Writing a Review

1. Writing a Review

2. Why write a book review?
 It’s an easy way to let
other people know if you
enjoyed a book, play or
film.
 You could people choose
whether or not they
would like to read or
view a particular text.

3. Important information to
include in your Introduction
1. Introduce the name of the play and
who wrote it. Macbeth by William
Shakespeare
2. Give a brief summary of what
happened in the play
3. Tell the audience your opinion of the
play.

4. Important information to include
in your first body paragraph
1. State that you are going to be talking about the
plot.
2. What is your opinion of the plot
3. Why was the plot
interesting/boring/scary/good/bad/awful?

5. Important information to include
in your second body paragraph
1. State that you are going to be talking about the
characters
2. Write that you are going to talk about one
character. Macbeth or Lady Macbeth.
3. What kind of person was this character?
4. Why was the character
interesting/boring/scary/good/bad/awful?

6. Important information to
include in your Conclusion
1. Restate your opinion about the play.
2. List that you feel this way because of the plot,
characters and themes.
3. Give a recommendation. Who should read this
play?

7. Important information to include
in your third body paragraph
1. State that you are going to be talking about the
themes
2. Write that you are going to talk about one theme.
Ambition or guilt.
3. Why was this theme
interesting/boring/scary/good/bad/awful?