Name _________________________________________________ Period ________

Mrs. Tannazzo Date_________

First Quarter IRB Assignment: Book Jacket Report

Inside Rear Back Cover Front Cover Inside Front

Please include the Book Title , Author’s Name and Publisher

Book Spine:
Cover Flap Cover Flap
Write a three Design a cover for
Use creative paragraph summary of your book jacket that Write a review
lettering to the book that includes the title of the of the book
write 2-3 describes the book, the author’s here. Include
names of the beginning, middle, and name, the illustrator’s what you liked
main end (SWBST). Each name, any awards the about the book,
characters. paragraph should book has won, and a focusing on the
Then use a have at least 5 detailed, color characters, plot
thesaurus to sentences, but no drawing. PLEASE DO or setting, etc.
find five more than 8 NOT COPY A PICTURE
adjective that sentences. FROM YOUR BOOK! Include quotes
describe him (Remember a This must be your own you or your
or her. These summary is just the hand drawn artwork. friends might
adjectives main details of a story. have said about
should be Make sure you are not the book.
words that including your
you DO NOT thoughts/feelings.
use in your Only the details of the
everyday story!)
vocabulary.
For example,
don’t use
words like
nice, happy,
or pretty to
describe the
character.

~OR~

Use this panel

to illustrate
comic book
style, three
problems the
characters
faced in the
story. Give
each picture a
one sentence
caption.

Information:
1. Look at at least 5 examples of book jackets before beginning this project.
2. Use paper that is larger than a regular sheet of paper (11x14 will work well). Use any
additional embellishments to create the book jacket as described above.
3. You may use the computer or create your book jacket by hand (or a combination of
both!)
4. Use the attached rubric to get a good grade.
5. Select a book that you have read during the 1st Quarter.
6. Be original! Be creative! Use color! Use your imagination! Have fun!

Due Date: November 12, 2010

Name: _____________________________________________ Period ________

Mrs. Tannazzo Date __________

Book Jacket Rubric

Category 4 3 2 1 Point
s
Earne
d
Front Includes a Includes a hand- Includes an Does not include
Cover detailed, hand- drawn illustration, illustration, title of two or more of the
drawn color title of the book, the book, and following:
illustration, title awards won, and author’s name. The illustration, title,
of the book, author’s name. illustration may or awards won, or
awards won, and The illustration may not depict a author’s name.
author’s name. depicts a scene scene from the book.
The illustration from the book.
depicts a scene
from the book.
Back Includes a 3 Includes a 2-3 Includes a summary Includes a summary
Cover paragraph paragraph of the story. May or of the story. Is not
summary of the summary may not include written in
beginning, describing most of information on the paragraph form.
middle, and end the beginning, beginning, middle, Leaves vital
of the story, middle, and end of or end of the story. information out of
using at least 5 the story, using at May or may not be the summary, or
sentences per least 5 sentences in paragraph from or the summary is not
paragraph. You per paragraph. in sequential order. in sequential order.
do not include You do not include You may include You may include
your personal your personal your personal your personal
opinion. opinion. opinion. opinion.
Inside The review is The review A brief review is A limited review is
Front clearly written includes what you included on what included and there
and focuses on specifically liked you liked about the may or may not be
Cover what you about the book. book. There may be quotes.
Flap specifically liked Multiple quotes quotes included.
about the book. are included.
Multiple quotes
are included.
Inside Includes 2-3 main Includes 2 main Includes 2 main Includes 1-2 main
Rear characters with 5 characters with 5 characters with 5 characters with
adjectives each adjectives that are adjectives that adjectives that are
Cover that are not a not a part of your includes only some a part of your
Flap part of your everyday words that are not a everyday
(Adjective everyday vocabulary. part of your vocabulary.
s) vocabulary. everyday
Character name vocabulary.
is written
creatively.
Inside Detailed comic A comic strip A comic strip with A comic strip with
Rear strip depicting 3 depicting 3 little detail depicting little details
problems faced problems faced by 2-3 problems faced depicting 1-2
Cover by a character in a character in the by a character in the problems faced by a
Flap the story. A story. A caption is story. A caption may character in the
(Comic) detailed caption included. be included. story. A caption
is included. may be included.
Spine Includes the title, Includes the title May be missing Missing 2 or more
name of author, and name of either title, components.
and publishing author in neat publishing company,
company in neat, creative writing. or author’s name.
creative writing.

Neatness The book jacket The book jacket The book jacket is Very messy and
& Effort has no distracting has almost no fairly readable but hard to read. It
errors, distracting errors, the quality is not too looks like the
corrections or corrections, or good on some parts. student threw it
erasures and is erasures and is It looks like the together at the last
easily read. It easily read. It student ran out of minute without
appears the appears the time or didn’t take much care. The
student spent a student worked care of it. The project may have
lot of time on it. hard on it. The project may have been turned in late.
The project was project was turned been turned in late.
turned in on time. in on time.

A = 22-24 points
B = 20-21 points
C = 17-19 points
D = 16 points
F = 15 points or less Total Score :
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