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Summary: 1-2 sentence summary of the book. The summary should be something you wrote, not the one from the back of the book!
Summary of Professional Reviews: Provide a short summary of professional reviews from such sources as the CLCD, The Horn Book database, and Language Arts.
Review by [your name]: Discuss the literary merits of the book. In your review, you should identify and explain elements of the book that worked and any weaknesses you noticed. Be sure to mention:
This book would be useful when teaching…
List a few lesson themes for which the book can be used, explain what renders it a particularly good fit for those lessons and provide recommendations for instructional practice, e.g.
Author:
Illustrator:
Publisher:
Year of Publication:
Genre:
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating:
Summary: 1-2 sentence summary of the book. The summary should be something you wrote, not the one from the back of the book!
Summary of Professional Reviews: Provide a short summary of professional reviews from such sources as the CLCD, The Horn Book database, and Language Arts.
Review by [your name]: Discuss the literary merits of the book. In your review, you should identify and explain elements of the book that worked and any weaknesses you noticed. Be sure to mention:
- the meaning and/or emotions evoked by the book
- the written text (plot, language)
- the art,
- the design/format, and
- any other literary and artistic elements that are especially important to your book.
This book would be useful when teaching…
List a few lesson themes for which the book can be used, explain what renders it a particularly good fit for those lessons and provide recommendations for instructional practice, e.g.
- Pezzetino can… be very helpful in teaching students about narrative structure as it has a simple and straight forward narrative plot, characterized by clear-cut episodes. Teachers can read it aloud to students and work with the class to analyze it as a mentor text.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar can… be used as part of a science unit on the life cycle of butterflies. Teachers can read it aloud as an introduction to the unit and can subsequently use the illustrations as aides for supporting observations of the classroom caterpillars.