Motivate children to read a variety of books using this complete guide to planning and implementing fun, successful reading competitions. Provides forms and promotional materials and a complete set of questions/answers related to both current popular titles and classics. Useful websites offer supplementary information about the books and authors, techniques for increasing participation and suggestions on how to correlate the contests with music and art. Offers advice on recognition, cooperative programming between school and public libraries, publicizing the contests, effective use of volunteers and parents, and more. For use with grades 5-8.
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An excellent resource for ideas on contests and competitions designed to motivate students to read more and enjoy what they read. While the emphasis is on the "Battle of the Books" competition, there are plenty of suggestions for other activities to use with an individual or small group, a classroom, or for a school-wide event. Helpful suggestions for organizing a competition are included, from planning the event to choosing the books and writing questions to setting up the tournaments and playoffs. However, the bulk of this resource is an impressive list of some 250 recommended titles with genre, awards (if applicable), an indication of whether study guides are available, and five questions that can be used in competitions. In addition to a list of great Web sites for librarians and students, there are reproducible bookmarks and badges. This volume was written by school library media specialists, and it is obvious that they know what makes a successful reading program succeed.
Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"An excellent resource for ideas on contests/competitions designed to motivate students to read more and enjoy what they read." -- School Library Journal
"The authors' choice of books is superb." -- OEMA Interchange (Oregon Educational Media Assn.)
"The authors' choice of books is superb." -- OEMA Interchange (Oregon Educational Media Assn.)
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This review is from: Battle of the Books and More: Reading Activities for Middle School Students (Paperback)
As a reading specialist and veteran junior high teacher I highly recommend Sybilla Cook's book to both teachers in conventional classrooms and those as simple as the teacher on one end of a log and the student on the other. One of the most difficult problems in teaching reading, especially for home schoolers, is finding appropriate material that will interest students of this age level. Ms. Cook has made that easy. But she has gone way beyond that by including questions and activities to teach critical, analytical, and interpretative reading and thinking, not to mention the most basic of reading skills, comprehension. This book belongs in every teacher's professional library.
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I used to create my own questions for our classroom Battle of the Books. Now the work is done for me! A must-have for language arts teachers of students in grades 5-8!
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Battle of The Books,
This review is from: Battle of the Books and More: Reading Activities for Middle School Students (Paperback)
This is an excellent resource for teachers, anyone who wants to encourage children to read.
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