Connecting to Summer Reading This Fall
from NCTE INBOX 7-31-07

The McKinney Courier-Gazette article "Reading More of a Pleasure than Requirement for Teenagers" reports that "Some high school students are required to read during the summer, but Helen Talley said more teens are choosing to read on their own." Whether you asked students to read something specific or just to keep reading, it's time to decide what to do when these readers return to the classroom. These book report alternatives are a great option:

• Book Report Alternative: Creating a New Book Cover (E)
• Book Report Alternative: A Character's Letter to the Editor (M)
• So What Do You Think? Writing a Review (S-C)
• "Fifty Alternatives to the Book Report" (M-S-C), from English Journal

For more book report alternatives, explore these additional ReadWriteThink resources.

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Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, TE=Teacher Education, G=General).

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