7th - 8th Grade Critical Book Review - Chico Christian School printable pdf download

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Grade Critical Book Review – Required Elements

35 Points

Due____________________________

DIRECTIONS

: Read a fictional novel that is a Newbery Award Winner or Honor book.

Or…you may read a fictional novel that is on the California Department of Education Suggested

Reading List. You may also read a Classic Novel (please okay this book with me first). The book

you choose must be at least your grade level and at least 100 pages.

You must have read this

book during the 2nd Trimester. You may NOT complete a book review on any books we have read

together in class. You may NOT complete a book review on a book in which you’ve already written a

book review.

Assignment Format:

BE SURE TO REFER TO THE SAMPLE ON THE FRONT PAGE FOR

FORMAT AND EXAMPLES OF MY EXPECTATIONS.

You may use more than one page if

1) Create your Critical Book Review on a full sheet of paper.

necessary

. 2) Include the proper typed student heading (name, date, period) in the top, right-

hand corner. 3) You may use any easily readable font, size 12. For smaller fonts you may use a

size 14. 4)You may single or double space the paragraphs. Please use a straight left margin

alignment and indent for paragraphs.

Book Information-See the sample for formatting.

italicize

1. Title (Make sure you capitalize properly, bold and

)

2. Author

3. Picture of the book (cut and paste from the internet)

4. Genre (Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc.)

5. Number of pages

6. Award Type: Please note the award/book type. (Newbery Award Winner, Newbery

Award Honor, CA Suggested Reading list or Classic Novel). If it fits more than one

category, list all categories that apply to the book.

Paragraph: Identify the book, author and summarize

Using your own words and complete sentences, write a one paragraph summary of the book.

Joe Goes to the

Begin your summary paragraph using the following example phrase: The novel,

Zoo

, by Joe Cool, is about… Include information in your summary from the beginning, the middle

and the end of the book. Please include ONLY the most important details. DO NOT retell the

entire story. Your summary should be 15-20 sentences long. You may include the ending of the

book if you like, but it is optional.

Paragraph: Please address the following questions in your second paragraph. Use

complete sentences. Remember, you’re writing a PARAGRAPH.

Describe some of the good things you liked about the book? Give a brief

example

from the

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book for EACH item you mention.

Describe some of the things that you didn’t like about the book or that could be improved?

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examples

Give

from the book.

How did you like the end of the book? EXPLAIN why or why not.

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Would you recommend this book to other readers? Explain Why or Why not?

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7th - 8th Grade Critical Book Review - Chico Christian School

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