Be sure to have some extra bathrobes on hand for visitors to wear as they enter the room. There needs to be a penalty for those students who choose not to complete the required minutes. Have students do bookwork at their desk or make up lost time in another location as a good consequence when they are only missing a small amount of time. If they are missing one entire month, have them sit out for at least one hour. More than one month deserves a more severe consequence, even if it means missing the entire Read-In.
Students have to be encouraged and introduced to new genres to expand their exposure to literature.
To help encourage organizational skill development, the student must read from three different genres each nine weeks. This sheet is completed in class and is filed in a three-ring binder so other students can refer to it when looking for a particular genre title. Extend the accountability by having students complete a report about the book. Presentations must be creative and original. This is the conflict or event that makes the reader want to continue reading.