What is a book talk?
A book talk is a short presentation about a book with the goal of convincing other people to read it. It is persuasive and engaging. It is not a book report. For this class we are also going to add the element of making connections to sociological concepts/themes you learn about in class.
IDEA Den
Your book talks will be featured in a library display and on the library's IDEA Den's (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Awareness Den) online site.
These examples are traditional examples that include talking points about literary elements and sometimes who they would recommend the book to.
You may include why you recommend it but don't necessarily need to include who you would recommend it to.
You will not need to comment on literary elements INSTEAD you will be talking about connections you can make between the book and sociological concepts you learn in class.
There are also examples of book talks from previous sociology classes that contain connections between the book and sociological concepts.
Guidelines for your Book Talk:
Book Talks must include the following content (try to keep to one slide each unless otherwise noted. You do not need to title your slides with the subjects here ie. Intro, Teaser, etc.):
Slide 1. Intro:
Indicate this is a Book Talk presented by: Your name
Give the title and author of the book; book cover
Slide 2. Complete citation information and whether it is fiction or non-fiction, anything else unique/noteworthy
Slide 3. Main characters/real-life characters
Names
Brief describing info no more than a line of text
Slide 4. About the story - brief summary DON’T GIVE AWAY THE ENDING - NO SPOILERS! (1-3 slides)
Be sure to include:
What happens in the book that makes it interesting, what’s the problem/conflict?
When and where does the book take place?
Slide 5. Teaser - Examples: Does the family accomplish their goal? You’ll have to read it to find out what
happens / Do they succeed? Hope you check it out / Etc.
Slide 6. Why you recommend it, why people should read the book
Slide 7. Connect it back to what you have learned in this course; connect it to sociology; cite readings if you use them (2-3 slides)
Additional requirements:
in slides above).
when videos are posted to the library’s website) and submitting in particular file format.
Advice:
CLASS BRAINSTORM - Style guidelines:
There are some tips in this video, HOWEVER we will be recording longer videos for the purpose of this assignment