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Writing a Book Review

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce literary analysis, writing skills, and purposeful reading with a book review. Pupils answer five questions that ask about plot, characters, language used, story elements, and the main character. This is a wonderful way to start...
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Media Literacy with Focus of Strategies for Collaboration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class to literary analysis with a series of activities that has them examine book and movie reviews. Groups then draft their own review of a text, select a digital medium, and craft a presentation.
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Lesson Plan 3: Great Book, Gross Book

For Teachers 6th - 9th
It's time for your scholars to become book reviewers! Start with a fun review of foods: are they good or gross? Learners apply these evaluation techniques to books, recording their thoughts on large pieces of butcher paper. Simply have...
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My Favorite Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Class members select a favorite book and write and present a book review. They view and discuss a sample PowerPoint presentation, then write a rough draft for their own slide show book review. They create a six-slide presentation to...
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21st Century Book Club

For Teachers 1st - 5th
After reading a self-selected book, young reviewers plan, draft, revise, edit and polish a book review as their report on the book. Reviewers record and edit their report which is then placed in the digital library for others to enjoy.
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Book Talk Brainstorming

For Students 6th - 8th
In this book review worksheet, students identify the main elements of the book they are currently reading. Students identify author, title, setting, conflict, and something unique about the book.
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 7

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review the book Freckle Juice.  In this comprehension lesson, students review what they've already read in Freckle Juice using sentence strips, take a comprehension test, and complete a book review activity with a partner.
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days- Lesson 7

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners review a book.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students take a vocabulary and comprehension test.  Learners complete a book review activity of the book Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days, complete a...
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

For Students 6th
In this review of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding worksheet, 6th graders answer questions in the sections Before you Begin, What to Do Next, and Chapters One, Two, Three, and Four. Students write 29 answers.
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Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor

For Students 6th
In this review of the book, Shadowmancer, by G. P. Taylor instructional activity, 6th graders answer questions divided into the sections Before you Begin, What to Do as you Read, Chapters one through twenty-five, and After Reading....
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A Book Review

For Students 5th - 6th
In this book review worksheet, students read over the book review and answer the questions on the next page. The 12 questions are in true/false form.
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Let's Get Critical!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write a letter to a classmate recommending a favorite book and brainstorm ways in which a person would encourage others to read a book, focusing on specific elements of novels.
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It's A Challenge!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a book review stating challenges the character faced and if they enjoyed the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet provided.
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Writing a Book Review - Fiction

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a fiction book review. In this response to literature lesson, 5th graders read a story and share their understanding and opinion of the book. They write what the book is about, what they like about the book, and what...
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Writing a Book Review - Non-Fiction

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a book review for a nonfiction book. In this response to literature lesson, 5th graders read a nonfiction book and write a review that gets others interested in reading the book without giving too much away. The...
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Writing A Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write book reviews. In this book review lesson, students take notes while reading a book and write a review on the book. Students include positive and negative aspects of the book.
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Book Review: And Then There Were None

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students complete a book review for Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. In this book review lesson, students read the book and discuss how to write a book review. Students follow the format and write the book review.
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Muggie Maggie

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars practice story telling by placing story elements in order to make sense to a reader.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students practice using vocabulary words from the story Muggie Maggie, as well as reviewing...
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Book Box

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a bookmark, book cover and book review for a book they read. In this nutrition meets literacy lesson, students read a book about food and complete creative projects based upon the book. Some of the ideas included in this...
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Book Review

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this book review learning exercise, students respond to 9 short answer questions that require them to elaborate on a book they read, draw a scene from it, and reveal whether or not they would recommend it to a friend.
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Islam - Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha Book Review Planning Frame

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha book review worksheet, students respond to the Islam text - Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha by completing an in-depth review. The review should be written to reveal personal opinions for or against the book in an...
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ESL Intermediate Reading: Book Review Record Sheet

For Students 5th - 10th
In this ESL book review activity, students fill in the form to report on and critique a book that they read. They write the title of the book, how long it took to read the book, retell the story, and tell whether they found the story...
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Charlotte's Web: Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this book report worksheet, students write a review of E.B. White's Charlotte's Web. Students are instructed to write a short summary which explains "what you thought of the story and why you thought it."
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Potter Book Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students describe the plot of the latest Harry Potter novel and comment on the highlights and weak points. They then evaluate the novel and understand the layout of a book review.