pages on my website for a large variety of teaching resources that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.
Sincerely, Heidi McDonald
Creator and Site Manager Unique Teaching Resources
Welcome to my Butterfly Book Report Sets page. 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. 
