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Activity 5: Book Reviews
In a group of 3-5, discuss the following scenario:
You are an English teacher whose seventh-grade class is writing book reviews of books they have recently read. These reviews consist of a short synopsis of the story, a critical review of the book, and a scanned-in picture of the book's cover. You make these reviews available on your schools web site for other seventh graders to access when choosing books to read.
- Discuss the copyright implications of this act. Are the images of
the book covers a copyright issue?
- What if one of your students included an excerpt of the book in his
review? Would the length of the excerpt be a factor in determining whether
this is a copyright violation?
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