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Find a children's book. It may be either a chapter
book or picture book, but it must be for children under
the age of ten. Read the book. Read it again. Let it
sink in. Once you have read the book several times,
please fill out the book review below. Have your book
review completed by Wed. Feb. 26th. We will make copies
of everyone's book reviews so that each team member
has a copy. |
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Book Title: ______________________________________
# of pages: ________ |
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Author:__________________________________________ #
of illustrations: _________ |
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Illustrator:___________________ Date of Publication:_________________________________ |
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Publisher: ___________________________________ |
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Awards Received (Newberry, Caldecott, ect.): ________________________________________ |
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Intended Audience (who is the book for?): ___________________________________________ |
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1.) In your own words, write a one paragraph (3-7)
sentences describing what the book is about: |
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2.) List the characters: |
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3.) Describe the setting/s (remember, setting includes
time, place, and duration): |
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4.) Describe the problem or conflict: |
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5.) Describe the climax: |
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Write the page number of the climax here: ____ |
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6.) Describe the resolution / ending |
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7.) Describe the theme/s in the story (the theme is
the subject -- i.e. love, friendship, growing up) |
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8.) Does this book have a moral or lesson? If so, what
is it? |
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9.) Describe the writing. [What is that tone (author's
attitude) ? What is the mood (reader's attitude)? How
would you describe the writer's style? Can you make
any observations about the writer's diction (word choice)
and syntax (word order). |
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10.) Describe the illustrations: |
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11.) Who would enjoy this book? Would you have enjoyed
this book when you were younger? Did you enjoy reading
it now? |
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On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best) give this
book a score: ____ |
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book's strongest quality: |
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book's weakest quality: |
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12.) If you were the author of this book, what -- if
anything -- would you change? |
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13.) Can you imagine a way in which this story might
be an analogue or metaphor about going to college? If
so, describe it. |
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14.) What can you (as a writer) learn from this book? |
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Please make any additional comments or observations: |
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