Writing - Review

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Reading and Writing a 

Review

Aim of Today's Lesson

by the end of class you know/can explain:

• What a review is.
• What type of reviews there are.
• Why people write reviews.

What type of reviews are there?
Work in pairs and try to come up with as many types of reviews that you can think of

What type of reviews are there?

• Film reviews

• Product reviews
  
• Experience reviews
  

• Book reviews
  

• Written reviews
• Spoken/verbal reviews
• Video reviews
  

Why do people write reviews?

Work in pairs and try to come up with as many reasons why you would write a positive/negative review about something.

Think of 

• Games
• Films
• Experiences
  

Why do people write reviews?

Why do people write reviews?

• To inform
• To help others make a choice
  
• To express feelings (positive/negative)
• To help improve
• To warn
  

Layout of a review

• Catchy title
  
• 1st paragraph: introduction of the topic
  
• 2nd/3rd paragraph: experience/opinion
• 4th paragraph: recommendation and conclusion
  

Reading exercise

• Work on your own
• Mix and match
• Which subheading belong to which paragraph?