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Book Report: Non-Fiction

Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by Jacob Boas

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer

Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust by Maxine B. Rosenberg

Parts of the Book Report:

Title Page

Actual Book Report

Contents of Book Report:

1. Discuss the setting of the book.

2. Give a summary of the book by discussing the real person's/people's life/lives.

3. Discuss the character/person's traits and support them with examples from the book.

4. Discuss the theme - the message of the book and some interesting facts you learned from this book.

5. Give your opinion of the book. Include the answers to the following:

*How would you rate the book? Why?

*What part of the book affected you and in what way?

*Do you think the book gave an honest account of the personÕs life?

*Do you admire any of the people in the book? Why?

Book Report: Fiction

Kris's War by Carol Matas

Lisa's War by Carol Matas

Parts of the Book Report:

Title Page

Actual Book Report

Contents of Book Report:

1. Discuss the setting of the book.

2. Give a summary of the book by discussing the real person's life.

3. Discuss the main characters' traits and support them with examples from the book.

4. Discuss the theme - the message of the book.

5. Give your opinion of the book. Include the answers to the following:

*How would you rate the book? Why?

*What part of the book affected you and in what way?

*Do you think the book gave an honest account of a person's life during the Holocaust?

Hint: Follow guide sheets for book report for the four elements of a book; there is one more thing added this time -

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