Library Book Review- Nonfiction

Your goal is to explore information related to your class and learn something in the process! You do

not have to read the entire book. Instead, you’ll explore the book looking for these things:

List the chapter topics 1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

Skim the index in the back. Select 3 topics that look interesting.

1. 2. 3.

Now go to the corresponding pages in the book for the 3 you selected above. Skim read about your

selections. Summarize what you learned about each.

Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3

Pg. #: Summary:

Pg. #: Summary:

Pg. #: Summary:

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How does the book relate to what you have studied in class?

Be specific- “It is Chemistry” is not an answer. Better: “In class we learned about the principles of _______________, ________________, and __________________. Chapter 2 of this book shows

how those principles show up in everyday life.”

Provide 2 quotes or paraphrases from the book that correspond with things you have studied in class that you mentioned in the last blank.

Put parenthesis with the author’s name and page number after it, inside the punctuation, like this: “Blah blah blah” (Wheyton 45).

Construct an argument claim statement based on what you have read. (What can you PROVE from

this book? This cannot be a fact or facts; must require you analyzing the facts and producing

something more.

Examples:

Fact Argument claim

Isaac Newton performed several

experiments relating to light and color.

With a high quality 16-inch telescope, you

can see up to 100,000 galaxies.

Through his experiments, Isaac Newton

forever changed the way that we look at

light and color.

The entirety of the universe is so vast that

we may never have the technology to study

all of it.

You can PROVE THESE with facts These are simple facts

Your argument claim based on what you’ve read: List a few facts from the book that you could use to prove your claim:

Now, ICE your claim in a paragraph: (I ntroduce your claim; C ite examples from the book; E

xplain how the examples prove your claim)