Writing On- and Offline


1		Activity 1: Summary and Evaluation When writing a report, you should do more than summarize the article or book you've chosen as a subject, you should also evaluate the material; in other words, you should express your own response to it. Directions: To gain a sense of how to review a text, visit the following book review sites and choose a review from each one. Write a short paragraph explaining why you've chosen the review and what you have learned from it. Hungry Mind Review New York Review of Books The Village Voice Book Magazine New York Times Book Review



2		Activity 2: Book Review Directions: Review your favorite book. Write an introduction, a one-paragraph summary, your reaction in well-developed paragraphs, and a brief conclusion. Don't make quotations too large a percentage of your review.

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