Genres and Book Talks

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Genres and Book Talks
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Objectives

• Learn the difference between a book talk and a
  book report
• Demonstrate knowledge of genres
• Categorize a book into different genres
• Become aware of an upcoming book talk project

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Book Talks vs. Book Report

• So, what is the difference between a book talk
  and a book report?

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Book Reports

• A book report or book review is a short summary
  of a book and a reaction to it. While it includes
  some details, a book report is usually tailored
  to its readers.

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Book Talks

• A book talk closely resembles a movie trailer,
  where the book talker gives the audience a
  glimpse of the setting, the characters, the major
  conflict.
• Book talks are commonly used to get readers
  interested in certain books.

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Genre Overview

• What are some of the genres that we have already
  talked about?

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Digital Booktalk

• The University of Central Florida has a book
  talk website that takes popular book titles and
  creates video book trailers.
• Lets look at a few book talks at determine what
  categories they belong to.

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City of Beastsby Isabel Allende
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Tangerineby Edward Bloor
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Chasing the Falconersby Gordon Korman
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We Beat the Streetby Sampson Davis
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Esperanza Risingby Pam Munoz Ryan
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Heir Apparentby Vivian Vande Velde
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Upcoming Book Talk Project

• In a few weeks, you will start research to create
  your own Book Talk.
• Start thinking of a book that you have read in
  the past 6 months or that you can read within the
  next month.
• A book title can only be used once per class.

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Upcoming Book Talk Project

• You can pick a fiction or a non-fiction book.
• You cannot choose a cartoon book or how-to-draw
  book.
• Further instructions will be given later, just
  start thinking of a title for now.