Strategies to Get Students to Read RITBA Nominees And Vote on Them
•Encourage students to connect with the Rhode Island Teen Book Award Facebook page.
• Publicize them during National Library Week in April
• Publicize them during Teen Read Week in October
• Support the requirement that students read 25 books outside the curriculum (Public School Standards)
• Put titles (with annotations) on bookmarks
• Put up posters - put 'em all over the place!
• Booktalk the books to the English Department
• Ask the English teachers to talk up the books
• Ask the English Department to require the students to read them
• Design bulletin board highlighting the titles
• Place a chart on the wall tallying the votes as they come in
• Put stickers on book spines
• Designate a special display area
• Booktalk - to students and teachers - at every possible opportunity
• Publicize the titles and election on the school or library web page
• Attach comment sheets to the books
• Submit a press release to school, local, and state newspapers
• Create a "Reader meter" indicating what's being read
• Stage an "Introducing RITBA 2015" presentation after school or in library
• Recommend the titles to any book clubs or discussion groups that you know
• Present book discussions on the various title
• Offer a drawing for those who participate in the election at your site
• Offer a free gift if the student or patron votes in the election
• Ask English teachers to include participation in the election as extra credit or a requirement