LAW IN FICTION

BOOK REPORT

Written component

Plot Summary (10 marks)

Summarize the plot chapter by chapter.  You should use only one or two sentences per chapter.  Focus on what happens in the novel, not on why it happens.

Law research (20 marks)

Choose a legal event /situation in your novel that could be researched.

You must use at least four recommended online sources and must properly document as directed by your teacher.  One source must be from EBSCO using a Canadian source.

Recommended sources – Grolier; Thomson Gale Resources & EBSCO on the LPCI library website

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/links.asp?schoolNo=5525

You must include at least one page of point form notes from each source.

Reflective……(20 marks)

Compare the legal information you learned from your research with the legal issue in your novel.

Was the information given by the novelist accurate? How does it compare to Canadian law? Making reference to your research, give at least 2 specific examples to back up your response.

Writing Particulars

1.      3-4 pages

2.      Double spaced

3.      12 font

Bibliography of all sources (10 marks)

Oral component (20 marks)

Your book report will have three basic components; the focus of this assignment will be the second and third parts. 

Part 1

Give an accurate notation of the following: (5 marks)

•      Title of the book

•      Author’s name

•      Date of publication

•      Fiction or non fiction

•      Where the story takes place

Part 2

Briefly describe the plot of your story.  (10 marks)

Part 3

Your assessment of the book (5 marks)

•      Would you recommend it to others? Why/ why not?

•      What did you learn from this book?  Give specific examples

EVALUATION

Plot Summary - 10 marks

Law/legal research - 20 marks

Reflective – 20 marks

Oral Report - 20 marks

Bibliography - 10 marks

Your oral report should be no less than 10 minutes and no more than 15 minutes long.  If your report is too short or too long you will lose 1 mark/minute

Presentations will be in alphabetical order by last name.  They will start on:

 ____________ and go no later than___________.  A class list will be posted so you know your position in the class.