Book Talk Organizer
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Book Review
Record Sheet
Book Block
Lead - _____________________________________________________________________________
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Show book
Title of Book & Author (Thesis Statement) ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Genre - _____________________________________________________________________________
Setting - ____________________________________________________________________________
Plot – (use GIST to write plot) ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Theme (What message does the author want the reader to get from the
book?)______________________________________________________________________________
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Main Characters (tell name and give brief description of each main character) ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Summary – (use Super Summarizer organizer (SWBSTF) to write summary) ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Passage – Choose a short passage…not too long!
o Why did you choose this passage?
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o Page(s) to read - _______________________________________________________________
Evaluation (Conclusion) – must include a connection – _______________________________________
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Visual –
o Choices: book jacket, dress as favorite character (must be obvious), snack(s) related to book,
collage, advertisement, mini poster, flyer, song or music, build a model, commercial, Important
Book poem, windsock, memory bag, scrapbook page, power point presentation
o What is the visual? _____________________________________________________________
o How does the visual connect with the book?
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S.Canterbury/June 2005