What is the purpose of a Book Log and how is the packet graded?
Freshmen are required to create a book report reading log every week, due on Friday, unless otherwise noted. The log is to be about the independent reading book that each student has chosen to read during SSR for that week. Students are required to read at least 50 pages per week, which should result in the completion of at least one book per quarter, usually more. Novels and biographies are appropriate. Collections of short stories or poems and self help or informational books are not. All students are given a hand-out explaining the Book Log Assignment: step-by-step instructions on one side and an example of a properly created book log on the other. Students get a stamp on every log that is turned in on time with 50 or more pages read, the correct number of words (200-250 – demonstrated by computer highlighting every 50th word), the correct word count at the top of the page, and a quote with a page number. They also must bring the book they are reading to class with the book log. The
