Teacher to Teacher - August 2008 - (Page 3) winning book is on all fronts a fine book for enjoyable and profitable reading. But how do you know? You can read it yourself, evaluating the content and theme through the lens of Scripture; or you can evaluate reviews by others, holding the reviews to the same biblical standard.6 A thorough review will give a brief synopsis of the content of the book; it will share pros and cons found in the book; and, ideally, it will give some thought to the underlying philosophy that is conveyed by the content of the book. A review leaves the conclusions up to you. A 6 recommendation differs in that it ends by recommending an acceptance or rejection of the book, and that is valuable to you only if you agree with the assessment of the book. There are many awards given by a variety of organizations, and parents and teachers are wise to bear in mind that winning an award does not make a book an automatic winner for you. Some thoughtful evaluation of the award-winning title can be a kind of literary panning for gold that allows you to identify the truly worthy books. Says who? Says you. Nancy Lohr is Acquisitions Editor for JourneyForth Books. lexile text Measures Lexile measures evaluate both the ability of the reader and the difficulty of the reading material on the same scale. The Lexile scale goes from 200L for beginning readers or text to 1700L for advanced readers or text, and when the measures are used in tandem, a reader can be paired with appropriately difficult reading material. The goal is to maximize reading success and the development that should follow. For more information go to www.lexile .com and click on “resources.” Lexile Text Measures for JourneyForth books are now available at bjupress.com/journeyforth/lexiles. For additional thoughts on book evaluation, read “Breaking the Code Through Thoughtful Reading” in Teacher to Teacher, December 2007, Vol. 11 No. 5 at www.bjupress.com/ resources/articles/t2t/1105.pdf. Good teachers never stop learning. BJu Academic excellence with a biblical worldview 800-BJ-AND-ME BJU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, or national or ethnic origin. ©2008 Bob Jones University SE T2T0308 Teacher to Teacher | August 2008 page 3 http://www.lexile.com http://www.bjupress.com/journeyforth/lexiles http://www.bjupress.com/ http://www.bjupress.com/resources/articles/t2t/1105.pdf http://www.bjupress.com/resources/articles/t2t/1105.pdf http://www.bju.edu
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