FA II Activity Class IX and X: Book Review

Task:

Choose a best-seller book by some famous author and write a review of that book. Due date: September 9, 2014.

What kind of book should be chosen?

The book you choose should satisfy one of the criterion given below:

1.    It should be a best-seller

2.    It should be a fiction

3.    It should be a classic

4.    It shouldn’t be a graphic novel or graphic fiction

5.    It shouldn’t be an autobiography

Suggestion:

Students can also chose books of following authors:

·         R. K. Narayan

·         Chetan Bhagat

·         Anita Desai

·         Sudha Murthy

·         Paulo Coelho

·         Salman Rushdie

·         J.K. Rowling

·         Amish Tripathi

·         Yann Martin

How to write a book review?

·         Chose a book

·         Read the book

·         Write notes on story and the plot of the book

·         Write notes on setting of the story

·         Write notes on major characters of the story

·         Write summary of the story

·         Write your opinion about all the aspects given above

Format of Book Review:

First Page should be the cover page. Cover page should contain:

·         The title of the activity i.e. F.A. II Activity: Writing a Book Review

·         The name of the book you review

·         The name of the author of the book you review

·         Any picture related to the book or the story of the book you review

·         Your name, class and roll number

·         Don’t forget to border the page

·         You have to decorate the first page and make it look nice and attractive

Second page should be the Front Page. Front Page should contain:

·         No pictures or images

·         The name of the book you review

·         The name of the author of the book you review

·         Your name, class and roll number

·         Academic year i.e. 2014 – 2015

Third page should be the Index page. It should look as given below:

INDEX

Sr. No.	Content	Page Number
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2
3
4

Fourth page should be ‘Introduction of the book’.

Introduction shouldn’t be more than 8 to 10 sentences. Introduction of the book should answer following questions:

·         Which book are you going to review?

·         Who is the writer of that book?

·         What about the previous books of the same author?

·         Why this book is worth reading?

·         Is there something very unique about this book? What?

·         What makes this book a best-seller?

Fifth page should be ‘About the Writer’

It should be of 8 to 10 lines. Don’t write down the entire biography of the writer. Be careful about the content you select about the writer. Also write about the writer’s achievement and names of other books to his credit. Don’t forget to include the picture of the author. Also, give your valuable comment about the author.

Sixth page should be of ‘Summary of the story of the book’

Write the story of the book you are going to review in a summarized way. The summary shouldn’t be more than a page or more than 250 words. Also mention about the central theme of the story, the central plot, the sub-plots, etc.

Seventh page should be of ‘Character Portrayal’

Select any two major characters from the story. Write down the character sketch of those characters. Why writing the character sketch, be careful about including following points:

·         Describe the physical features of the character

·         Name different characteristics of the characters

·         Give proofs in the form of a scene or a quote or a sentence from the book which helps the reader understand the nature of the character.

·         Write down the strong point about the character’s personality.

·         Also mention the weakness (if there is any) about the character

·         Write your opinion about the characters

Eighth page should be of ‘Setting’. Write a short paragraph of eight to ten lines about the settings of the story. Setting should include:

·         The geographical characteristics of the area in which the story takes place

·         Mention quotes, dialogues or some sentences from the book which proves your point about the setting

·         Describe the scene or the settings

·         Include your comments about the setting

·         You can also add some pictures of the setting (maximum two pictures)

Ninth page should be of ‘Conclusion’

·         Conclusion page should contain the answers of the following questions:

First Paragraph:

·         Is the story of the book good? Bad? Average?

·         Why do you think that the story of the book is good/bad/average?

·         What is so good about the story?

·         What is not so good about the story?

·         This story should have been better if …..

Second Paragraph:

·         Is the setting of the story complementing the story? Why or why not?

·         Why do you think that the setting of the story is appropriate?

·         What is so good about the setting of the story?

·         What is not so good about the setting of the story?

Third paragraph:

·         How many major characters are there?

·         Why do think that these are the major characters?

·         Are these characters’ portrayals complementing the story and its development?

·         Which character is portrayed beautifully? Why?

·         Which character should have been portrayed nicely? Why do you think so?

Fourth paragraph:

·         Do you like this book? Why or why not?

·         What part of this book you like the most? Why?

·         What part of this book you like the least? Why?

·         Will you recommend this book to anyone? Why or why not?

·         Why people should read this book or should not read this book?

Tenth page should be of ‘Acknowledgement’

In this page you should acknowledge or thank the people who have helped you in doing this assignment. Don’t forget to thank your English teacher …. J