Writing Book Reviews
Book Review Questions Answered on this Page:
1 What is a Book Review?
2 What Are Other Forms of Review Writing?
3 How Often Do I Need to Write a Book Review in English Class?
4 Where Can I Get Help Writing My Book Review?
5 What HTML Codes Do I Need to Complete My FindMeABook Task?
6 How Do I Post My Book Review to FindMeABook.com?
7 How do I Complete the Listen Up Task?
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1 What is a Book Review?
In short, a book review is a written work that summarizes the plot of a book without revealing too much and then discusses non-plot aspects of the book, such as themes. A book review is an almost even mix of plot summarization and commentary (opinion) on the story and the writing.
2 What Are Other Forms of Review Writing?
Other forms of review writing you're probably already familiar with include music and movie reviews. Below are a few web sites to get you thinking about review writing:
3 How Often Do I Need to Write a Book Review in English Class?
Usually you'll need to produce an original book review about every seven weeks throughout the school year. For the most part, we read fiction in ninth grade, but you can always make a deal with Mr. Stratton if you'd like to read something from a different genre.
You must read and review at least two books from our classroom library this year.
Here are the book review due dates for the year:
Friday, September 23
Friday, November 11
Friday, January 6
Friday, February 17
Friday, April 6
Friday, May 25
4 Where Can I Get Help Writing My Book Review?
If you need help writing your book review, you can refer to these resources:
5 What HTML Codes Do I Need to Complete My FindMeABook Task?
• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, and is used to create web pages. There are a number of HTML codes or tags you'll need to complete various FindMeABook.com tasks. Here are most of them, if not all:
1. <br class="blank" /> = line break
2. <img alt="" src="http://www.findmeabook.com/wp-content/images/line_550.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="575" height="20" /> = line bar break
3. <h3> = heading number 3
4. </h3> = end heading number 3
6 How Do I Post My Book Review to FindMeABook.com?
No paper directions currently exist, but these three videos provide you with step-by-step directions on how to post your book review to FindMeABook.com.
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| Video No. 1 focuses on editing and formatting your review |
Video No. 2 focuses on starting a new book review post |
Video No. 3 focuses on adding an image to publishing your review |
7 How Do I Complete the Listen Up Task?
FindMeABook.com jobs change from review period to review period. The Listen Up task asks you to record a portion of the book you read and reviewed, in addition to other recordings, including your review. Here are two videos that detail how the task should be completed. You should also use your FindMeABook.com task packet for guidance. Download it in the sidebar of this page.
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| Watch the first half of the Listen Up video tutorial. |
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Click image above to watch the second half of the Listen Up video tutorial. |
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