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Extreme Weather and Natural Disaster Activity Book
Due Date - __________
You will create your own Extreme Weather and Natural Disaster activity book
on the following topics: tornadoes, thunderstorms, hurricanes, volcanoes,
earthquakes, and tsunamis. Your book should include a variety of activities
like crossword puzzles, word searches, coloring label pages, mazes,
vocabulary quizzes, missing letter spelling, cryptograms, secret decoder
messages, etc.
Requirements:
• Notes on each topic using the note-taking template
• Each page should include an activity, important information, and
visuals
• An answer key must be provided
• The book should have a creative cover with your name at the bottom
• Layout of each page should be neat and attractive
• A variety of activities should be used
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On My Honor Book Report – Due February 3rd
Cover (12 pts) – Title, author, illustration, your name
First paragraph (22 pts) – Title, author, setting, and time period
Second paragraph (22 pts) – Main characters
Third paragraph (22 pts) – plot
Fourth paragraph (22 pts) – Your impression of the book (recommendation,
author’s style of writing, personal response, etc.)
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The Outline of Your Report
You have read your book. Your next step will be to organize what you are
going to say about it in your report. Writing the basic elements down in an
outline format will help you to organize your thoughts.
Since you’ve have chosen a work of fiction, you will start with a description
of the book. The description should include such elements as:
1. The setting—where does the story take place? Is it a real place or an
imaginary one? If the author does not tell you exactly where the story is
set, what can you tell about it from the way it is described?
2. The time period—is the story set in the present day or in an earlier
time period? Perhaps it is even set in the future! Let your reader know.
3. The main character(s)—who is the story mostly about? Give a brief
description. Often, one character can be singled out as the main character,
but some books will have more than one.
4. The plot—what happens to the main character? WARNING! Be careful
here. Do not fall into the boring trap of reporting every single thing that
happens in the story. Pick only the most important events. Here are some
hints on how to do that. First, explain the situation of the main character
as the story opens. Next, identify the basic plot element of the story--is
the main character trying to achieve something or overcome a particular
problem? Thirdly, describe a few of the more important things that happen to
the main character as he/she works toward that goal or solution. Finally, you
might hint at the story's conclusion without completely giving away the
ending.
The four points above deal with the report aspect of your work. For the final
section of your outline, give your reader a sense of the impression the book
made upon you. Ask yourself what the author was trying to achieve and whether
or not he achieved it with you. What larger idea does the story illustrate?
How does it do that? How did you feel about the author's style of writing,
the setting, or the mood of the book? You do not have to limit yourself to
these areas. Pick something which caught your attention, and let your reader
know your personal response to whatever it was.
