Book #10 Book Review

Goal: Write our comparison book review, comparing book #10 to your nonfiction article

Agenda:

Read

Write about Book #10
Catch Up

Writing Book #10 Book Review:

• Open your Book Review Doc. (This is the one with the beige background that you have used before.)
• Instead of writing our usual book review you will be writing about how the article you read informed your understanding about your book.
• Use the outline below to guide your review.
• Include a link to the article you read in your review. A good way to do that is to make the title of the article a link using the link button on your doc. (See the gif above if you need help.)

Sample Outline:

A. Summarize your independent reading book

a. Title, author, setting, characters

b. Brief summary of main conflicts, plot

c. Favorite scene/part/quote explained

d. Main themes/topics

B. Summarize the article you selected

a. Title, author, publication, date, central idea

b. 3-4 paraphrased supporting details

C. How do your book and the article connect? How did the non-fiction article enhance/inform your independent reading?

a. What information from the article matched what you saw in your book and what was different?

b. What did you learn from the article that helped you understand your book better?

D. Reflect

a. How was the experience of connecting a nonfiction article to your book better or worse than just reading the book?

b. Would you recommend we give an assignment like this again next year? Why or why not?

2. Catch Up 

• Some of you need to work on the Investigating Photojournalism document with the TIME Photos. Your responses should be detailed and thoughtful.
• Check your English Journal - we've had 3 entries since the start of this last grading period of 9th grade! 
• Click HERE to rewatch Chimimanda's talk on "The Danger of a Single Story." There is also a transcript below the video on the link if reading it will help you to take notes.

Reminders:

• Tomorrow we take the district FAST reading test for the final time this year. You will need headphones or earbuds. If you would like to use your own please remember to bring them.
• Next week is BLOCK schedule. Monday is 1-3-5, Tuesday is 2-4-6.