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﻿ Student Recommendations If you're a student in my class and want to recommend a book or are looking for your next great book, this page is for you! Before you begin, read the directions on how to post a recommendation or comment for a book. If you need help writing a summary, click out the "Resources" tab. Happy Posting!

**Disclaimer**: You may edit this page by posting a new recommendation or adding comments to an existing post. Please be careful not to delete a recommendation or comment created by another person.

=__HOW TO WRITE A RECOMMENDATION: __= 1. Locate the genre of your book on the page and click on it. 2. Number your recommendation. (If no one else has made a recommendation, you'll start with #1. If not, number your recommendation based on the others made on the page.) 3. Type the title of the book and the author. (Underline the title of the book.) 4. Type "Recommended by: (Your first name) 5. Type a brief summary of the book (3-5 sentences) including what you specifically enjoyed about it(2-3 sentences). Be sure to use good writing mechanics. (spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization)

=__HOW TO COMMENT ON A RECOMMENDED BOOK: __= You may only comment on a book only if you have read the book! 1. Click under the recommendation you want to comment on. Be careful not to delete any part of the recommendation!! 2. Type "Edited By: (Your first name). 3. Write a brief comment about the book. You may want to agree with what a person wrote, or include what you liked/disliked about the book.

=__EXAMPLE OF A RECOMMENDATION AND COMMENT: __= = =

**1.** __Frindle__ by Andrew Clements
Edited by: Sam Nick Allen is a clever fifth grade student who is notorious for asking "delaying questions" to distract teachers from assigning a nightly homework assignment. His lucky streak runs out, however, when he tries his delaying tactic on his new language arts teacher, Mrs. Granger. She is known as a strict teacher who has a passion for vocabulary and the dictionary. Not distracted by Nick's antics, she assigns the class with homework, and gives Nick an extra report on the history of the dictionary. As Nick starts researching information for his report, he gets a great idea to create his own word! What is the word, what does it mean, and who starts using it? You'll have to read the book to find out! I really enjoyed reading this book! Nick is a funny guy, and I can relate to the story because I've had someone in my class like Nick. What I liked most was how Nick and Mrs. Granger didn't get along great at the beginning of the story, but they learn to work out their differences by the end. I think that's good because it's important to get along with your teacher.

Edited by: Rachel Sam, I agree with you! It is important to get along with your teacher! And I also liked Nick in the story. I think it's so cool how he created his own word and people started using it! It makes me want to create my own words! I definitely recommend this cligsy. (Get it?! A cligsy is a book!)

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