Writing A Good Book Review

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Writing A Good Book Review
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What Is A Book Review ?

• A written opinion of what you think of a certain
  book as well as an accompanying summary

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A Good Book Review . . .

• Gives a statement telling the genre and what
  types of people would enjoy reading this book.
• Gives your personal opinions and thoughts about
  the book and relates the book to your personal
  life.
• Gives a brief summary of what goes on in the book
  but not giving a way the final event ( to do
  this, you usually just say a question such as
  Who will win the vigorous battle between
  ________ and ______? Read the book to find out !
• Leaves the reader in suspense

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Paragraph 1

• The first paragraph follows the title and author.
• In the 1st paragraph, you will need to include
  the genre, and what type of people the book is
  geared towards

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Paragraph 2

• In the 2nd paragraph you want to include your
  personal opinions about the book and how parts
  relate to your personal life.
• This paragraph is strictly about you and your
  thoughts, and enjoyments

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HOMEWORK-DAY 1

• Tonights homework is to write the 1st 2
  paragraphs of a book review on the book you will
  be using for this project.
• At the end of this part of the unit you will put
  everything together for 1 grade

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Paragraph 3

• Your 3rd paragraph is the longest of all of your
  paragraphs.
• You will give a descriptive yet brief summary of
  at least 9 sentences but no more that 15
  sentences.
• You must go through phases 1 through 3
• (see next slide)

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Paragraph 3-PLANNER

• For your summary, you will need to design a
  phases planner

Phase 1 Talk about the main events in the 1st 4th
of your book
Phase 2 Talk about the main events and the
problems that occur during the 1st part of the
middle. Talk about the major problem
Phase 3 Talk about the 3nd half of the middle and
the steps leading up to the solution
Phase 4 You dont talk about this phase in your
paragraph 3 but you must still plan it
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Paragraph 4

• This is your last required paragraph
• Talk about the following
• Author
• Authors purpose
• Awards Book Has Received
• Additional Info About The Book
• Closing
• REMEMBER-WHAT EVR YOUR WRITE IN THE LAST
  PARAGRAPH IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE WILL COMMONLY
  REMEMBER.

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HOMEWORK-DAY 2

• Write a Paragraph 3 4

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• Now you have a great report to be proud of that
  will count for a major part in your grade
• I want this typed neatly in a readable font, size
  14 by tomorrow