We had a committee that lasted 3 years and never reached our goal of providing students with reading for enjoyment. We did manage to rouse their creativity with the assessment option of a project (NO essays) or a test on the book, and we were WOWed by some of the projects (best 3 in each class won an award). What's the feeling out there about summer reading for high school?
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I've never understood it. We never had required summer reading when I was a student and I read all the time. The only books I didn't like were the ones required of me. I think the answer is to just recommend lots of cool books and make them readily available and hope for the best. But if you want to make sure reading is not fun, require it--especially with some sort of paper or project at the end. When was the last time you finished a favorite book and thought, now what I really want to do is make a diorama...?
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