This document provides instructions for students to review a nonfiction library book. It directs students to list chapter topics, skim the index to select 3 interesting topics, summarize what they learned about each topic by skimming the corresponding pages, and explain how the book relates to their class. Students are also asked to provide 2 quotes or paraphrases from the book that correspond to class topics and construct an argument claim based on facts from the book, supporting the claim with examples.

1. Library Book Review- Nonfiction
Your goal is to explore information related to your class and learn something in the process! You do
not have to re ad the entire book. Inste ad, you’ll explore the book looking for these things:
List the chapter topics 1.
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Skim the index in the back. Select 3 topics that
look interesting.
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2.
3.
Now go to the corresponding pages in the book for the 3 you selected above. Skim read about your
selections. Summarize what you learned about each.
Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3
Pg. #:
Pg. #:
Summary:
Summary:
Pg. #:
Summary:
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2. How does the book relate to what you have
studied in class?
Be specific- “It is Chemistry” is not an answe r.
Be tter: “In class we le arned about the principle s
of _______________, ________________, and
__________________. Chapter 2 of this book shows
how those principle s show up in e ve ryday life.”
Provide 2 quotes or paraphrases from the book
that correspond with things you have studied in
class that you mentioned in the last blank.
Put parenthe sis with the author’s name and
page number after it, inside the punctuation,
like this:
“Blah blah blah” (Whe yton 45).
Construct an argument claim statement based on what you have read. (What can you PROVE from
this book? This cannot be a fact or facts; must require you analyzing the facts and producing
something more.
Examples:
Fact Argument claim
Isaac Newton performed several
experiments relating to light and color.
With a high quality 16-inch telescope, you
can see up to 100,000 galaxies.
Through his experiments, Isaac Newton
forever changed the way that we look at
light and color.
The entirety of the universe is so vast that
we may never have the technology to study
all of it.
You can PROVE These are simple facts THESE with facts

3. Your argument claim base d on what you’ve re ad: List a few facts from the book that you could use
to prove your claim:
Now, ICE your claim in a paragraph: (I ntroduce your claim; C ite examples from the book; E
xplain how the examples prove your claim)