Writing A Good Book Review

What Is A Book Review ? A written opinion of what you think of a certain book as well as an accompanying summary

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

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

Paragraph 2 In the 2 nd 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

Paragraph 3 Your 3 rd 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)

Paragraph 3-PLANNER For your summary, you will need to design a phases planner Phase 1 Talk about the main events in the 1 st half of your book Phase 2 Talk about the main events and the problems that occur during the middle of the book. Also discuss the major problem Phase 3 Talk about the events that lead up to the climax of the book. Phase 4 Discuss the climax but do not include how the story is resolved

Paragraph 4 This is your last required paragraph Talk about the following; Author Author’s 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.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Now you have a great report to be proud of!! For homework I want you to type up a book report on one A4 page in FONT 14 that will be displayed in the classroom.