yeah, www.sparknotes.com ..


well, at my school .. we're doing this thing called Accelerated Reader .. if you dont know what i'm talking about .. then please click "back" ..

basically , i'm wondering if tha study guides for AR books would help me pass a test .. without actually reading tha book ..

cause i haven't been reading my book .. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring .. i'm only on page 80 .. and i've hadd tha book for like 5 weeks .. [[ .. i've been sleeping during silent reading .. ]] .. and i don't read at home ..

there's 20 days of school left ... and there's no way i can committ to reading 400 + pages ..

soo .. if i study tha study guide for my book on sparknotes, would it really help me pass tha test ? .. if i gett replys of " no " .. i'll try to study tha thing on sparknotes hard and take my chances ..




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I have that program too...it sucks >.<

Anyway I had to read a verryyy long book. I got a 100% from sparknotes. <33333Sparknotes. XD

sparknotes is good... but cliffnotes.com is way better

I've used Sparknotes as a study guide, and they just summarize. Sparknotes will get you by if your teacher just wants the surface level stuff. However, if he/she wants detail, you're better off reading the book.

ehh ..

my teacher has nothing to do with Accelerated Reader Testing .. lol ..

@ Lightner .

Cliffnotes ? .. hmm .. i'll check that out ..

@ iheartsimba ..


woahh .. really ?? .. i guess there's some proof that it'll work for me ..

thanks for tha replies everyone .. keep responding if you have any more to say

yeah whenever I take AR tests..it's usually based on really broad questions. but goodluck with your test...I do suggest you read as much as you can from the real book though.

we don't have AR at my high school but we had it in elementary and middle school and if you read ALL the sparknotes on it, than surely you will able to pass the AR test.

well TRY to read the book, but sparknotes.com is hella useful i like to think.

I would suggest reading as much of the book as you can. No matter hos good cliffnotes.com and sparknotes.com are..you get the ultimate story from the actual book itself.

And you CAN finish it..just set aside an hour or two every single day to read LOTR. It's actually quite interesting..it's not a boring book. Now, two days from the day you have to finish it, you can use SparkNotes. I wouldn't suggest using it now.

last time i did AR was 5 years ago...

hmm

anyways; AR just tests characters and plot; so yes, i'd say sparks would work fine.

Pfft I never read, I ALWAYS use Sparknotes. Or bookrags.com
I'm the biggest slacker you'll ever meet.

We used to have Accelerated Reader in elementary school because we were all too lazy to actually read books. That's when I actually READ.

I take AR!

since LOTR is a long book, you'l have 20 questions

watch out for the important details you might miss..

they always test on those

I can't believe I actually read this time around. I had to read The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The movie is like it but some of the events are missing. So anyways.. I actually read the book this time around.

Last time, I didn't even bother to read or go to sparknotes. Sparknotes leaves stuff out though, and plus my teacher used to write for them so she knows whether we are plagerizing or not.

Try watching the movie AND using the spark notes. It might help.

I read the book and watched the movie. they are veerrryyy similar. just, they cut out the singing.

Sparknotes.com's a really good site, it provides you with summaries of each chapter along with plot overview, character analysis, and etc.

BUT the A.R. tests' aren't like that, sophicated-like. [At least at my old school.] You probably would use sparknotes in reports and stuff like that, but A.R. has detailed questions that you might consider at least reading.

Considering your [thick] book, watch the movie and use the sites as best as you can. DON'T WASTE ANYMORE TIME!

eghh !!!!!!!!!!!!!




i gott 13/20 on my test .. now i have a C+ for tha 4th quarter in English .. oh well ..

come on now, AR tests were the easiest thing ever. i never even considered using sparknotes for anything till i hit high school and lost my attention span and will to do anything, so i wouldn't know if they'd help AR. but i would say should should just read the damn books, because reading is good, and they have really books on there. what is your reading level? mine was from 6th grade through college level (how that works out im not sure) so i could basically read anything i wanted and it would always be my level. i don't think i ever failed an AR test. i got a 70 or 2 though. i wish i were smart again. i got in the top 10 for AR points one year. i have trophes

^ trophies for AR points ? haha wow

wow... i had to that when i was in 6th grade, they're all ez! i always get 10/10 haha but sparknotes is good! i always read my book tho, just in case

we have to read 10 books and take 10 Ar tests minimal of 99 percent it sucks -_-

AR tests; reminiscent of the "prize shop" where you could buy stuff with AR points

I got a glass birdie with 100 pts!

too bad i didn't know s parknotes back t hen

i think sparknotes will be fine

lol... This reply is too late, I know...
I did AR when I was in elementary school. We don't do them anymore...
Haha, one time, I was reviewing for Shakespeare's As You Like It the night before a test on Sparknotes (yes, I actually read the book). Then, while I was taking the test at school, I noticed that all the questions were the same exact ones from Sparknotes.com. I didn't tell the teacher, since I didn't know she got her test from Sparknotes beforehand, so I didn't consider it cheating. ^_^

Anyway, I think next time, you should just review the book a little before doing Sparknotes, that way you have a familiar view of the actual book, or read the summaries on the site, if you didn't/don't.

Good luck next time! ^_^

yeah, if you get about so many points, you got different sized trophies and gift cards to barnes and noble. with all the reading i did in middle school, it was xcompletely worth it for me

Sparknotes have always worked for me in any situation =)

i`ve never heard of AR. but sparknotes is ok. it ruined "frankenstein" for me. gosh... it told me the ending in the overview. i was just reading it cause it's kind of confusing and so i need a summary and it was like "blah blah blah dies... blah." oh well... the book wasnt THAT good anyway