LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

READING AND WRITING – GRADE 11

WEEK 1
Name: ______________________________________________ Rating: Performance Task_______ Written Work ______
Yr. & Sec: ___________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Lesson: Purposeful Writing in the Disciplines – Writing a Book Review

Lesson Objectives: 1. Identify the unique features, parts, and requirements in writing a books review.
2. Write a book review.

I. Written Works:
A. Pretest B. Post Test
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

C. Let’s Try
Directions: Read the text below and fill in the matrix with information about the text.

Sample Book Review:

Urban Planning and Architecture (and the Use of the Critical Path Method)
by Sol A. Ward

The purpose of this book is to clearly indicate, by illustrated example, how the Critical Path Method (CPM) can be
used as a planning tool in architecture and urban design. In the beginning chapters, the reader is introduced to the
elements of a CPM system, experiencing the basic planning procedures in a meaningful way.
Essentially, CPM as a planning tool is concerned with time-ascribed activities which are assembled in a logical
arrangement to construct a network. In this manner, the planner is compelled to think about all the activities comprised
in a comprehensive plan.
From the results obtained from the network, the planner is afforded a preview of the problematic areas of a
construction project and is provide with the capability of rendering corrective measures in advance of the actual
problems.
An actual transportation center was used as an example to illustrate how a complex whole could be dissected into
parts to simplify the planning of structures comprising large areas. The project mentioned above is indicative of the
complications involved in the planning of structures requiring staging for the maintaining of rapid transit during actual
construction.

Keywords: architecture; construction; critical path method; inspection; maintenance; site preparation; specifications;
structural design; urban development.
Published from: Journal of the American
Concrete Institute, September, 2002, p. 606
 Urban Planning and Architecture (and the Use of the Critical Path Method)
Main Idea

Purpose

Your Personal Evaluation

of the Text

II. Performance Task

Directions: Write a book review on a BOOK of your choice.

TITLE:

AUTHOR:

CHARACTERS:

PLOT:

SETTING:
INTRODUCTION:
 Writer’s thesis
statement

BODY:
a. Information of the
contents of novel
that you have read.
 Writer’s objective or
purpose
 Methods used (if
applicable)
 Major findings or
claims

b. Present your own

opinion about the
book.
 Appropriateness of
methodology to
support the
arguments
 Theoretical
soundness
 Soundness of
explanation in
relation to other
available information
and experts
 Sufficiency of
explanation
 Other perspectives in
explaining the
concepts and ideas
 Coherence of ideas
 CONCLUSION

 Overall impression of
the work
 Scholarly value of the
reviewed
article/book
 Benefits to the
intended audience
 Suggestion for future
directions

Reflection:
Write your thoughts on your experiences in writing a book review.

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Prepared by: Noted:

RAHIMA P. DE GUZMAN, PhD RHONA R. CAMILING

Master Teacher II Head Teacher I