Assist students to create a survey form, for example using Google Forms, which the audience at the launch can use to review the book.
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Work with students to write five or six question that will generate valuable feedback on their book. Include questions that can be scaled. For example:
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Was the book appropriate for the intended audience: seven-year-old children?
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Was the book visually appealing?
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Did the book use language features that made the writing interesting?
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Did you enjoy the book?
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Create a new file in Google Forms (or another suitable application) and enter your questions. The question type should be scaled (in Google Forms, ‘Linear scale’) allowing the user to choose a number, often from 1 to 5, that best indicates their response. For example, with a question such as ‘Did you enjoy the book?’ 1 might be ‘Not at all’ and 5 could be ‘Very much’. You could consider letting the audience also add a comment in response to each question or at the end of the survey.
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Find the Share settings and share the form with anyone who has the link.
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Use Bitly to create a short link to the Audience feedback form. You can create a Bitly account for free.
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Make the short link available to the audience at the book launch and ask audience members to fill out the review.