Project+Results

Here are some student comments from their post-project surveys...


 * Reading in general**...


 * //1. What does someone have to do to be a good reader?//**

To be a good reader, you have to visualize you have to see what the (author is) trying to say. - Dylan F.

In order to be a good reader you could imagine whats going on in your head. (picture the problems) - Victoria D.

They have to connect to the characters and know what is happening. Also, ask yourself questions. - Cassie V.

In order to be a good reader, you must know what the text you are reading is about. - Francisco R.

To make someone a good reader, they have to read more books. - Jimmy M.

They just have to read a lot. - Joe S.

Be able to understand what they read, and write questions or predictions on the book - Janiyah B.

You must know a lot of words to be a good reader. - Madison F.

To be a good reader you have to love reading and read all the time. - Stephanie W.

Stay on track and read at a daily basis. - Robert T.

Read over and over. It worked for me! - Nick S.


 * 7. How often do you read at home?**

Yes, after reading these books I do a lot. - Cassie V.

I now read at least a half hour every night. - Breanna R.

I read about every other night. - Zach L.

At home I read a lot. I read every day. - Victoria D.

Not often but since this project started a lot - Dylan F.

At home I read about 2 hours a day. - Michael C.

I do not read a lot at home, maybe a book a month. - Willie K.

I read sometimes at home, but I do it more now. - Amanda S.

I read about every day at home. I do this because the books I'm reading are very interesting. - Jimmy M.

I often read at home about 3 times a day, when I get home, before dinner, and before I go to bed. - Miranda T.

I read whenever I have nothing better to do. - Tristian M.

Never - Joe S.

I read a lot more now that we have done this. Zach F.

I read at home once and a while Stephanie W.

Every night - Amber A.


 * About this project...**


 * //2. What was the best part of this project?//**

Reading new books and having fun. Connecting to some of them. - Cassie V.

The best part of the project I think was the circle group. - Breanna R.

The actual reading. - William R.

The best part of this project was actually reading these books. - Michael C.

I think the best part of this project was getting to choose the books for once. - Willie K.

Making the movie poster. - Tristian M.

For me, the best part of the project was the note cards. I liked this because you really get to see who sent you a letter and what they think. - Isaac B.

Learning about all of the issues going on both in the books and in reality. - Alyssa O.

We got to pick books that we like. - Patrick S.

I loved the disscosion cicles I loved hearing about everyones books & issues. - Stephanie W.

We got to choose are own book that we like. Also we didn't have to read those boring books. - John C.

It got me to enjoy reading more from last year. - Zach F.

Writing the letters to the teacher was the best part to me - Janiyah B.


 * //3. What changes would you make?//**

Instead of writing letters to teacher write to friend and tell them if they would like it. - Will R.

Some changes I would change is that at least everyone should read more than one book. (If possible add more different books) - Victoria D.

Some of the changes I would make is a little less (vocabulary) words. - Zach L.

My opinion is I would not change anything. The circle, letters and the free reading time was a great idea. - Breanna R.

The changes I would make are having more time to read, and have more then 7 weeks for this project. - Miranda T.

If I could make a change, I think anyone that was reading the same book should have to work together if they wanted to. - Isaac B.

Changes I'd make are that we didn't have to find so many vocab. words. - Gabe V.

I wish we have done a group project - Amber A.

I would get more copies of books. - John C.

I would change writing back and forth in the notebook- - Joe S.


 * //4. What did you think of communicating with your teachers through letters in your dialogue journal?//**

I thought that writing to the teachers made us really understand the book. - Breanna R.

I thought it was good we got to state our opinion and what we thought and so did they! - Cassie V.

I think of communicating with my teachers with letters in my journal it was fun because you do not have to talk out loud. - Zach L.

I think the communication with teachers in my journal was great! I think it was great because you are able to talk about your book and whats some of the problems. - Victoria D.

I think the letters had a good use because we got to talk to the teachers privatly without people laughing or saying things to you. - Tom O.

Communicating was hard you had to think. - Dylan F.

I thought it was fun. I mean, you forget about it sometimes. - Caitlyn C.

I think it was fun to hear what they had to say. - Willie K.

I did not like it because it was hard to keep up with the journals and we already do the circles and I think thats enought. - Amanda S.

Communicating with the teachers was interesting because it was like a conversation. - Tristian M.

I think communicating with our teachers through letters in your dialogue journal was a good idea. It gives you an opportunity to tell some problems you have with your book and they can help you out. - Francisco R.

I think it was better because some people are shy and this is the only way to communicate. - Gabe V.

I think that communicating with the teachers threw journals was a cool think because I liked to send letters back and forth. - Linda W.

I thought communicating with your teachers over letters was annoying and fun because there opinion counts too! - Miranda T.

I think it helped us understand what was happening and it challenged us to think and give our opinions. - Alyssa O.

I liked it because I got to talk to Mrs. Clark just me and got to expresse myself. - Amber A.

I thought it was good because it was keeping me on track. - Robert T.

I like communicating with the teacher because if we had question plus they new most of the books. - John C.

At first it's all fun, but it starts to get boring and annoying. - Lenicia C.

I didn't like doing that because why not just talk in person about it. - Joe S.

I think it was grate that we did that because now we could express our feelings without anyone else knowing. - Zach. F.

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