AP Summer Project: Book Review

Book Reviews for Summer Reading Project:

What should the book review look like completed?

 Here's a linked example of a model book review: Link

Book Reviews:

For each book that you read, you must complete a separate book review--two in total. 

Book reviews should be in a Google Doc. Don't worry about formatting or anything, you'll copy and paste them into a separate Google Doc for class before turning in. It will eventually look like this, if you'd like to make it look similar: Link

Minimum 500 words for each book review, maximum 1000 pages. Please don’t be an overachiever and do more, brevity and being concise is an equally important skill. (If you read one of the super long books that counts as two books, it’s a 1000 word minimum and 2000 page maximum. )

Here’s what each book review needs to answer (please number your responses):

1. Title

2. Author

3. Nationality of Author

4. Genre Type

• • For example: Gothic novel, Renaissance comedy, Modern Play (adjective and type of book)

5. Date of first publication

• • Not when your specific copy was printed but when the book first came out

6. Character List:

• •  List the important characters and descriptions of their identity and relationship to others. I’d love to see you include short quotes (2-3 words) or adjectives describing them directly from the narration. Feel free to draw and get creative / make a character map or you can simply list them as a bulleted list. 

7. Favorite Quote Commentary

• • Minimum of three quotes with explanations of why you chose this quote and what makes it so important or memorable. Make sure to include page numbers so you can refer back to them later.

8. Symbols/Allusions

• • Identify or draw three symbols and a short description of how each extends beyond their literal meaning or identify allusions to other works of literature and how this reference adds depth to the narrative.

9. Questions

• • A minimum of three in-depth discussion questions you have about the book or you'd like to ask the author.

10. Basic plot outline

• • As detailed as possible. You can write in paragraph, bulleted list, or “flow chart” format.