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Your opinion matters! What you say about a book can make other readers want to read the book or make them avoid it!

How can you present your review?                                                                        

Books are advertised in literary magazines, on websites, on youtube, and in flyers. How do you discover new books?

Option 1: You can print or type your review in as though it would be published in a newspaper or magazine. You can do this on a computer or on paper.      

Option 2: You can be a radio or podcasting announcer and record your commercial/review.         

Option 3: You can be a TV or youtube broadcaster and record your review so it is ready for airing. You could plan this like a one person book promotion or like a talk show with an interview format. You'd need your home facilitator, sibling, or friend to help you with this. (Don't post on youtube without parent permission and guidance. You can send it to your teacher by email or in the course dropbox.)

Option 4: Create a brochure or pamphlet that could be used at a library to promote the book.

Book Review Content

Start with the title and author of your book and then let the following questions guide you as you plan.

a)  What is your book about? Make this very brief—a paragraph at the very most.

b)  Which characters do you like the most? Why?

c)  Which characters do you like the least? Why?

d) What did you like about the author’s writing? Did the author:

i.   create characters that you could relate to, were dynamically daring, tickled your funny bone, or were quirky and intriguing?

ii.  create suspense and excitement?

iii. use language to create word pictures that make the story feel real or more captivating?

d) Was there anything that you didn’t like about the author’s writing style? How would you suggest he or she improve the book?

e) Is this a book that you would recommend to other readers? Why or why not?                                                                  

Your opinion is the most important part of a book review. Be sure to make your opinion clear and to support your opinion with examples from the novel.