Looking for an engaging way to teach book reviews, strengthen opinion writing, and encourage students to read more? These Book Review Templates combine Google Slides and printable templates with a fun Bookflix bulletin board display that transforms student book reviews into authentic book recommendations.

Students read a book, write a thoughtful review, and display their finished work on a classroom Bookflix bulletin board, creating an interactive reading display that encourages classmates to discover new books. This resource gives students a meaningful audience for their writing while supporting reading response, Reader’s Workshop, independent reading, and opinion writing all year long.

Whether you’re teaching third, fourth, or fifth grade—or adapting the resource for younger or older readers—these templates provide the structure students need to write organized, detailed book reviews while building excitement for reading.

What’s Included:

• Bookflix Bulletin Board Display
• 2 Bookflix bulletin board titles (red/white and black/red)
• 20 Bookflix category signs, including:
  • Trending Now
  • Top 10
  • Top Picks for You
  • New Releases
  • Recommended for You
  • Books in a Series
  • Everyone Is Reading
  • Popular
  • Action & Adventure
  • Mysteries & Thrillers
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Fantasy
  • Historical Fiction
  • Bingeworthy
  • Favorites
  • Newbery Award Winners
  • Books on Screen
  • Read in One Weekend
  • Most Reread

Book Review Writing Resources

• Book Review Planning Organizer (model included)
• Book Review Draft Organizer (model included)
• Transition Words Reference
• Book Review Checklist
• Opinion Writing Checklist
• Revising Checklist
• Peer Conferencing Checklist
• Editing Checklist
• Completed Book Review Example

Google Slides Templates

Students can type directly into editable Google Slides book review templates.

Includes:

• Red template
• Black template
• Black & White template

Printable Templates

Prefer paper and pencil? This resource also includes print-and-go book review templates in:

• Red
• Black
• Black & White

How It Works

1. Students read a book independently.
2. Complete a book review using the organizers and templates.
3. Revise and edit using the included writing checklists.
4. Share their recommendations with classmates by displaying their reviews on the classroom Bookflix bulletin board.

The result is an engaging classroom display that motivates students to read, write, and recommend great books to one another.

Perfect For

• Reader’s Workshop
• Independent Reading
• Reading Response
• Opinion Writing
• Literacy Centers
• Classroom Libraries
• Bulletin Board Displays
• Upper Elementary ELA
• Digital Learning
• Print-and-Go Instruction

This resource is provided in Google Drive, making it easy to assign digital templates through Google Slides while also printing the bulletin board materials, writing organizers, and checklists for classroom use. (*This is a digital download (PDF). I put a link in the PDF to this resource in Google Drive so you can share what you’d like with your students. I share the book review template with my students and print the checklists and Bookflix signs to make the bulletin board or wall display.)

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