[LIT] Novel projects

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Kim writes:
> We made a  recommendation wall last year. When the kids read a fantastic
> book, they would take a 5x8 card and folded it it in half like  a book.  We
> looked at the one line reviews that are on the outside of books.  They wrote
> a one or two line review inside the card.  Put the title, author, and an
> illustration on the outside.  The illustration had to be different than the
> cover.  We hung them on a board above the bookshelf next to a sign-up list
> for our most popular books.  Kids did use them to help find a new book.
> 
Pam writes:
Kim, this sounds like a wickedly cool, useful, and easy bulletin board idea!  
 Many thanks - consider this one "stolen."



Pam Tempest
Team Neon-6th Gr. ELA
Hudson Middle School
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"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as 
that every child should be given the wish to learn." John Lubbock





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