Fiction Reading Fair Projects
MS. GALLOWAY
MS. LAK
MS. BAILEY
THIRD GRADE
GOLDA MEIR SCHOOL
All Fiction Projects Must Contain the Following
Elements
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Title
Author
Publisher and Publication Date
Main Characters
Setting
Tone/Mood
Author’s Purpose
Plot Summary
Conflict
Resolution
Title and Author
*The TITLE is the name of the book.
*The AUTHOR is the person who wrote the book.
Publisher and Publication Date
*The NAME OF THE PUBLISHER can be found on the
copyright page. This is on the back of the title page.
*The DATE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED can also be
found on the copyright page.
*Hint: It is usually found after a little c with a
circle around it like this: ©2013. Publication date of
2013.
Main Characters and Setting
*The MAIN CHARACTERS are the ones who are most
important to the story.
*The SETTING is the time and place of the story.
Tone or Mood
*How did the author want you to feel when writing the
story? How did it make you feel?
Write in complete sentences.
Author’s Purpose
*Tell in a complete sentence why the author wrote this
book.
Plot Summary
*A brief description of the order of events in the story.
Use complete sentences.
Conflict or Problem
*What is the problem within the story? Do I really
need to tell you to write in complete sentences
again???
Resolution
*What is the result of solving the problem in the story?
What kind of sentences??
What are we looking for?
*Is the writing neat and easy to understand?
*Use complete sentences!
*Did you use your imagination? Did you make it creative
and interesting?
*White boards with pencil writing only will not want
people to stay long and look at it.
*Did you follow directions, and is your project durable?
(No pieces falling off?)
*Did you write about the most important information? Do
you understand what the author was trying to say in the
story?
*Does your project make others want to read it? Did you
do the work yourself?
Must Haves!!
Problem
Title
Name
your
elements
Solution
Author’s
Purpose
Author
Setting
Main
Characters
Publication
information
Plot
summary
Tone or
Mood
Dress it up!!
 Be Colorful
 Be Clean
 Be Creative
 Add: glitter, feathers, pebbles, tin foil,
plastic, toy, photos, beads, ribbons, fuzzy
 Use: Pencils, markers, crayons, rulers,
colored paper, stencils, printer
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Last But Not Least
*Do Your Best!
*Be Proud of Your Project!
*Learn Something You Never Knew Before!
**And don’t forget those complete sentences.
Dates to Remember
*This project was assigned Monday, April 3,
2017
*This project is due and must be turned in on
Monday, May 1, 2017
*The Reading Fair will be in the lower campus gym at
10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 5, 2017