Why motivate students to read? 

Are you preparing your students for tomorrow, or yesterday?

Questions to ask:

http://www.philseflsupport.com/motivate_reading.htm Interesting conversation about the hows and whys of reading motivation

Activities:

Easy to make, Powerpoint Book Reviews can be run, looped, on your computer screens.  These were created by Kathy Spielman for Yorba Linda Middle School KathyBookReview1.ppt 

I really like the reading quotes between each review in this one.KathyBookFairReviewsppt.ppt

A bit more difficult, a video slide show can be embedded into web pages.