1、How to Write a Book Report,Jan. 2011,What Is A Book Report? Why Write A Book Report? What to Be Included in A Book Report? Where to Begin? How to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluation ? How to Conduct Further Research? How to Avoid Plagiarism,What Is A Book Report?,A book report: providing basic in
2、formation about the book A book review, going beyond the basics to evaluate and make more subjective claims about the texts quality. a research paper, which investigates a topic through a variety of sources and takes a position within a set of claims about that topic,Why Write A Book Report?,to prov
3、e that you have completed, and understood, the assigned To enhance your ability to analyze the story and the characters to add its readers knowledge base,What to Be Included in A Book Report?,Who? What? Where? When? How? Why? Its category; its major plot, characters, thesis, and/or main idea; its st
4、yle Explain; Summarize; Analyze; Evaluate,Where to Begin?,Author: Who wrote it? What, if anything, do you know about the author? Publication Information: When and where was it published, and by whom? Genre: Are you reporting on a novel? A biography? A history? Title: What does it accomplish for the
5、book itself? What does it tell you about the book?,How to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluation,Summary You should go into enough detail to make clear that youve gone beyond reading someone elses summary You should make your summary concise, clear and easy to understand You should use present tense
6、 for a novel or a play or a science fiction,How to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluation,Plot Summary,Freytags Pyramid,How to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluation,Exposition: gives the reader the basic information: the characters, setting, and basic conflict Rising action: complicates the basic c
7、onflict, presenting the characters with obstacles to overcome and other secondary conflicts. Climax: the dramatic, often exciting, point at which things begin to change for the story and the characters. Falling action: the resolution of the climaxs conflict. Denouement : the ending of the story,How
8、to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluation,Analysis What does the story tell us? How does the book tell its story or make its argument? What tools does it use? Here, you may want to discuss themes, motifs, symbols, and other rhetorical devices the book uses,How to Make a (n) Summary/Analysis/Evaluati
9、on,Evaluation What do you think of this book? What makes it importantworth writing a report on, or assigning you to report on? Would you recommend it, or assign it, to others? What are the first few things you would bring up for discussion with someone else? the merits and demerits; the social /hist
10、orical /literary significance,The structure of a book report,I. Introduction II. Summary III. Analysis IV. Evaluation,How to Conduct Further Research?,Scholarly sources are the bound journals in your library. They are often published by universities or by university presses. Journalistic sources inc
11、lude most newspapers and magazines with which youre familiar. They are published by for-profit corporations that accept advertising, and they cater to a wider and less specialized audience than do scholarly sources. Popular sources are usually self-published. Many blogs, term paper sharing websites,
12、 and internet sources fall into this category.,How to Conduct Further Research?,Databases JSTOR-西文过刊全文库 ProQuest Dissertations & Theses(PQDT)-博硕士论文全文数据库（ProQuest） Literature Resource Center-文学资源中心(Gale) Arts & Humanities Citation Index（1983-）-艺术与人文科学引文索引 万方数据资源系统的全文数字化期刊 中国期刊网期刊全文数据库 维普全文电子期刊 / CNKI
13、 (中国知识资源总库 ),How to Conduct Further Research?,中文期刊 外国文学评论，社科院外文所 国外文学，北京大学英语系 外国文学，北京外国语大学 外国文学研究，华中师范大学 当代外国文学，南京大学外国语学院,How to Avoid Plagiarism,Definition of plagiarism: using, borrowing, appropriating anothers work (words or ideas) in any way without acknowledgement or proper citation constitutes
14、 an instance of plagiarism When doing research, document with careful and precise notesAnd careful citation will make your report a more useful document to both you and your reader,Citatione.g.1 -“xxx”( writer page) 用双引号；第一次原著引用。新批评学者强调诗作为本体的存在，是封闭孤立、自给自足的客观物，一首诗如同一个“语像”、“一幅程式化的画卷”，或者像一只“精致的翁”，“有重量，
15、有体积，也有界定的边界” (Vendler 4)。,Citation e.g. 2 -“xxx” (89) 用双引号；第二次引用只需页码一般来说，引用原文4行及以上要另起一段，左边缩进10个字母，除对话外，不用双引号。The following are some quotations from one of Bacons famous essays:Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be r
16、ead only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. (217),Works Cited e.g.Vendler, Helen Hennessy. Poets Thinking: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.姓，名. 书名(斜体). 出版城市：出版社,出版年份. e.g. Porte,
17、 Joel, and Saundra Morris eds. The Cambridge Campanion to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2004 说明：一个以上作者：从第二个人起后面姓名不颠倒； 主编者：姓名后加ed (s) e.g. Smith, David. “My University Days.” College Composition. John Powell, ed. NY: Harvard University Press, 2003.18-29. e.
18、g. Price, Richard. “Interview with Larry Weissman.” 25 June 1998 http:/199.29.97.173/0698/price/interview.html.,Requirements1.of 800-1000 words2.title in size 3, bold; subtitle size 4, bold; body size small 4;3. in-text notes and Works Cited;4. printed out;5. never plagiarize!,课程要求： 按时出勤。（10%） 课前每人准备10分钟的课堂发言，制作PPT。（40%） 每人提交一篇英文撰写的1000字左右的英文原著读书报告。（50%）课堂发言评分标准 1)表达（15分） 发音准确，吐字清晰，语调准确，表达流畅。 2) PPT制作 (15分) 能体现读书报告的精髓，形式新颖。 3) 综合印象（10分） 要求衣着整洁，仪表大方，举止得体，富有表现力， 能够适当身体语言与观众交流。,英文原著读书报告,
