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= Next ReadFeed Event: March 12 2013 = = Welcome to the Alphington Grammar School = Read //Feed//
 * // The idea is to promote reading and provide opportunities for everyone in the whole school to enjoy //** ** // reading and talking about books! // **

“I wish I had read it now!” one student was heard to say, after the inaugural Alphington Grammar ReadFeed event, which was held on 24th April 2012.

Promoting the National Year of Reading and community reading initiatives around Australia, AGS staff and students from Year 5 to 10 selected a book to read, then met as a group for one exciting session to share views based on ideas raised by the book... And surprisingly for some, it was fun!

Students had the opportunity to respond to the books they read through the College intranet community pages. Enthusiastic comments poured in: “It was a very deep and captivating story ... you see (the main character) begin to enjoy life and like herself more” (Stephanie T, //So Much to Tell You//); “...completely different from other books that I have read. I would like to experience something like that. It was one of the best books I read and I want to read the other 5 books of the Circle. I am sure I'm going to love them too!” (Lydia B, //Alanna, the First Adventure//); “The message is that we live in a lucky and good country... I LOVED THIS BOOK” (Georgios, //Boy Overboard//); Praise for ReadFeed was not limited to the students: “We’ve got to keep this going” (Mr Vickers, //The Hunting of Ned Kelly//); “The kids loved it and so did I ... let’s get our senior kids involved” (Mrs Mallis, Our Australia); “What a great idea! … the students will drive this program in the future” (Mr Fuga, //Cherub/Henderson Boys//); “we had a really good conversation about issues stemming from the book ...hopefully it’s the start of something big.” (Mr Stanton, //Jasper Jones//); “Clearly this was a real success” (Mr Smith, //Helicopter Man//).

Some classes have opted to keep the Reading Communities idea alive by continuing to add comments to their class reading community intranet page. This is a great way of sharing your passion for reading. Why not tell us about what you are reading right now? Go to the AGS Portal communities and add your comment to the ERC page: ReadFeed –What next? ...A book a day...Daily diet... Book Menu?


 * Watch out for the next ReadFeed event. We have added some highly recommended titles to the ReadFeed booklist, so there will be lots more talk about books to come. **

How Read Feed works You choose which book you read from a long long list of book sets - Be quick most titles have a maximum of 8 copies. Read Feed Portal Communities The Portal Community pages are collaborative spaces in which you can ** "chat" ** with the others in your group about the book you are reading and think about what you and your group will do as a ** "response" ** to the book you read. Each book club book has its own community page with a brief summary, some suggested discussion questions and possible response activities. Suggest new titles

//Happy Reading// The Read Feed Team media type="custom" key="12424828"
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