Book Rport:
The book you choose must have some aspect of human and animal interrelationships. I have provided a list of suggested books and I really prefer that you keep with one of the books on the list. If you absolutely have to choose a book that is not on this list you must email me for approval.Provide a short description of the book and I will let you know if it is acceptable. If you use an unapproved book, you may lose credit for this assignment.
Report Specifications:
• All reports must be typed, 12 font, double-spaced, with standard one inch margins.
• Title page should state Student Name, book title and author of the book
• Length of paper will vary with length of book, but should be at least 5 pages.
Content:
• All papers should include a very brief introduction, which should include the reason why you chose this book.
• Following the introduction, you will write a short summary of each chapter in the book. At the end of each chapter summary, in a separate paragraph, discuss any human-animal relationships in that chapter. Just a few of the questions you can ask yourself include but are not limited to:Did the relationships influence the story or were they not important. Where the relationships positive or negative? Companionship? Antagonist? Friend? Stuff like this…..
• A conclusion at the end of the paper should summarize the relationships between humans and animals that you wrote about throughout the whole book in your chapter summaries, and explain their importance and/or significance.
• MOST COMMON MISTAKE: Not analyzing/expanding on or explaining the importance of the human-animal relationships. Just doing a summary of the chapter is NOT enough. Also, ALL chapters must be summarized, even if that chapter did not include any human-animal relationships.
Books to choose from:
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- White Fang by Jack London
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
- The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
- Man O’War by Walter Farley
- Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneby J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain
- The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
- My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeby C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes (the other books of this series do NOT work)
- The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Marley and Me by John Grogan
- Old Yeller by Fred Gibson
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Born Free by Joy Adamson
- Stuart Little by E.B. White
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Water for the Elephants by Sara Gruen