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Book Report Sample B

Romeo & Juliet  by William Shakespeare

4D (14) Feng Jie Neng

Romeo & Juliet is a very famous play written by William Shakespeare. Many themes are explored in this play, the most important of which is love, hatred and fate.

This play shows us many kinds of love. One type of love is ‘infatuation’ , ‘puppy love’ being of this type, which many teenagers fall into. They don’t realize that their feelings are actually an obsession, not true love. Romeo’s love for Rosaline is an example of this.

Most importantly, we can see true love in this play. This love is so strong that Romeo & Juliet will even sacrifice their lives for it.

This play also has an important lesson about hatred. It shows how love can be destroyed by it. Hatred always lead to tragedy, as in the needless deaths of Romeo & Juliet. It’s too late that the Capulets and Montagues learn this lesson through the deaths of their children. Because of their ancient grudge, they have lost their only children. Luckily, the tragic love affair between Romeo & Juliet ended this feud.

Finally, Shakespeare addresses his idea of fate. At the beginning of the play, he mentions that Romeo & Juliet are ‘star-crossed’ lovers. This means that whatever they do, they cannot escape their destiny. They are doomed never to be happy together. But in the end, they cannot overcome the fate that has already been destined for them.

I learn such a good lesson from this play. I hope I can learn more and enrich my life.

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 by Ron Schleede

Genre: non-fiction

4D (40) Smith Yau

In 1985, Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight 123 took off from Runway C-15-L at Tokyo International Airport. That plane was full of passengers. However, when he plane climbed to cruising altitude, they met trouble and crashed into a mountain, killing 520 person.

This book is about the disaster of JAL Flight 123, the ins and outs and the reasons of the crash.

In this story, I think Captain Masami Takahama is the hero, who was the captain of JAL Flight 123. He was also a senior training captain of JAL. In the story, he was calm when his plane faced danger, and with his knowledge, he kept the damaged plane flying for 32 minutes. Naturally, there were others who had contributed to preventing the plane from crashing and ensuring the safety of the passengers.

In this book, I think the ins and outs of the crash is the most important chapters in the book, which are also my favorite part of the book. When the pilots knew they were getting into trouble, they did not back down. With their amazing flying skills, they kept flying he damaged plane for 32 minutes. During which the flight attendants kept the passengers calm. Therefore, those chapters show the teamwork of the crew which carried through firmly to the end.

I think this book is great, because it can show the scenario of air crash. As it involves physics and engineering, it is difficult to express in words. However, the author had a great method of using pictures to express the abstract, e.g., how air pressure damaged the plane.

This book is interesting and useful to me, because my dream job is to be a pilot, so I can learn more about flying, physics, engineering and aviation history from reading this book. I will recommend this book to others.

Book Report Sample

Title: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory            Author: Roald Dahl            

Student: YCK2 1B (2)Cheng Man Chi

Introduction:

Why I chose the book:

 I like the part of this book when Charlie Bucket and the other four children visit Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It is very interesting and funny.

What kind of story is it?

 This story is about a chocolate factory owner and a little boy, Charlie Bucket, who comes from a poor family. They experienced something exciting and wonderful during the visit of the chocolate factory by Charlie and four other children.

Body

Plot 

Willy Wonka is a factory owner who makes the most marvellous candies and chocolate and he opens his factory for visit by five lucky winners.

Characters:   Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and four other children.

Personal Opinions

Willy Wonka hates his father and he thought all parents in the world are bad. But I think it is not  easy for our parents to bring us up. It takes a lot of money and love. They devote unlimited love to us and have our interests in mind in everything.

The character I like best in the book is Charlie. I admire him a lot.

After reading this book, I found it very fascinating. On the other hand, there are many descriptive words in it and I learned a lot.

English Book Report 英文閱讀報告

Everyone has to hand in an English book report on or before February 14, 2011.


You can add 10 points to your RED Record Card.


Your book report may be chosen to join the Book Report Competition.



(A) Instructions:

1) Write at least 200 words for your book report.


2) Type your book report and send it to the following emails: 
3eyck2@gmail.com      or         nychan@yck2.edu.hk


3) If you find any difficulties to type your book report, please write neatly on a piece of YCK2 lined paper.


4) If you change your mind and want to use another book for your book report, please send an email to us during Lunar New Year Holidays.


5) If you have any questions on writing the book report, you can send an email to us and we will get back to you ASAP.


(B) Follow the steps below:


1) Choose a book to write about. You could write about a book in any genre 題材or category: adventure, mystery, fantasy, biography, fiction or nonfiction.
挑選書籍

2) Take notes about the book while you are reading.
一邊看書，一邊寫筆記

3) Write an introductory paragraph. 開首一段 , 要寫上書名和作者和故事種類

•  Be sure to include the title and author of the book and let the reader know what type of story it is: funny, exciting, scary or sad.

• You may want to start with a question to get your reader interested. 
  

4) Write a paragraph summarizing the plot. 

• Be sure to give the names of the main characters and tell a little about them.

5) Write a paragraph about the characters in the storybook.

• Who is the character you like most? Who is the loveliest? Who is the poorest? 
• You could explain the problem they face in the book and what they are doing to overcome it. 

6) Write a paragraph that gives the reader your opinion of the book. Here you might want to write about your favorite part or what you learned.


7) Write a conclusion that lets the reader know the reasons why you recommend this book. 

8) Once you have finished your paper, be sure to review your writing.


REMEMBER TO READ ENGLISH EVERYDAY!!!!!! 

Grammar for Reported Speech

Reported questions複述句

1. Yes or No Question
“Is Mark a good skater?” asked Tom.
àTom asked if / whether Mark was a good skater. (名詞 跟 動詞)

2. Yes or no question將subject 放在動詞前面
“Is Ken here?” Mr. Wong asked.
àMr. Wong asked if / whether Ken was here.

3. Yes or No Question
Rule: 取走 DOES 轉動詞形態
“Does making models cost a lot?” Al wondered.
àAl wondered if / whether making models cost a lot.

4. Yes or no question + time expressions 時態
Robert:"Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.

5. WH-Question +取走Do / Does版本
“What hobbies do you like?” asked Ed.
àEd asked what hobbies I liked.

6. WH- Question
“Who is going to play first” asked Don.
à Don asked who was going to play first.

7. WH- question + time expressions時態
A man:"When does the train to Liverpool leave?"○
à A man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.

8. WH- Question
Grandmother:"Where are my glasses?"
à Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.

9.Reported Question複述問句
Barbara:"Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.


10. Reported Speech +Time Expressions時態
Emily:"Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow." 明天
àEmily said that their teacher would go to Leipzig the next day. 下一天

11. Reported Speech + time expressions昨日時態
Helen:"I was writing a letter yesterday." 昨日
àHelen told me that she had been writing a letter the day before. 日前

12. Reported Speech + time expressions去年時態
Robert:"My father flew to Dallas last year." 去年
àRobert told me that his father had flown to Dallas the year before. 一年前

13. Reported Speech + Time expressions 下個星期時態
My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."下個星期
àPatricia said that her mother would celebrate her birthday the following weekend. 接著的那個星期

14. Reported Speech + Statement with expression of time 這個星期時態
Michael:"I am going to read a book this week."
àMichael said to me that he was going to read a book that week.

15. Reported commands, negation 命令句 “don’t”
Karen:"Don't play football in the garden!"
Karen told me not to play football in the garden.

16. Reported Speech, simple statement
John:"Mandy is at home."
John said that Mandy was at home.