Independent+Reading

Your independent book assignment is to give a book review of your book. It includes these elements:
1. Review a book review and model your review after that model. [Click here to preview the model.]

2. It should discuss the elements of a good story, as per our in-class list: writer's style (include diction, tone, and voice), the plot, character development, and it's ability to attract and sustain the reader's interest.

3. It should end with a strong recommendation or rejection. Be decisive!

4. It should be two pages double spaced in MLA.

5. It should include at least two quotes properly cited in MLA.

6. RATE YOUR BOOK USING A SCALE OF 1 TO 10 (10 is the highest): You will need contribute to the blog about the book. Include your educated opinion--this necessarily means that you support your opinions with fact. Use your last paragraph of the above review as a beginning. Be brief and concise. Sign with your first name only and date your blog.

7. Upload the book cover to place beside your blog.