Our Book Review templates provide the structure needed for students to write detailed and informative reviews of books they have enjoyed. Use them in the school library as recommended reading lists, classroom library or reading corners or as to share with the class in speaking activities.
Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters
describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions
Present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts
Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts
Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view
Describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences