Today, use the rubric in the Fourth Unit in Blackboard, the Fiction Arc to assess the person who posted the story before you posted. Then let's get on the writing of the next book review. Almost there!
Review 3-- Focus on Dynamic Sentence Style The Challenge-- 1. Stronger main ideas that communicate WHY you read the book and WHY its sentence variety is unique, something to copy (or not). 2. Better organization. After why, focus on HOW the writer constructed sentence variety and the emotions, reactions, feelings it creates for you the reader? What will you as a writer try, having read for the technique of sentence variety. 3. More than a book report. This review gives readers more than a bland "thumbs up or down" on the book, which students often fill out with summary details. A good review is not about summarizing the story, but teasing why others should check it out (or not!).
No more than 1/3 of your review should be summary. It should include quoted examples, but explain what each quote shows about sentence variety.
Include your author bio/photo. Put in the blog by Sunday, April 28.
Have you finished your review? It's best to let it rest. Then go back, revise and hack! (And repair. I keep rhyming. Oh. Dear.)
"Many students write sentences that are too short and choppy or too long and confusing. Others write sentences that follow the same monotonous pattern and thereby create the impression that they were written by an inexperienced or immature writer. Sentence combining provides ways to express even complex thoughts in sentences that are varied and effective. By practicing these techniques, you will have several options for expressing your ideas, and you will become a more confident writer." From the Pearson Sentence Variety On-Line workshop