Extra Credit

General

Students will be allowed to turn in this type of extra credit twice a quarter. Each time it will be worth up to 5 points. However, as the year goes on, it will become more difficult as there will be fewer topics to choose from.


Directions

You will need to write a book review of a book you have recently read. You cannot pick a book that has already been reviewed. (To see which books have already been reviewed, you will need to check the website http://ecbookreview.blogspot.com/.) In your review you need to tell me the book title, author, and genre as well as give a short plot summary. The summary should be at least one solid paragraph and should give the reader a general idea to the plot without giving the plot away. You should have a second solid paragraph that says whether or not you would recommend this book to others with reasons why or why not. This review should be typed in Word. The piece can then either be emailed to me or brought to me on a saved disk. I will upload the review to the website. I will acknowledge the reviewer by first name only unless you ask me not to identify you at all on the blog. Asking to not be identified will not change your points awarded.


Using the Blog

Once reviews start being submitted, you will be able to view the blog to get ideas for what you might like to read next. You will be able to search by genre or book title. You will also be able to comment on book reviews to add to what has already been said, or to offer a different opinion. Comments will be monitored so that they are appropriate and constructive.