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Book Talk Worksheet

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Book Talk & Next Text

Stack of books illustration

📚 Part 1: Choose Your Book

1. Book details:

Author: _________________________________

Title: ___________________________________

2. Circle the genre you think this book is:

Realistic fiction

Mystery

Adventure

Fantasy

Sci-fi

Biography/Autobiography

Poetry

Non-fiction/Information

Other

3. My genre claim:

I think this is __________________ because ________________________________

🔍 Part 2: Evidence & Recommendation

4. Evidence from cover/blurb:

Look for: setting clues, character/problem, mood/tone, structure, themes, or language features

5. Evidence from excerpt:

Look for: setting clues, character/problem, mood/tone, structure, themes, or language features

6. My recommendation:

Readers who like _________________________ will enjoy this because

7. My challenge (choose one):

Vocabulary

Length

Perspective

Themes

Reason: ___________________________________________________

🎯 Part 3: Next Text Goal & Talk Stems

8. Next text goal reflection (2-3 sentences):

My next text goal is _________________________ because ________________

It will challenge me by _____________________________________________

9. Talk stems for listening:

I noticed...

I wonder...

I recommend because...

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