Year+9+&+10+Book+Review+Template

I have made a space for links to your student blogs at : YEAR NINE ENGLISH 2009,YEAR TEN ENGLISH 2009

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__ Your Fiction Book Review should have these things in it: __ **Title:** **Author:** **Date that you read it:** **Genre (kind of story):** Remember there are many story types: adventure, romance, science fiction, fiction fantasy, non-fiction (real), horror, humour, teen drama, …. After you have read your text, decide what kind of story or information it was and then you will be able to answer this section of your review. If you are still not sure tell your teacher about the story so that they can help you decide what genre it is. **Text Type:** Was the text a short story [short text], a novel [an extended text]. Text types also include: poem [a short text], a cartoon [a graphic novel], a magazine article, [short non-fiction text], a newspaper article, or a book containing facts, opinion and information [non-fiction monograph]? Please use the English “Geek Speak” or “official” words for the text types, so that you get used to knowing what these words mean. **What action/s took place?** **Would you recommend this book to someone else to read?** __ **Your non-fiction Book Review should have these things:** __ **Title of Book or Article:** **Author:** **Magazine/Newspaper Title:** **Date that you read it:** **Genre: will be non-fiction** **Text Type: this could be article or monograph (book)** **What was the article or non-fiction monograph about?** **Name three things that you learned from the non-fiction.** **If there were illustrations, diagrams, photographs or maps:** Were they useful, clear or added to your understanding? **Would you recommend the book or article to someone else to read? Why?** **-** __ **Your poetry Review should have these things:** __ **Title of Poem:** **Author of Poem:** **Where the poem came from:** Anthology of poems, magazine… **What was the date that you read the poem?** **What was the author trying to get readers to think about or understand?** **Name three language features that were used in this poem to help readers understand something or feel an atmosphere, mood or emotion.** **Would you recommend this poem to others to read? Why?**
 * Setting/s:** What was the main place and time settings for your text?
 * Problem/Obstacle:** What problem, concern, or challenge did the characters face?
 * Response to challenge:** How did the characters respond to the challenge?
 * What was the outcome:** were the characters successful in bringing about a change or the end to a problem or challenge?
 * What was the resolution to the story:** How did the story finish? Were all the problems solved? Was anything left unanswered? Did it seem that there could be problems in the future?
 * Theme/ideas/moral:** What do you think the main issues were in this story that the author wanted us to experience through the characters, or think about?