Book Review
DIRECTIONS: You may choose any chapter book that interests you to read for this assignment. The book
must be appropriate to your age and current reading level. Please read all instructions carefully! Complete all
parts of this assignment. Try to give detailed, clear, and thoughtful responses to each and every question.
PART 1: GENERAL BOOK INFORMATION
Title (underlined)
Author
Genre (Mystery, fantasy,
nonfiction, horror, etc.
One sentence summary:
Summarize the entire
book in 1-2 sentences
using YOUR OWN words.
PART 2: Events - In clear complete sentences, identify major story elements and 5 main events from the story. Don’t forget,
events are things that happen in a story that move the story forward, not thoughts or dialogue (characters speaking).
The setting of the story is: ________________________________________________________________________________
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The main character of the story is: ________________________________________________________________________
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Event 1: The first main event is:__________________________________________________________________________
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Event 2: The second main event is:__________________________________________________________________________
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Event 3: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Event 4:______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Event 5:_______________________________________________________________________________________________
PART 3: Student Response to Literature: Think about your book and complete the following sentences.
Use these sentence starters and rewrite or retype the entire sentence using your own responses to complete
each statement.
*In the novel, _______________________ by ___________________
(Title)
(Author)
1) I noticed in the book that..…
2) In the part when ... was reminded of…because...
3) I really hated…because…for example when…
4) I’d like to know why…
5) My favorite part of this book is when…because…
6) The character I most relate to is…because…(describe at least one character traits and explain how this
person is similar to you in some way).
Example Character Traits:
intelligent
happy
nervous
creative
kind
friendly
7) If I could change the ending I would…
serious
shy
funny
talkative
Part 4: New Vocabulary Log - While reading, Identify at least 10 words that you do not know. If you cannot
find at least 10 words, that means the book is too easy for you! For each word: Write the word, the page
number and sentence from the book, the definition, and your own sentence using the vocabulary word.
WORD
Page #
Sentence from Book
Definition
Your Sentence using
the Word.
Part 5: Recommendation: Would you recommend this book to a friend or another person? Why or why not?
Be specific and give a detailed answer in complete sentences.
I would/would not (choose one) recommend this book to a friend because _____________________________________
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