Kyle's+book+report

__ **Book Report** __ **Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report.** **1.** ** What is the title of your book and who is the author?** The title of my book is __Moby Dick__. The autor of my book is Herman Melville. **2.** ** Name and describe two main characters** Two characters in my book are Captain Ahab and Queequeg. Captain Ahab foot had been bitten of by Moby Dick. Queequeg was from New Zealand and black squared shaped patches on his body. In the story __Moby Dick__ in the beggining Ishmeal and Queequeg were roomates at a hotel called The Spouter inn. In the middle Captain Ahab saw a ship with a English flag on it and they were both trying to kill Moby Dick because Moby Dick took pats of both of their bodies. At the end of the book Ishmeal is the only one left alive and found Queequegs coffin and he used it as a buoy for one day.
 * Name: Date: 11/30/09**
 * 3.** **Write a summary of your book.**

What makes this book good is all the action and details.
 * The following questions were taken from :** http://www.ttms.org/say_about_a_book/say_about_a_book.htm 
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good?  **

**Big Question #2: What would make this book better?** As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. What would make this book better is if the autor made a sequel. This book was about people trying to catch and kill Moby Dick.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?** This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about.

**Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this?**  Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something? I think the writer wrote this because ​ it is a very interesting story.

**Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?** In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book? The audience needs to know what the book is about and what the people are doing in the book.