Reading Workshop 7

Book Completion Forms

Tutorial

Reading Workshop Book Completion for FICTIONanswer using sentences!

Your name _________________________________ Your ZPD ____________
Date of Completion _______________
Title of Book ____________________________________ Author
_______________________ On the list? _________
If an AR book the book level ___________
Number of AR points __________
# Book youve read
1 2 3 4 5 6

What is the genre of the book? How can you

tell? NOT just fiction but biography, history,
historical fiction, mystery, science, romance,
fantasy, science fiction, humor, poetry, horror,
epic, memoir, thriller, dystopian, utopian,
sports, coming of age, etc.
The genre of The Fellowship of the Ring is
fantasy. I can tell it is fantasy because there are
characters in the book who are not human, such
as Legolas who is an elf and Gimli who is a
dwarf. There are also wizards and magic in the
book.

What is the setting of the book and how does the

setting impact/effect the story? (Why is the setting
importanthow would it be different if it took place
somewhere else?)

The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional town

in Alabama called Maycomb. It is important that the
book be set in Alabama because of the race issues
that take place in the book. Tom Robinson is a black
man who is accused of a crime and will be found
guilty due to his skin color, not because he actually
did the crime. Also, the story had to happen in a very
small town so that the people all knew about one
anothers lives and are tightly connected to each

Major characters: Cory Mackenson and his

friends.
Setting: Zephyr, Alabama
Climax: Cory figures out who the
murderer
is
Conflict: Cory and his dad struggle with
the
murder of the man at the bottom
of
the lake
Resolution: Both Cory and his dad figure
out the mystery and catch the
murderer
Theme: Overcoming Your Fears
Diagram of Rising Action and Falling Action

Cite one internal conflict from the book (character vs.

self) and state how the character resolves this conflict.
Tell how the conflict is resolved. (This is something
that the character is struggling with inside of
him/herselfa decision s/he has to make, a moral
dilemma, an emotional question, something in the
psychology of the character him/herself.
One internal conflict that Frodo struggles with is
whether or not he has the courage and strength he
must have to carry through with the mission of
returning the ring to the fires of Mordor. The conflict is
resolved in the final book when Frodo, with Sams help,
is able to return the ring to the firesalthough he has
to fight Gollum to do so.

Cite one external conflict from the book (character vs.

nature or other character(s) or society or
supernatural).Tell how the conflict is resolved.
One external conflict that Katniss faces is when Kato
tries to kill her. She climbs up a tree and drops a
tracker-jacker nest. The wasp-like creatures then
attack Kato and she is able to get away.

Who is the book about and who is telling the

story?
Whose point of view is it coming from?
Identify the story teller and explain the point
of view used in your book (tell if it is first
person, third person limited, third person
omniscient, alternating person, second person
author makes the reader a part of the book
using the pronoun youvery rare form).
Cite an example from your book to prove your
point. Write something word for word from
the book that proves which point of view the

Give an example from the book of the

characterization of the main character word
for word with the page number.
What does the characterization tell the reader
about the character? (This is how the author
lets us know what the person is like. This can
be done through the thoughts of the
character, through the things the character
says and does, or through the things others in
the book say about the character)

Give one example of figurative

language from the book, including the
page number. Name the kind of
figurative language that is used.
(simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia,
hyperbole, alliteration, idiom, clich)