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These are a couple of the book report assignments I have used in my classroom over the years with my 7th and 8th grade students. I like to give them assignments that show they have really read the book. I don't like to use the standard methods of book reports and this also keeps students from cheating and copying from others.

I read a book that discussed the 100 words every middle school student should know. this is a typed list of those words. I use it with my 8th graders and they have to learn 10 new ones each week for a quiz. It works really well for vocabulary!

This is a project I designed for my 7th grade students to work on. They had then entire nine weeks to work on it. Not only does it teach autobiography, because it is all about them, it also covers some state standards! They loved working on this assignment and I had some great posters!

This is a lesson plan that deals with Plot Elements, Author's Purpose, and Types of Plot. It includes different centers/stations for students to break into. this lesson plan can be used for 2-5 days of instruction depending on class size and instructional level. I use it with my 7th and 8th grade reading classes but you could easily modify it to go down or up a few grade levels.

This is an assignment where students are asked to create a poster with boards similar to those on the popular site Pinterest, They are to develop boards and glue them onto a poster for a large assignment. I use this as a test grade. This goes great with an autobiography unit of study. Students LOVE this assignment!!! Really great projects come from assigning this!

This is a project I use for my 7th grade students to do some research on a particular author. I usually let them choose 3 of their favorite authors. Then, I look through their lists, and assign one of their choices to them.

This is a fun activity to use when working on poetry or anytime. Students use words they find from magazines to help them do this activity. A class favorite!

This is a project I developed to showcase the creative fictional writing of my 8th grade students. I have also used this same project with as a book report tool by having them to put their book report in the DVD case and redesign the DVD case lie the book they read. Students love this assignment and they make great displays and conversation starters for students and parent teacher meetings.