Abeka Academy: Book Reports

A book report is a written composition or oral presentation that describes, summarizes, and evaluates a work of fiction or nonfiction. Book reports help students improve their reading comprehension skills and give them an opportunity to practice grammar skills. Sydney was assigned to read seven books throughout the year and write a report on each book.

In the A Beka Academy program, a book report has to have the following parts:

Part 1: Important information about the book

• the title of the book
• the author of the book
• the type of book (fiction, nonfiction, biography, etc.)
• the number of pages in the book

Part 2: What the book is about

Part 3: An exciting or interesting part in the book

Part 4: A signed statement verifying that the whole book was read

I included some of the book reports that she worked on this year.

Song of the Brook

She completed a short form book report for the first book.

​Saved at Sea was the second book she was assigned to read.

She completed a long report for Saved at Sea.

​She completed an Encyclopedia report on George Washington Carver.

​She just recently finished reading a biography on Helen Keller, and was required to give an oral book report for the experience of speaking before an audience.

​She is currently reading through Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan.
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​Aaron was required to read six books this year in the 9th grade program. He was assigned to complete full-length, short-length and oral book reports.

​He read Up from Slavery, an autobiography by Booker T. Washington, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol, The Great Airport Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon, The Caribbean Cruise Caper also by Franklin W. Dixon, C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller by Janet & Geoff Benge, Hudson Taylor: Deep in the Heart of China also by Janet & Geoff Benge, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.

​He was also assigned an oral book report. It had two parts: the written preparation and the oral presentation.

​Why read books?

Aaron's response.