Deep study of reviews

1. REVIEWS
What are they for?
Segundo Muelle Trip Advisor Reviews :
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187472-d2342366-Reviews-Segundo_Muelle-
Las_Palmas_de_Gran_Canaria_Gran_Canaria_Canary_Islands.html
Read Together Random Ones

2. Chan Chan Reviews
1. REVIEWS OF Chan Chan, Latin America’s biggest mud city.
https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/ShowUserReviews-g298444-d311730-
r180511907-Chan_Chan-Trujillo_La_Libertad_Region.html
2. REVIEWS OF Trujillo’s archaelogical sites
http://www.trujillodelperu.com/testimonies.htm
3. REVIEWS OF Chan Chan resturant in Buenos Aires
https://www.yelp.com/biz/chan-chan-buenos-aires-2
Recognize:
- Facts
- Statistics
- Anedotes
- Humor
- Pros
- Cons
- Details

3. In your notebook:
Create a Mind Map about Reviews
1. What different types of things can be reviewed?
2. What is the purpose of a review?
3. What is the result of getting a bad or a good
review?
***Read together Hotel Review in Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/holidaytypeshub/article-595088/Hotel-reviews-An-Inspector-Calls.html

4. Read and analize this Review outloud:
http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/review-The_Lodge_at_Sea_Island-Sea_Island-Georgia-128191/
First write down these questions and then answer in your
notebook:
1. Does the review make you think that the writer had a positive
experience at the hotel?
2. What elements within the review suggest that the writer either
likes or dislikes the hotel?
3. If you were the owner of the hotel, would you be pleased with
the review of your hotel? Why?
4. Why and in what ways might the review have been different if
written by someone else?

5. Identify, respond to and analyse the content and the language
features of the review.

6. Research Activity:
- Find 2 different reviews of the same book, film,
restaurant, video game (1 good and 1 bad).
- Paste them both to a word doc and then create
your table comparing them.
- In class, read, analyse and annotate each review
using the same table as before.
- Discuss any similarities and/or differences between
each pair of reviews. Are they negative or positive?

7. DISCUSSION
• Did you find that the language or techniques used by
certain writers made you trust their version of the
truth/interpretation more than those of other writers?
• Which specific techniques used by the writers did you find
particularly convincing? Why do you think this?

8. Pair Work
-You will be working in pairs to write two reviews of the
same thing.
-It could be a movie you’ve both seen, a restaurant
you’ve both been to, a hotel you’ve both stayed in, or a
book you’ve both read.
- These must give two opposing opinions – one highly
positive, one highly negative.
-Both reviews must make extensive use of the techniques that
you have identified as being typical of a review (review your
table)

9. Written Rubric
Vocabulary and grammar 1-5
Includes elements of review from table 1-5
Proper Language use 1-5
Professionalism 1-5
5- always, 4- usually, 3- sometimes, 2-less
frequently, 1-rarely