Lakewood Catholic Academy - 2007 Summer Reading List - Grade 4

4th Grade Brown Bag Book Report

Report Due: August 24, 2007

Ahh, lunch. Who knows what we'll find when we open up the dreaded brown bag packed by our mothers? Will it be the standard p, b 'n j or tunafish...or did she try to stick in some raw vegetables that will never be eaten? The fun never ends when it come to sack lunches.

You're going to brown bag it for Reading class, so get ready!

ASSIGNMENT:
Read an age/grade-appropriate fiction book. Create a brown bag sack lunch for the main character in your book.
Include the following:

-- brown bag - this must be decorated in some way to personalize it as being that character's. Besides including the character's name, you may want to make a name tag as well as adding pictures.

-- a sandwich - this will be the "meat" of your report, the plot. Create two slices of bread and add "meat" (veggie is good too!). On the "meat", list the major plot points of your book (at least 5.) Put this in a baggie for an extra cool touch.

-- two snacks - think chips, cookies or other treats. Imagine two other characters whose personalities can be represented by a treat. Are they flaky? Sweet? Sour Solid? Write a description of these characters. For example: Cinderella's step-sisters can be represented by Sour Patch Kid candy and the Fairy-Godmother can be represented by a cupcake.

-- a beverage - think milk carton, juice box or bottle. Create a beverage that sums up the main setting of your book. Name the product accordingly (e.g. Once Upon a Time Punch for Cinderella) and include a three-five sentence explanation of your setting on th back of your beverage drawing.

-- a napkin - to clean things up. This will be how the problem of the story is solved. Write your problem on one side of the "napkin," and how the problem was solved on the other -- each description should be three-five sentences.

-- a placemat - Create a vocabulary placemat using words from your book. Be sure to include 5 challenging/unfamiliar words, each definition and an illustration to help remember the meaning of each word. Placemats should be on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper larger.

-- a note - (You can thank Hallmark for this one!) Parents love sticking little notes into their kids' lunch boxes. Have on of the other characters in the book write a note of at least 5 sentences to your character (it can be an expression of love, hate, sorrow, friendship ...whatever works for your book.).

-- a freebie - develop your own original item for your brown bag, focusing on the theme. This should be at least 3 sentences.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
Use real-life food containers (chip bags, fruit bar wrappers, etc.) as the model for your project. Then, go crazy with the computer or with markers and colored pencils, creating new labels for the front and back of your "lunch." (Please clean the items first...ants do not add extra credit!) Or make the items out of paper and other craft supplies.

WHAT YOUR REPORT WILL BE GRADED ON:
-- presentation/neatness (10)
-- originality (10)
-- grammar/mechanics (20)
-- content

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