Re: Book Reports

["Edward W. Menke" <emenke@global2000.net>]

Janice Etscovitz wrote:
>
>         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
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i don't know if this is the particular source of the book report, but
some of these may be coming to your local classroom soon.  nice
graphics, title page has the isbn, etc.
<http://i-site.on.ca/booknook.html>