BOOK REPORT (sem 1)

Link to the assignnment- DUE OCTOBER 10th- 500-1000 words

On the following link focus on the following two areas-

 Establishing a Background- (part 1 of your review)
Tell the reader about your book without giving away the entire plot or resolution.

Your Evaluation (part 2 of your review) -
Choose an aspect of your book to focus on. Things like setting, diction, tone, theme, character, ect,.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/704/1/



Sample book reviews for the things they carried:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/02/book-review-the-things-they-carried/?page=all

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/books/too-embarrassed-not-to-kill.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Carried-Tim-OBrien/dp/product-description/0767902890/ref=dp_proddesc_0/180-0878661-0494826?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/1434/The-Things-They-Carried/  - Incomplete

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-18/entertainment/ct-ae-0418-lit-life-20100418_1_e-book-read-tim-o-brien

35 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Mr Presley- Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    Mr. PResley- Moby Dick - Herman Melville

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Nailed-patrick jones-Matt Blankenship

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    Madison cody- brothers, boyfriends, and other criminal minds - lurie

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Tyler smith-Common sense, Glenn Beck

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Bradley Yanok Starfish -James Crowley















    Mr. Presley is my hero

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Ben Jones - Travel Team - by Mike Lupica

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Trisha Leiter - Abandon by Meg Cabot

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Nailed patrick jones Tj weaver

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    stay- deb caletti taylor kincaid

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Taylor Hagedorn- Bounce by Natasha Friend

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Janelle Rehlander - Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Dylan Paarlberg - Response by Paul Volponi

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Susan Feldt- No more us for you by david hernandez

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Chase Harmacinski---The Returners by Gemma Malley

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  16. MrMcSirPappersSeptember 30, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Hunter Papai: Mockingjay-Suzanne Collins

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    tODD sUTTOR--- wOODS rUNNER BY gARY pAULSEN

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  18. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Tyler Ward- Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
    (Yes, I did read this for Holocaust class. We had to.)

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  19. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Delainey Hampel- At Face Value by Emily Franklin

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  20. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Dylan Michiaels
    Crackback
    John Coy

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  21. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Cristal Salgado - The Apostles by Y. Blak Moore

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  22. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    Emma Unger- Girl Stolen by April Henery

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  23. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Presley's class is fun AND educational!

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  24. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    24 Girls in 7 Days-Ruben Rodriguez

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  25. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    North of Beauty - Emma Truyaert

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  26. NAMEOctober 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Moby Dick by Herman Melville- Clayton Hatfield

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  27. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Sam Rozinksi- city of bones by casandra clarie

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  28. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Hunter Calkins-- Fallen Angels byt Walter Dean Myers

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  29. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    A tree grows in brooklyn Betty Smith

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  30. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Collin Szymanski
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    Betty Smith

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  31. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    Jessica Cinal~ The Unwritten rule by Elizabeth Scott

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  32. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    Luke Armstrong
    Biography: John F. Kennedy
    :)

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  33. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    anna dove: wintergirls - laurie halse anderson

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  34. AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    Emily Glon; If I Stay by Gayle Forman

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  35. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Emily Glon; If I Stay by Gayle Forman

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