Quarter 1 Nonfiction Book Review

BOOK REVIEW (non-fiction)

Student
Name__________________________________________________________________

Start Date _________

Finish Date_________
Title of
Book:__________________________________________________________________
Author/
illustrator:________________________________________________________
1. Genre of the book (circle one)
Non-Fiction(social studies)

Non-Fiction(science)

2. Purpose of this book: (circle one) Persuade

Key Words
1.

Synonym

Biography

Memoir

Inform

Other:__________

Entertain

Big Idea:

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3. The most interesting thing I learned was:
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4. List 3 facts about this topic:

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5. Non-Fiction Summary:
Your summaries need to include the important ideas from the text!
Look at the way the author
started this book (the
introduction). Describe how
the author started the book.
Is this a good way to start a
book? Why or why not?
Summarize section 1.

Summarize section 2.

Summarize section 3.

Summarize section 4.

Look at the way the author

ended the book (the closing).
How did he/she end the
book? Was it a good way to
end a book? Why or why
not?
6. What age range would most appreciate this story? What makes you think that?
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7. How is this book organized? Give an example of how you know this. (descriptive,
sequential, cause/effect, question/answer, compare/contrast, problem/solution)
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8 What questions do you still have about this topic?
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