Book-Report读书报告

BookReportWritingcourseIVLEAD-INQuestions:WhatIsABookReport?WhydoWeWriteABookReport?WhattoBeIncludedinABookReport?WheretoBegin?Whatarethestepsinwriting?HowtoMakea(n)Summary/Evaluation?WhatIsABookReport?Abookreport:isanexpositiongivingsshortsummaryofabookandareactiontoit.bookreport=(asummaryofwork+anevaluationofit)SampleStudy(TB)Unit15WhyWriteABookReport?toprovethatyouhavecompleted,andunderstood,theassignedbookToenhanceyourabilitytoanalyzethestoryandthecharactersThestructureofabookreportI.IntroductionII.Summary+AnalysisIII.EvaluationPartOne1.Informationaboutthewriter(hisname,thebookshehaspublished,theyearsofhisbirthanddeath,thepublisherofthebook)Whengivingtheinformationaboutthewriter,thelearnerwritershouldincludesomehistoricalandsocialbackgroundtowhichthebookisrelated.Tomakethingsclear,thelearnerwritershouldreadsomereferencematerials,suchasbiographiesofthewriterandhistoriesoftheperiodinwhichthebookwaswritten.PartTwo2.Asummaryofthebook(thestoryandmaincharacters)Abookreportshouldcontainasummaryofthebookunderdiscussion.Thesummaryshouldbeconcise,clearandeasytounderstand.Thelearnerwritershouldmakesurethatthesummarybesubjectiveandcenteronthemajorthemeofthebook.Asforthetenseofthebookreport,itdependsonthesubjectmatterofthebook.Ifitisanoveloraplayorasciencefiction,thepresenttenseismoreappropriatewhilethepasttenseisrequiredfornonfictionsuchashistorybooks.PartThree3.Somecommentsonthebook(personalinterpretationofthemeaningofthebook)Thethirdpartandalsothemostimportantpartofabookreportisthecomment.Inthispart,thelearnerwriter'sjobistoevaluatethebookaccordingtohisorherownpersonalinterpretationanddiscussthemeritsanddemeritsofthebook,thesocialand/orhistoricalsignificanceofthebook.Ifthelearnerwriteriscompetentenoughtodiscussthewritingstyleoftheauthor,heorsheshouldfeelfreetodoso.WheretoBegin?Author:Whowroteit?Whatdoyouknowabouttheauthor?PublicationInformation:Whenandwherewasitpublished,andbywhom?Genre:Areyoureportingonanovel?Abiography?Ahistory?Title:Whatdoesitaccomplishforthebookitself?Whatdoesittellyouaboutthebook?StepsofWritingaBookReportBeforeYouReadAsYouReadWhenYouAreReadytoWriteBeforeYouReadsomebasicinformationfromthebook:●Author●Title●Publisherlocation,nameofpublisher,yearpublished●NumberofPages●Genre(体裁):Areyoureportingonanovel?Abiography?Ahistory?AsYouRead●Characters:Whoarethemaincharacters?Whathappenstothem?Didyoulikethem?Weretheregoodandbadcharacters?●MainIdeas:Whatisthemainideaofthebook?Whathappens?Whatdidyoulearnthatyoudidnotknowbefore?●Quotes:Whatpartsdidyoulikebest?Aretherepartsthatyoucouldquotetomakeyourreportmoreenjoyable?WhenYouAreReadytoWriteAnnouncethebookandauthorSummarizeOtheritemstoconsider读书报告的撰写可以帮助读者强化阅读理解，提高分析故事和人物的能力。一般来说，读书报告应包含三部分的内容：作者及作品简介，作品内容概括（情节与主要人物分析），个人对作品的评价。在第一部分中，应提供与作品相关的社会历史背景介绍。为了理清脉络，写读书报告之前最好查阅有关资料，如作者的传记、作品创作的背景等。第二部分的内容概括要简明扼要，通俗易懂，要做到围绕作品主题展开叙述，主观性要强。叙述小说、戏剧等故事情节一般用现在时，而历史故事等通常用过去时。第三部分是最重要的部分。在这一部分中，要对作品做出自己的个人理解，讨论作品的优点和不足，作品的社会或历史意义等。有能力的话，讨论作家的写作风格亦可。写作步骤：1．仔细阅读所给作品，力图对作品全面理解，并对其中的重要内容加以标注；2．在读书报告第一段中，写下作者和作品名及自己的论点。3．概述作品：主题，基本情节，人物分析，重要细节等。4．主观评价：作品优劣之处及原因所在，并可加以例证，5．重新阅读，修改语法拼写等错误。Componentsofasynopsis①Start:aone/two-sentencesummaryencapsulatingwhatthestoryisabout②Setting,MainCharacters:establishthesettingandidentifythemaincharacters.③Conflict:Identifythemotivationsof,andconflictsbetween,themaincharacters.④Plot:Movethestoryforwardalongitsmainthrust（要点）,showingtheprotagonist（主人公）asactivewhilealsonotingotherdrivingforces⑤Resolution:showtheresolutionofallconflictsandsub-plots--nolooseends,nocliff-hangers⑥Ending:giveitaway.Neverleavetheeditorguessing.