Book Review: Readathon Reflections

Today's Mini-Lesson asks you to do a few things:

1. You are going to write a book review about one book you read in Lit Circles or on your own THIS school year that you'd like to recommend to others.
2. You are going to post it on this padlet: https://padlet.com/readacrossamericahopewell/readathon
3. You may look at other people's suggestions, but please understand they are not following the same format as we are (see below). Please try to choose books that others have NOT done!
4. After writing your review, you will add an image of your book from a Google Images search.
5. Finally you will take a screen shot of your complete Book Review and post it in a new blog post entitled, "My favorite book so far this year."

Directions for your Padlet Entry:

1. You need to write three sentences and each needs to start like this:
   1. This was a terrific book about...
   2. The book focuses on...
   3. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting...
2. Challenge yourself to make some of your sentences COMPOUND SENTENCES. A compound sentence has at least two complete thoughts and is separated by a comma and a conjunction. My first two sentences are both COMPOUND SENTENCES. Read them and try to see if you can do something similar!

Here is my example:

• This was a terrific book about a 5th grade boy with facial abnormalities who enters school for the first time after being home-schooled his whole life. The book focuses on friendship, kindness, and risk-taking, all while being a fun book to read, rather than a downer! I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting a realistic fiction novel that focuses on typical friendship issues and building empathy for others.
  

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Specific Directions for HOW to post a Padlet entry

1. Double Click anywhere on the background of the page or click on the PLUS sign in the bottom right hand corner to open a new entry.
   
2. The "TITLE" needs to be the title of the book, spelled correctly with proper capitalization.
3. The "Write something..." is where you put your three sentences (that use the format explained above).
4. The camera icon is what you click on to import an image. You will enter the URL of the image you want.
   1. To get your image, in a separate tab, do a Google Images search for your book title.
   2. Choose an appropriate image and click on "View Image."
   3. Copy that URL.
   4. Then paste it in the URL section of Padlet.

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