Thursday, February 25, 2016

Book Report Guidelines

Formatting:
12-point (2.5)                                                                                                                                        
Times New Roman font (2.5)                                                                                                               
Double-spaced (2.5) 
Title in bold (2.5) 
5 integrated quotes from the text (30)
1 quote from an outside source (10) 
Footnotes (20)
Word Count between 1000 and 2000. (30)    
Subtotal: (100)   

Content:
1. Background information on the author (10) 
2. Book reviews were addressed (10) 
3. Central purpose of the book identified (10) 
4. Author’s opinion of the topic identified (10)
5. Book’s organization is explained (chronological, topical, etc.) (10) 
6. Summarizes the events described in the book (10) 
7. Student perspective identified (10) 
8. Perspective explained (10) 
9. Importance of the book identified (is this an influential text?) (10) 
10. Impact of the book on student thinking identified (10) 
Subtotal: (100)

TOTAL: (200)

3 comments:

  1. So are we actually going and finding reviews from people about this book and addressing them? If so how many should we have.

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  3. Yes, you need to read some book reviews (not from Amazon reviews or that sort of thing) and comment on them in your paper. There is no number requirement, generally two or three.

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