Book Reports

[Janice Etscovitz <janicee@MINDSPRING.COM>]

        Colleagues-
        A seventh grade teacher came into the Media Center today with a
book report by a student. The report was word processed with a graphics
border and a very--- elaborate cover- title, author, copyright, ISBN and
more. It looked very slick.  She asked me if this was obtained from the
Internet and now I am asking all of you. Are such things available on the
'net? I know there was some discussion a while ago about term papers - can
you now get book reports?
        I told the teacher I would check with all of you - so - what's the
answer?
        I told the teacher to go back to the student and have a conference
and "test" the child's knowledge about the book. But,  if I had to make a
wager on this one, somehow this child downloaded this document and the
report was not written by the child.

        Thanks in advance for your help-
        Janice

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        Janice Etscovitz
        Media Specialist
        Jean Childs Young Middle School
        3111 Benjamin E. Mays Drive, SW
        Atlanta, GA  30311
        404 699 4533
        Janicee@Mindspring.com (home)  YoungMS@Mindspring.com (school)
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