Activity: Book Review

How To Write Book Review (An Activity)

Read a book & identity the text structure, language, genre, context, socio- cultural diversity

1)     Name of the book

2)     Author Name

3)     Pages

4)     Publisher

5)     Edition

6)     Text content

7)     Text structure

8)      Language

9)      Genre

10)    Context

11)    Socio-Cultural diversity

12)    Unity in diversity

13)    Reflection

How to write and access the textual content:

Content (point 10, 11, 12): 

Assess the Text Structure :

Text Structure How information is organized in a passage.

After reading the text, how do you think the author organized the information?

•Which framework did this author use to organize the information? Chronological? Cause/Effect? Problem/Solution? Compare/Contrast? Description? 

•Does the author use a combination of structures?

•Which text features helped you collect information from the article?

Assess the Language of the Text :

Author :

When was it published?

Who is the target audience?

Persuasive/ engaging

Voice, tone of the text?

Assess the Genre of the Text :

A text genre is a type of written or spoken discourse.

•Narrative - Tell about a sequence of events.

•Procedural- Give instructions on how to do something.

•Expository - Explain something.

Which of the above genre does your text use and how? - Refer to the figure.

Assess the Context of the Text :

Circumstances under which a document was created, including its function, purpose, use, time, the creator, and the recipient.

Time – Era –

How has the time when the text was written influenced the text/writer?

Is the writer liberal in his thoughts or not?

Are the readers being challenged by the thoughts of the writer?

Assess the Socio-Cultural Diversity :

In what socio-cultural contexts did this literary work emerge?

Has the diversity had a positive or a negative impact upon you?

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