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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH-GRADE 6. Write a review of your favourite novel in approximately 120-140 words. Analyse the sample below and follow the format.
This lesson plan outlines a 50-minute lesson for 6th grade students on writing book reviews. The lesson introduces the key elements of a book review, has students watch a video modeling how to write one, and then has them practice writing reviews individually and in groups.
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The first is an explanation of what the book is about. The second is your opinion about the book and how successful it is. There are some differences between reports on fiction or other imaginative writing and reports on non-fiction books. But for both, a good place to start is to explain the author’s purpose and/or the main themes of the book.
the book, the longer the review, and a review shouldn’t be fewer than 100 words or so. For a long book, the review may be 500 words or even more. If a review is too short, the review may not be able to fulill its purpose. Too long, and the review may stray into too much plot summary or lose the reader’s interest.
- Books as Tools
- What a Book Review Does
- Reviews as Evaluations
- Reviews in College: A Different Kind of Evaluation
- Reviews as Debates
- Writing a Book Review
- Questions to Answer Before Writing a Book Review
- The Shape of Your Review
- A STUDENT EXAMPLE FOR DISCUSSION
- Short Versus Long Reviews
Books are tools for communication between two minds. Through the words and pictures of a text, the writer wants to do something to or for the reader. The reader is or is not affected by the text, sometimes in the way the writer wanted and sometimes in a different way. A book reviewer, by sharing his or her reactions to a book, can let you know whet...
The way a review represents what a book does, evaluates how well the book does it, and responds co the challenge the book presents is best 'illustrated by a strong review written in reaction to a strong book. Randy Shilts's book on the AIDS epidemic, And the Band Played On, came out at the height of public controversy over how well the U.S. governm...
The most common type of review helps us decide whether or not to buy a book, watch a movie or television show, or purchase a product. Such reviews help us evaluate what we ought to pay attention to, spend time and energy on, pay money for. Some reviews do not pass judgment directly, but simply give information upon which we can base our own decisio...
The reviews you will most likely be assigned to write in college carry out a different kind of eva1uatioo. In most cases your reader, probably the instructor, will not be using the review to decide what to read. She or he will be looking instead for what value you found in the book and how carefully and critically you have read it. The instructor w...
The final judgment of the review of The Animal Rights Crusade is that the book opens a debate over animal rights disputes but does not yet engage in the debate. Often, however, scholarly reviewers go beyond objective evaluation to enter into lively discussion. They may directly follow up on the points made in a book and explore the broader implicat...
In order for you as a reviewer to write the fullest and most considered response to a book, your reading and thinking must go through several stages. The more questions of interest the book poses, the more time you should devote to developing your ideas before actually writing the review. When first reading a book for meaning, pay special attention...
What seems to be the author’s main purpose or point? Is this purpose aimed at any particular group of readers? What information or knowledge does the book convey? What personal or practical meaning does the book have for you? What are the most appropriate terms by which to evaluate the book? On the basis of the criteria you have just selected, how ...
Beyond a few items that must appear in a review, what you include and how you organize it is up to you. Many reviews, however, do follow one general pattern that includes all the important elements of a review. The required items are all a matter of common sense. The reader must know what book you are talking about, so head the review with a bibl...
In the following review Jess Hopkins, a college student pursuing environmental studies, considers the usefulness of the book Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, in helping her understand and respond to environmental dilemmas confronting the global community in the late twentieth century She finds that the book, by vice president Gor...
The middle-length review of five hundred to a thousand words, which we have been considering, is the most common kind in newspapers and magazines. It allows the reviewer room to present contents and reactions with substantial supporting examples and discussion. In any fewer words, the reviewer must get right to the core of the book's argument and t...
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3.9 (6 Reviews) •. 317 Downloads. How to write a book review. ELA_Team. Subject English Language Arts — Writing. Grade Level Grades 6-8. Standards Alignment. Common Core State Standards. License. About Resources Standards Reviews Related. About This Lesson. Guide for students.
To Review. Have a strong opening, complete with a thesis expressing YOUR personal judgement of the book and its contents. Include a short summary of the book’s contents. Begin your evaluation, questioning different aspects of the book you picked and how it backs up your judgement. Explain if the book accomplished what it set out to.
