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Thanks to all who responded. I will gladly accept other ideas and post another HIT if justified. I am still looking for more activites which take 20-40 minutes and would love something different to try several times a month all year long. Here is the HIT: ------------------------------------------ One of my favorite things to promote pleasure reading is to have a book pass. I used our state award books the last time, and plan to do it again soon with our 6th graders. Put 7-10 books on each table of four students. The books should represent a variety of genres and interests (unless you are promoting mysteries, for example) Give them a brief time for each to select a book, then have them read silently for 3 minutes. Then each student speaks for one minute on the book they read, and they select another book. Repeat 2-3 more times. At the end, let each student select one of the books for checkout. Many of them have a hard time narrowing it to one book. This was one of the best promotions I did for the state award books. Students enjoy hearing recommendations from other students, even if after a brief reading. ------------------------------------- Get as many books as there are kids in the class and a stopwatch. Pass out a preprinted list of the titles you will be using, in alpha order, with a 1, 2, or 3 next to each title. A legend at the top should say: 1=Sounds great, I want to read it. 2=it seems ok, but I'm not sold yet 3=not interested at all. EX: Among the Hidden 1 2 3 (circle one) Cirque du Freak 1 2 3 Eragon 1 2 3 Instruct the kids: The papers before you are ratings sheets for each book I'll be passing out. You are to read each book until I say stop. Find the title on the sheet and rate it, then pass it to someone nearby you. Then pick up the new book and read it until I say stop. Rate it, and repeat the drill until time is up. Then, using these sheets as a base, tell each kid he has to choose a number 1, a number 2, and a number 3 to read, writing short entries in a reading journal on whether the book proved to live up to their hopes or was a disappointment or a pleasant surprise. I used to do this as a first day drill with my classroom library when I taught 7th & 8th grade English. The Reading journal was 20% of their grade. ------------------------------------ I have an activity I originally heard from Peggy Sharp, but tweaked a little. I put a varied selection of 15 books on the table. The students need a piece of paper and pen or pencil. I have them take *any* book from the pile and write down the title. Then they read the book for 2 minutes (I have a timer); I then ask them to decide how they feel about the book based on what they read and they are to draw a face that matches that feeing. (I've attached the PowerPoint page with the chart I use.) I stress to them that there's no wrong answer; this is their opinion and opinions can't be "wrong." Then they take another book and repeat the process, usually 10 times total. -------------------------------- This is expanding a ibt on the reading/writing idea. I am taking an idea which I found on teachers.net that was posted by Ruthann Funderburk and adapting it. I will divide students in to two teams to alternate answering. I have created a PowerPoint with each slide being either a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on sentence. As each slide is shown, the appropriate student will have to identify which of those 3 things fits the words on the slide. For bonus point, they have a chance to give punctuation and/or correct it to full sentence(s). ---------------------------------- Ann Jantzen, Media Specialist South Central Jr. Sr. H.S. 6675 E. Highway 11 SE Elizabeth, IN 47117 jantzena@south.shcsc.k12.in.us "I cannot live without books." -- Thomas Jefferson -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------