Try this: (in class with books that they read) "Copy a sentence on page 42 and explain what it has to do with the story." Mitzi --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Ask Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Ask Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [etni] Fw: re: book report quiz To: "Etni" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 4:09 PM ----- Original Message ----- From: Adi Orian - austenorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: book report quiz Why not forget plagiarism and general mundane issues, and ask them for instance to write a story/poem/perform a segment, etc. based on the book/its message/characters/title - as long as they read, who cares what they do...:) In my class, the less creative ones can list 10-20 new words that they've encountered and using them make up a story or article or whatever they wish. Adi Amy wrote: >To attempt to get some authentic writing instead of plagiarized book reports, I want to consider having my students do their book reports in class as a quiz. I did this once before, and I asked them the typical questions regarding the setting, story analysis (conflict, climax and resolution), along with one character analysis. However, I would like to consider something different. Does anyone have any other ideas, or any other solutions? ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------