I had one teacher who was concerned about his students using "Cliff
Notes" and "SparkNotes" instead of reading the book. Together we
compiled a list of high quality novels for which no Cliff Notes/
SparkNotes exist. Consequently, a customized test was created for
each book.
P.S.
I also compiled a bibliography of novels for which no movies have been
made.
Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com
On Nov 6, 2009, at 9:27 AM, George Ann Bordelon wrote:
> Good Friday morning (yee-haw!),
>
> I'm sure you know what's coming: our middle and high school teachers
> are contending with students reading or skimming through SparkNotes
> and taking AR tests without reading the books at all. At both
> buildings, students are required to read and pass three tests -
> different genres - each grading period; the test score counts as one
> test grade at the middle school and three test grades at the high
> school.
>
> The only idea anyone has come up with so far is not to accept any AR
> test score under 80, but we would love to have other ideas that have
> worked for any of you.
>
> George Ann Bordelon
> Librarian
> Watonga MS & HS
> Watonga, OK 73772
> gabordelon@watonga.k12.ok.us
>
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