Writing & Reading - Novel Summary

Writing & Reading - Novel Summaries

The following form is to be completed every time a student finishes reading a novel. This summary is kept in the Reading Log Duo-Tang. Once 20 novels are read and summarized, Novel Summaries do not need to be written.

Novel Summary Novel # ________

Title
Author		Genre
Series NO YES	Date Started yy/mm/dd	Pgs	Date Finished yy/mm/dd

Reading : 100% 50% 100%

In School I___I___I___I___I___I___I___I___I___I___IAt Home

About the Story

1	Main Character Who, What
2	2^nd Character Who, What
3	Place – setting Where
4	Time - setting When
5	Plot What’s it about?
6	In the end What happened?

Brief Summary of the Story (50 to 60 words, full sentences) Word count - # of words ___________

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What did you think of the book? (20 to 30 words, full sentences) Word count - # of words ___________

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Rating *****

1 Didn’t Like It

2 So - So

3 Good Book

4 I Loved It

5 WOW The Best!