KS2 Book Review Template

How does this KS2 Book Review Template help learners?

Help KS2 learners to write a book review using this template as a guide to help organise their ideas. 

The template enables them to reflect on the book in a number of ways, prompting them to:

• Illustrate their favourite scene.
• Write a synopsis.
• Write about who they would recommend the book to and why.

Providing a template structure is a great way to make reviewing books easier and more accessible for KS2 children. It will help KS2 children organise their ideas and present them neatly.

Why not check out our Design a Book Cover Template and get your children to have a go at designing their own book front covers?

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Are there any other similar book review templates that I can use?

If you'd like to help KS2 learners to further practice their critical writing skills, then our Film Writing Review Template would act a great follow-up activity! 

Alternatively, if you'd like to get your class to have a deeper look at a book you've been studying as a class, then the In-Depth Book Review Writing Template will give you exactly what you're looking for. This will help your KS2 class to look at specific plot points, as well as the settings featured in the book.

All of our KS2 review templates are designed to make critical engagement with books and films fun and enjoyable.

How can I use the KS2 book review template in the classroom?

Simply print enough copies for your KS2 class and help them to complete the worksheet individually, based on either a book you read together as a class or their own favourite book.

This type of exercise will give KS2 students an important introduction to types of work that they'll be completing during KS3 and KS4 English lessons. So why not give your KS2 classes a head start by using this helpful book review template?

The template also makes for a neat and straightforward homework task. Simply ask your children to fill in their template upon reading or watching a film or book and bring it into school for appraisal.