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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:
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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.
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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.

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 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.

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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).

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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

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