We have had discussions in class, in which, programs of our schools were brought up that promoted literacy. Reading contests, pizza parties, and accelerated reader were some of the things that were brought up, and I would love to see your opinions on these programs. Did they help you? Did you enjoy them? How did your parents react to them?
Another thing I was wondering about, is the fact that not one of us could remember programs like this for writing. I challenge us to think a little harder and try to remember anything remotely like the things we talked about in class. For my middle school, we had a program that taught us how to write a five paragraph essay while thinking of the writing as the parts of a cheeseburger. If in the end we successfully wrote a “cheeseburger” essay we could be at the cheeseburger party. Any other programs you can think of? If not why do you think reading programs are favored over writing programs in schools?