The CLASSIC FORMAT usually includes:
Introductory paragraph: In the first paragraph, include the author, title, and a one or two-sentence description of the idea of the book (also known as the premise).

Plot summary: Describe the plot in one or two additional paragraphs. Your teacher will be looking for references to the Elements of the Book like character, setting, conflict, and so on.

Analysis: This is the meat of your book report and your chance to give your own opinion and review of the book in two or three substantial paragraphs. What makes it believable? Why is it funny? How is it disturbing? What is surprising? And in all cases, how does the author use the elements to achieve these effects? Do you think the author succeeds in what he or she set out to do?

Conclusion: Finish up with short paragraph summarizing your review.

INTERVIEW
Choose one character and write an interview as if he or she were a real person. You come up with the questions AND the answers.

PLAY
Choose a pivotal scene and rewrite it in play format with dialogue between two or more characters and stage directions like setting, characters' movements across the stage, and so on.

DIARY
You are a character in the book. Choose a pivotal moment in the plot and come up with what your journal entry would say.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
You are a journalist and the plot is a true story. How would you report it in a front-page feature article you are writing for your paper?

POEM
Write a poem that the main character might have written at a particularly important point in the plot.

COLLAGE
Create a collage of images and pictures that relate to the theme of the book.

COMIC STRIP
Retell the story in the form of a comic strip. Consider the most essential moments that you'll need to include in eight or ten frames.