[etni] Fw: re: book report quiz
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- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:26:18 +0200
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From: "bonita" <bonita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: book report quiz
In order to answer any of the "regular" questions - such as those listed,
the student could have read the book in Hebrew or seen the film. From a dual
wish to ensure the students have read and to see something more creative, I
decided that they should have an "ongoing" book report, then a creative task
at the end. I'll explain.
Every time they read, they have to complete a chart on which they write the
date, the page numbers they read and a line or two about what happened on
those pages. Throughout the book they also have to select and copy down at
least 4 important quotations.
On the "Book Report" date, they all come to class ready to prepare a
creative task about their book. They all have the list of tasks ahead of
time, so they decide on their task and bring whatever materials they may
need to class. They also have to write whether they recommend their book.
I like this since it shows they have read and understood the book over a few
weeks, and allows for creativity (which also makes it more interesting to
check). Having said that, I have only used this system in the 9th and 10th
grades. I'm still doing more "traditional" book reports in the 11th and 12th
grades, which involve more of an essay as their report.
Hope this helps someone.
Bonita Podlashuk.
Adi wrote:
>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.
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?
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