Name_______________________ Period________

Title of book____________________________ Characters Name_______________________ Positive Traits(pg.#)

Author_______________________

Skills(pg.#)

Likes/Hobbies(pg.#)

Dislikes(pg.#)

Name_______________________ Period________

Title of book: The Wanderer

Author: Sharon Creech

Characters Name: Cody Positive Traits(pg.#)

Funny(47) Reflective(82) Sensitive(98)

Skills(pg.#)
can teach others(62)

Likes/Hobbies(pg.#)
Cooking & cleaning(72) Reading(24)

Dislikes(pg.#)

Career Book Report Task: Youre job is to become a detective and as you read your novel, write down some clues about ONE character. These clues include: Positive traits Skills Likes/hobbies

 Dislikes You will be taking these notes on the back of this sheet in the space provided. For each clue, you must write down the page number where you found this information.

When you finish the novel, you will take all of your clues (the notes you took on the back) and determine 3 possible careers your character might be successful at. For each career, you will write a short paragraph explaining what the career is and what clues from the story lead you to think the character would be best fit for the job. Each paragraph must have at least 2 pieces of evidence supporting the career choice. The end product you must turn in includes the notes you took as well as 3 paragraphs.

Possible Careers: 1.________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

Career Book Report Rubric Points Possible

Topic sentence in each paragraph

Points Earned

Comments

Evidence-two pieces from text for each career (6 total) Explanation-explain how the evidence supports

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the career choice (This is a good career choice for my character because) Notes including page numbers

Conventions-spelling, punctuation, etc.

Total 30 points

Due Date____________________________________