[baisl] Re: Fun ways to do Freshmen reading

From: Amy Geriak <ageriak@xxxxxxxx>
To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:54:16 -0800

As these are so popular right now, he might have success getting the
students to create "Vines," Memes, or Book Spine Poetry relating to the
novels -- although he would have to probably provide
guidelines/expectations for quality, insuring insights into the book, etc.
I think Book Trailers are a fantastic idea and would really support that --
students love to "cast" novels. A stop-motion film using Legos or other
representative objects is also a great project.

If the students have access to an iPad, we've had a lot of success with
Thinglink -- students could create a map of the novel's setting and then
link explanations/images of significant events.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:28 AM Perotin, Tana <tperotin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone and happy holidays!

I have an English 1 teacher who is assigning his freshmen students to read
ONE fiction book of their choice over the holiday break.  Then in January
he wants to have a fun class period during which the boys can share
something about their book – low stress, no writing essays, etc.

His initial idea is to tell the students they have to dress up as either
the author or a character in the book and then say something about the
costume or whatever.

I told him that might not be successful because the authors aren’t likely
to be interesting looking or unique (not historical people) and the
character outfits might also be problematic or difficult to do.

I want to share with the teacher some other fun ways for him to evaluate
that the student actually read the book.  I have thought of:

   - Make a 1-2 minute book trailer video
   - Create a poster to “sell” the book to your classmates (by hand or on
   the computer)
   - Do a 2 minute book talk to sell the book

I would love to get your ideas on other fun ways the students could share
their books.  We want to give them a bunch of different ways to do this so
they can work with their individual strengths and interests.

Thanks in advance for sharing!

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Tana Perotin

Director of Library and Research Services

Bellarmine College Preparatory

960 W. Hedding St.

San Jose, CA 95126

408-537-9257

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Amy Geriak
Middle School Librarian and Tech Integrationist
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References:
- [baisl] Fun ways to do Freshmen reading
  - From: Perotin, Tana

[baisl] Re: Fun ways to do Freshmen reading

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