Book Review Template and Lesson for Library Blog

Students will have an opportunity to submit a book review to my blog!  I am excited to include them and their amazing recommendations!

The participants were invited to be a part of a book club.  They have met for the last 6 weeks and next week, they will be taught how to submit a book review blog post.  Below, you will find the lesson! 

Topic: Creation of Blog Post

Time Allotment: 30 min.

Objectives: Ss will write a blog post reviewing a new book arrival! The blog will be updated as students submit reviews. Ss will have an opportunity to comment on each others posts.  The project is meant for students to learn about new books!

Collaborate: Ss can collaborate with peers on choosing books for the project.

Create: Ss will create a blog post reviewing the book that they read.

Critical Thinking: Ss will reflect on ways that this book will appeal to readers and 

Communicate: through the blog post. 

Students will follow the format below when submitting their book review:

1. Bibliographic citation using APA format
2. A complete summary of the book
3. Response to text - how does this book appeal to readers?
4. A jpeg. of the cover of the book.

Once the post is complete, Ss will submit their blog post to me and I will upload and publish it here!

Example: