Book Report

1. Book Report

2. Book Report • Title: • Author: • No. of Pages: • Publisher: • Classisfication: (fictions/ ghost story/ love story/ children’s story)

3. Book Report • Cover Design • Summary: (not less than 100 words) • Feeling: (not less than 80 words) • Describe a Scene or a Character: (not less than 60 words) with a picture • Glossary: List of Vocabulary (at least 20 words)

4. Example

6. Book Title : The Little Match Girl • Author : Hans Christian Andersen • No of Pages. : 20 • Publisher : World International • Classification: Fairy Story

7. Little Match Girl

8. Summary • This book was about a poor girl who sold matches in the street. The girl had to support her family as her father did noy work but drank wine every night. Every day, her father gave her some matches to sell. If she could not sell all of them, her father would treat her badly, even beaten by her father. • Because of the bad weather, she could not sell any matches because there was no one in the streets. She was afraid she would be beaten, so she did not go home. Then she walked to a corner for shelter from the falling snow. Because of the coldness, she lit a match. Bravo! She saw a big stove. She enjoyed the warmth of it. Then, she saw a table full of delicious food and drink. “Oh! Can I have all of them now” she cried delightfully. Suddenly, one of the stars fell from the sky and this reminded her of her grandmother, who treated her well. Then she lit another match. She saw her grandmother smiling at her. Hoping to hold on the look of her grandmother, she lit all her matches. Finally, her grandmother wrapped the little match girl in her arms and lifted her up to the sky. The little match girl was dead. (218 words)

9. Descript a Scene • The streets were very cold as it was snowing. Many people stayed inside their houses staying happily with their family. However, the little match girl had to stand for five hours with torn clothes. Her shoes were torn by long walking. So, she wore her mother’s shoes which were too large for her. She walked with difficulty and cried out, “Please buy some matches.” But no one responded to her. She felt so sad about that. What a poor girl she was! • (83words)

11. Feeling • I think that in reality, the society is full of contradictions, cruelty and kindness. The story vividly illustrated this. Like the little girl, her father was harsh and her grandmother was kind and full of love. Like the rich people in town, they had sumptuous food and magnificent stove and the little match girl had to sell matches and wander in the coldness outside. So I think that the story suggested that we should try a little more kindness to others and lend a helping hand to those in need and less fortunate people. I think that our community would be better if everybody is more caring and kind-hearted towards others. • (111 words)

12. (Glossary) List of Vocabulary • match:–noun 1.a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface. • Slipper:–noun 1.any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. • Creature:–noun 1.an animal, esp. a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space. • snowflake –noun 1.one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls. • Penny –noun a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. • Polish–verb (used with object) 1.to make smooth and glossy, esp. by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob. • Ornament –noun 1.an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments. • scratch –verb (used with object) 1.to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.

13. (Glossary) List of Vocabulary • Candle–noun 1.a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. • imagine –verb (used with object) 1.to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses). • brightness –noun 1.the quality of being bright. • glorious –adjective 1.delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable • pale –adjective 1.lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish: a pale complexion. • hunger –noun 1.a compelling need or desire for food. • branches-- noun.  A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb. • roast –verb (used with object) 1.to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, esp. in an oven.

14. (Glossary) List of Vocabulary • beautiful –adjective 1.having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech. • goose –noun 1.any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks. • vanish –verb (used without object) 1.to disappear from sight, esp. quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out. • stiffness –adjective 1.rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.

15. Reference • http://station05.qc.ca/csrs/bouscol/anglais/book_report/index.html • http://www.lkwdpl.org/study/bookrep/ • http://dictionary.reference.com • http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/rundtom/galleri/2005/index_e.html?oph=1 • http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_match.html