Due October 4 (Essay -> Book Review)

Your three paragraph book review:

The introduction 

• starts with a strong topic sentence, a hook that makes us want to read your review
• inform the reader of the title, author, illustrator (if applicable), and date of publication
• introduce the major characters and describe the major character(s)
• establish the setting of the story

The middle

• outline the main idea of the book
• explore the major “problem”  or conflict of the book

The conclusion

• describe the resolution of the book’s major problem 
• mention the lesson learned or moral taught
• end with a clincher sentence that connects to the topic sentence  --->
• clincher can reflect, repeat, or refract the topic sentence.