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?ou are Lo wrlLe an arLlcle revlewlng a book LhaL could be feaLured ln a magazlne for mlddle
schoolaged readers 1he goal of your arLlcle ls Lo geL readers lnLeresLed ln your book ?our
revlew should Lell [usL enough abouL Lhe book Lo know whaL lL ls generally abouL buL should
noL glve away lnformaLlon perLalnlng Lo Lhe resoluLlon ArLlcle should flll an 83x11"ln Lhe
arLlcle you should
lnclude a deLalled summary wlLh deLalls of Lhe ploL
escrlbe Lhe seLLlng
lnLroduce maln characLers
lnclude aLLenLlongrabbers Lo encourage readers Lo choose your novel
escrlbe Lhe Lype of audlence LhaL would mosL llkely en[oy your book
(recommendaLlon)

ln addlLlon Lo Lhe wrlLLen porLlon of your revlew your page should feaLure
a caLchy headllne for your revlew
Lhe LlLle and auLhor of your novel
aL leasL one plcLure Lo go along wlLh your arLlcle
capLlons for each plcLure
your name as Lhe arLlcle's auLhor

SuggesLlons
look aL a magazlne arLlcle when creaLlng your revlew Lo see how Lhe words plcLures
LlLles and oLher feaLures look on Lhe page
e creaLlve!! use loLs of color ?ou wanL Lhe magazlne reader Lo sLop on your page and
read whaL you have Lo say
lf you know oLher sLudenLs who have read Lhe book you are wrlLlng abouL ask Lhem for
some quoLes abouL Lhe novel Cr you can look onllne Lo see lf Lhere are any repuLable
sources LhaL have someLhlng Lo say abouL your book (new ?ork 1lmes 1lme eLc)
See examples below lf you need layouL ldeas

3 4 3 2 1
8equlremenLs WrlLLen arLlcle
headllne plcLure
capLlon LlLle and
auLhor
Mlsslng 1 Mlsslng 2 Mlsslng 3 Mlsslng 4 or more
ArLlcle Summary SLudenL lncludes
a deLalled
summary of Lhe
novel Summary
ls easy Lo
undersLand and
follow
SLudenL lncludes
a summary of Lhe
novel MosL of
Lhe summary ls
easy Lo
undersLand and
follow
Summary ls brlef
buL sLlll glves a
somewhaL clear
lndlcaLlon of whaL
Lhe book ls abouL
Summary of
novel ls brlef and
does noL glve
clear lndlcaLlon of
whaL Lhe book ls
abouL

Summary of novel
does noL glve an
lndlcaLlon of whaL
Lhe book was
abouL

knowledge of loL SLudenL
demonsLraLes a
knowledge
of Lhe ploL of Lhe
book and oLher
dlscusslon of Lhe
novel
SLudenL
demonsLraLes
some knowledge
of Lhe ploL
Lhrough Lhe
summary and
oLher dlscusslon
of Lhe novel
SLudenL does noL
demonsLraLe
sLrong knowledge
of Lhe ploL

8ecommendaLlon/
SuggesLed
Audlence
SLudenL
addresses
audlence and
recommends Lhe
novel and Lells
why oLhers may
llke Lhe book
SLudenL
addresses
audlence buL
recommendaLlon
ls noL convlnclng
SLudenL does noL
recommend
novel and does
noL say why
oLhers would llke
Lhe book
CreaLlvlLy and
LfforL
lL ls obvlous LhaL
sLudenL puL a loL
of LhoughL Llme
and efforL lnLo
pro[ecL and was
creaLlve ln
deslgnlng Lhelr
page
SLudenL puL
LhoughL and
efforL lnLo Lhe
pro[ecL however
more could have
been done Lo
beLLer represenL
novel
SLudenL dlsplays
some efforL ln
pro[ecL and was
somewhaL
creaLlve ln Lhelr
ldeas buL could
have spenL more
Llme
SLudenL dlsplays
llLLle efforL ln
pro[ecL
SLudenL does noL
show efforL
Lhrough pro[ecL
ro[ecL lacked
creaLlvlLy and
work ls
dlsorganlzed
and/or sloppy