N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Book Review Instructions
NOTE: You’ll create a new word document to submit your Book Review as one whole paper
instead of typing directly into this document.
Overview: Book Review
You have selected one of the designated books to read. You will now write a book review that
expresses your motivation for selecting the particular book, the impression the book made on you,
information from another external, reliable source that either corroborates or contradicts the book,
and how or why this book will or will not impact you. See Content Criteria on page 4 for more
details. Note that your additional source should be from a recent (within last 5 years), professional
journal or website (NIH, CDC, etc.). Blogs, magazines, and newspapers are not considered
professional resources. An external source is one that is not included within the course
readings.
Before you begin writing, review the APA formatted example paper located in the course.
Format your paper exactly in this manner. Be sure that you are using correct APA format for all
of your citations and references including the book title. Outline your responses to the criteria listed
in the rubric and instructions. Use language and examples that demonstrate your understanding of
course concepts and reflect your personal position on the author’s stance. Write professionally and
concisely. You may write in first person for this assignment. Be sure to proofread your assignment
and correct any errors before submitting it. Your paper should be double spaced, include a
separate Title and Reference page, and the body of the paper should not exceed 3 pages of
double spaced written work.
This paper should incorporate scholarly writing. One characteristic of scholarly writing is learning
how to paraphrase and cite appropriately and correctly. Your paper should include numerous
paraphrases with corresponding citations. However, you are only allowed to include a
maximum of 3 quotes (with corresponding citations) within the paper. If you have more than 3
quotes, you will have 2 points deducted for each additional quote. (If you are unsure of the
difference between paraphrasing and quotes, please read your APA book or reach out to one of
the UTA nursing librarians.)
If you submit your book review on a book that is NOT one of the choices on the syllabus, you will
receive a 50-point deduction on the book review assignment. Please pay close attention to the
book options on the syllabus to ensure you chose an allowed book for your book review.
Also, if you are repeating the course, you must do your Book Review on the book option that you
did not choose the first time you took the course. If your Book Review is on the same book that you
reviewed in the previous course, you will receive a zero for this assignment.
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Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Book Review.”
Tasks
Proficient
Acceptable
Unacceptable
Error free professional
grammar, spelling, and
punctuation, and paragraphs
composed of at least 3 wellwritten sentences and paper
within page limits.
Contains 3 – 4 grammar,
spelling, or punctuation errors, or
poorly written paragraphs and
paper within page limits.
Greater than 4 grammar,
spelling, or punctuation
errors, or poorly written
paragraphs, or paper
exceeds page limits, or does
not follow rubric format.
Body of the Paper
(max 5 points)
(3 points)
(5 points)
Introduction
(max 5 points)
Detailed overview paragraph of
paper contents to include
information to be discussed
within the body of the paper.
(0 points)
Brief statement of paper
contents.
(3 points)
No introduction.
(0 points)
(5 points)
Part I: Book
(max 10 points)
Explanation of reasons for
selecting book that include
specific references to book
title, description, authors, and
particular student experience.
(10 points)
Part II: Two Topics of
Interest
(max 30 points)
Part III:
Corroboration /
Contradiction
(max 30 points)
General statement of reason for
selecting book with vague
references to book or vague
example of student experience.
(5 points)
Missing or unclear reason for
selecting book and missing
specific reference to book or
example of student
experience.
(0 points)
Lists 2 separate topics with
detailed, specific topic
information from the book, and
gives a detailed discussion of
why the 2 separate topics
impacted the reader with
specific student examples or
experiences for each of the 2
topics. (30 points)
Lists 1 topic with general or
limited information from the book
and gives a general or limited
discussion of why the 1 topic
impacted the reader, including a
general student example or
experience. (15 points)
No topics addressed, and/or
missing both student
examples and/or both
statements of impact on the
reader. (0 points)
Clear, accurate detailed
explanation of corroboration or
contradiction with at least two
specific examples from at least
one recent, professional
external source on how the
external source either
corroborates or contradicts the
information in the book or the
author’s stance. (30 points)
General explanation of
corroboration or contradiction or
only one example from an
external source on how the
external source either
corroborates or contradicts the
information in the book or the
author’s stance. (15 points)
No explanation of
corroboration or
contradiction and/or missing
examples from an external
source on how the external
source either corroborates or
contradicts the information in
the book or the author’s
stance. (0 points)
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Part IV: Practice
Application
(max 10 points)
Clear detailed explanation of
how or why the book will or will
not impact personal actions or
professional practice. (10
points)
General statement of how or why
the book will or will not impact
personal actions or professional
practice. (5 points)
Missing description of how or
why the book will or will not
impact personal actions or
professional practice. (0
points)
APA Format (Title
page, Headings,
Font, Spacing,
Reference page,
0-3 errors in APA format with
at least one additional recent
external professional resource.
(10 points)
Paper contains (4-6) different
APA errors and at least one
additional recent external
professional resource. (5 points)
Greater than 6 different APA
errors and/or missing
additional resource, or
resource is not recent and/or
professional. (0 points)
(max 10 points)
Quotes (3 allowed)
See paragraph on
scholarly writing in
the instructions
above.
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-2 points for each additional
quote
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Book Review Criteria
• Arrange your assignment in the following sequence with these required sections and
subheadings and the content points noted.
• Open a new Word document, and save it to your Desktop with the filename,
“yourname_Book_Review,” inserting your name in place of “yourname.”
• Begin your paper by setting the margins, font, and header according to APA format.
• Click “Save” often to keep from accidentally losing your work.
Content Criteria
Write a short paragraph that introduces your paper to the
reader. This usually includes mention of all of the
content/topics that will be written about within the body of the
paper. For example, “First I will explain why I chose….”.
Insert Title of Paper at the top
of the page, centered,
bolded, and in Title case.
State which book you chose, and discuss why you chose it.
Include specific references to book title, description,
authors(s), or particular experiences of yours that prompted
you to select the book.
Insert heading title, centered,
bolded, and in Title Case.
Part II: Two
Write two separate paragraphs describing topics or pieces of
Topics of Interest information from the book itself that made the greatest
impression on you. Discuss why the topic impacted you
giving an example of student impact for each of the
topics.
Insert heading title, centered,
bolded, and in Title Case.
Part III:
Corroboration /
Contradiction
Provide at least two examples from an external source that
either corroborates or contradicts the information or stance
taken by the author of the book on your topics of interest. Be
specific and relate the information from the external
source to the book itself.
Insert heading title, centered,
bolded, and in Title Case.
Part IV: Practice
Application
Explain why or how the information you gained from the
reading of this book will or will not affect your personal actions
or your professional practice.
Insert heading title, centered,
bolded, and in Title Case.
Introduction
Part I: Book
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