This page, which is provided for by the Indiana University, gives good information to help in writing book reviews. It tells you what to look for when reading, how to write, and provides a sample book review.

This is a five-step process for writing a book review. Writers advise on how to write a book review. There is also an opportunity to publish your review on the World Wide Web.

This three-page essay provides an example of an book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.

The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) resource provides directions for how to write a book review.

This online activity invites students to plan, draft, revise, and publish a book review. Important writing tips and a professional writing model, provided by the author Rodman Philbrick, are included. Plus, enjoy the online library of...

This interactive novel study provides a 21st Century approach for young scholars to understand Madeleine L'Engle's classic, A Wrinkle in Time. Students with develop PicCollages, create Audioboos (student-created version of Audiobooks),...

A guide on the essential and non-essential elements of writing a book review (critical writing). Includes objectives, material, and information on planning and publication.

In this review, the author discusses Sharon Creech's book entitled Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. A brainstorming activity to prepare students for descriptive writing is provided. activity about author's voice and word choice follow the...

Contains plans for four lessons that ask learners to write critical literature reviews after reading reviews of movies, music, restaurants, and books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

This five-page essay provides an example of a nonfiction book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.

This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.

Use this book review template to help students communicate what they have read in a more efficient manner. Other ideas for its use are provided.

This is a novel study unit to accompany the novel ?Ender?s Game? by Orson Scott Card. It has curricular connections, chapter questions, writing topics and evaluation criteria.

Detailed lesson plans and materials designed for ELL/ESL students that has them observing, discussion and writing about, and from the perspective of, plants and animals. Students create a book (may be bilingual) to be reviewed by peers....

Great printable page that helps students write a mystery book report form. Calls attention to characterization and clues.

Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.

Advice for writing book reports.

This is a book review and activity for the picture book "Three Truths and a Lie" by Carlalyn Buchner, a story about an older cousin who bullies his younger cousin with outrageous truths and lies. The activity suggests students write...

This is a book review for Marley and Me by John Grogan in which he details events, both good and bad, in his life with his dog Marley. The activity focuses on having students remember and write down experiences in their lives (both good...

This site includes a book review of Roald Dahl's memoir, Boy: Tale of Childhood. A related lesson plan to stimulate the writing of memoir of the young scholars' lives is also included, along with teacher's description of her own piece.

At this site, you can conduct a search for critical reviews that have been published in the New York Review of Books. Currently (July, 2000), only reviews published since 1996 are available, but that is supposed to change. This is a good...

Chance and the Butterfly, a novel written by Maggie deVries, looks at a foster child's struggles to fit in at school. He becomes fascinated by the caterpillars being studied in his classroom and takes one home. This teacher's guide...

Dinosaurs on the Beach, a novel written by Marilyn Helmer, looks at a child's search for fossils on a beach in Nova Scotia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.

Five Stars for Emily, a novel written by Kathleen Cook Waldron, looks at a young girl's experience of leaving modern comforts behind and going to live in a log cabin without electricity. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...