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Book Talk Builder Name __________________________ You will be giving about a 3-5 minute oral presentation, book talk, about your IRB. The purpose of this activity is for you to not only practice the literary skills and metacognition necessary for comprehension, but also sell your book to your classmates. A book talk is very similar to a trailer for a film, which shows you just enough information to convince you that you should watch the movie! This is an alternate approach to the traditional book report. Title: _____________________________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________________________ Genre: ___________________________________________________________ (action/adventure, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, romance, myster y/suspense, historical fiction, biography, autobiography, informational) Pages: _______________ The Cast! Describe the main characters (list and include main physical and personality qualities). Which character do you think is the most interesting and why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Set! Describe the setting (where & when and how you know) . __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Plot Pyramid! Summarize the plot. What type of conflict (main problem) is present in the book? *Don’t give away the ending! Don’t forget to mention who’s telling the story, point of view (1st person, 3rd person omniscient or 3rd person limited omniscient). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ It’s a Rap! What were your two most favorite or interesting moments of the book? Explain your justification without giving away too much of the book. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Golden Lines! Great Craft! Choose two short passages from the story to read aloud. After each, explain why you chose the passage, the significance. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ No Way! What is/are your least favorite parts of the book? Explain your reasoning. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Lesson Learned! What theme can you synthesize from this story? Cite 3 pieces of evidence to support your conclusion. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ And soooo…… Is there anything else you would like us to know about your book? The author? Figurative language? Writer’s craft? Tone? Author’s purpose? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ .