Early finishers, gifted students and any child who needs to write about literature with a minimum of supervision and a maximum of personal thought about text will benefit from doing this report about a self selected book. The caveat,of course, is that the teacher *must* read the finished report and comment or the exercise will be less effective.
This is the same report I used in home school for years. Because my daughters, now adult and one with a masters and one an M.D.,when asked what was