Book Reviews!

Does your book love book get the stamp of approval?

The Goal: Review some models of book reviews from past 9th graders in order to learn the ways in which you will write your own book reviews.

The Plan: 

1. Read
2. Read some example book reviews
3. Write in your English Journal 
4. Time to work on your HOMS essay (or your book review if you are done)

GOAL 1: Looking at Awesome Book Reviews!
Book Reviews are a little more informal than the essay you are finishing up today. I need to teach you about them now because I, unfortunately, will not be here on Tuesday.

Step 1: Read the awesome book reviews below! They were written by my former students.

Example One: Uglies

Example Two: Winger

Step 2: In your English Journal, write about what makes these book reviews excellent. What are the qualities that make it strong? What is the difference between a book review and a summary?

GOAL 2: Work on your essays!
They are due today at 4pm. I'm locking you out of your essay at that time, unless you sent me an email yesterday indicating your request for an extension and the date/time you are requesting.

We need to talk about MLA Formatting. Your essay (Just the writing portion at the top) needs to be double spaced. The following is a picture of what your heading should look like:

IMPORTANT HOMEWORK/DATES

• Tuesday, January 19th - I will not be here. You will have time to work on your vocabulary work and to write your book review (in your own document). I expect you to be respectful to your guest teacher.
• Wednesday, January 20th
• TRANS vocab work is due
• Thursday, January 21st - Book Review PRINTED VERSION due, with MLA formatting
• BY MIDNIGHT: Book Review submitted on Turnitin.com (you'll learn about this on Wednesday.)
• Friday, January 22nd - Vocab Root Test (AB/TRANS)