Raynette,
I have been using a similar strategy for quite a while with our middle
schoolers. Should they choose to read a book that is not currently AR, either
an older title we own that does not have a test or a new find of their own (I
do check the appropriateness of the latter), they may create a quiz to be
entered into the program. Before I enter the quiz, however, they must
convince two of their friends to read the book and take their quiz. After the
three students agree on the best format for the quiz, I enter it into the
program, the two student "guinea pigs" are given credit for their respective
scores on the student generated quiz. The quiz creator gets 100% score on the
quiz, extra credit as the creator as well as a bookplate placed in the title,
thanking them for "donating" the quiz.
Since starting this policy, the participation by the students has been better
than I expected, with them having a sense of ownership and a more positive
attitude toward the program.
Donna Trenda
St. Anne School
Barrington, Il
dctrenda@att.net
> OK, thought I'd share with any of you Accelerated Reader user's what we are
> trying with our 6th graders this month. I pulled all the books off my shelf
> form the Fiction section that are NOT AR. I have ordered everything I can
> that is available, and we still have about 400 books that aren't available
> for AR. SO, the goal for the 6th grade is to read a NON-AR book, and write
> the test for us. The teachers have been very supportive, and we will have
> about 70 new tests when we are done. (maybe even more, 2 students have
> already handed in their tests, and I noticed they each chose another NON-AR
> book today, so hoping that means they are writing more tests:)). I have the
> right to refuse any tests that I feel aren't written very well, or that
> don't seem like the student actually read the book. The kids seem so
> excited to be reading books that aren't AR. I tried to do a quick leveling
> of each of the books, somewhat of a 'look at the length and type and hope we
> get close'. I will be more specific when I start entering the tests into
> the computer. Lucky for me, I have a list of GREAT volunteers that will be
> wonderful helpers with this!!
>
>
> Raynette Schulte
> Lincoln School Librarian
> Watertown, SD
> schulter@wtn.k12.sd.us
>
> "To every complex situation, there is a simple solution. But it's the wrong
> solution."- Anonymous
>
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