Jacey's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: Jacey Deleu **
 * __ Book Report __**

The title is __Ramona Quimbey Age 8__ By: Beverly Cleary
 * 1. ****What is the title of your book and who is the author?**


 * 2. ****Name and describe two main characters.**

The 2 main chararacters in the book are Ramona Quimbey and Mrs.Whaley. Ramona is in 3rd grade,and Mrs.Whaley is her teacher. Ramona is 8 years old. She is shy sometimes,she likes to do things the way she wants them to go. She likes to be by herself a lot when she is sad. Ramona is also very senstive on what other people say. She has some friends in her class that she does a project with. This year she is in a new school,and she was nervous. Mrs.Whaley is a teacher in Cedarhurst school. She is nice sometimes,but she talks behind the students in her classes backs. She doesn't like to be interruped,she just likes to do what she is supposed to do,and be done with it. Those are the 2 main characters in the book __Ramona Quimbey Age 8__.


 * 3. ****Write a summary of your book.** (5-12 sentences)

This book is about a girl named Ramona who is in 3rd grade at a new school this year. Her teachers name is Mrs.Whaley. Ramona goes to Mrs. Kemp's house after school every day, because her mother has a full time job. Her father went back to college,so that's why the mother works full time. Ramona has to play with Willa Jean every day after school. One day when Ramona was at school her mother gave her a hard boiled egg. She was trying to be like everyone else and crack the egg on her head. So she did. Then the egg went every where. She was very embarrased, there was egg in her hair and on her clothes too! After that, she was sitting in the nurse's office for such a long time that the nurse forgot about her. Then while she was sitting there, Ramona heard Mrs.Whaley talking about her. She said, "Ramona is a nuisance and a show off". Ramona was so upset about what she heard her teacher say, that she wouldn't talk to anyone and wanted to be alone. While Ramona is sick, she received a package from a girl in her class that had a book in it for her book report for her class. So she made these cat masks and tried to make it like a commercial. It didn't go the way she planned and that upset her. She wanted another chance, but she didn't get to have that. Her family was often upset and about how much things cost and stuff. However, it ended up that Ramona actually liked her teacher Mrs. Whaley after she apologized about calling her a showoff to be like everyone else. Seemed her teacher said that to her, so that she would be herself.

The thing that makes this book good is that when I keep reading it's unexpected what I read. I would have never thought how to surprise the reader like that.That is what I think is good about this book __Ramona Quimby Age 8.__
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **

Big Question #2: What would make this book better? ** Something that would make this book better is if the author made Ramona have a friend to go to in the story,and would be able to tell that person how she was feeling. That way at the end of the story, the message the writer was sending to the people who read the book it would be to express your feelings. You wouldn't have to keep them bottled up inside of you and to just tell someone who would understand your feelings. That's what I think would make the story better.

The most important thing the author wants you to know is that is important to do your best and be yourself. Don't worry about what other people do. Do things your way. That's the most important things the author wants you to know.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know? **

I think the writer wrote this book because the author wants you or me to know that if someone says something about you behind your back you shouldn't let that make you upset or miserable. You should just tell someone close to you about how you feel. That is why I think the writer (Beverly Cleary) who wrote this book.
 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **

The audience needs to know that Ramona doesn't like Mrs.Whaley a lot in the story. If they didn't say that in the book, then the story would be very hard to understand. That is what you would need to know if you were reading this book.
 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? **