Join+Goodreads

toc = = Goodreads Set-up

**Create a Goodreads Account**

 * 1) Go to []
 * 2) Create a new account by entering in your email address and creating a password
 * 3) If you don’t have your own email account, you can use your school email
 * 4) On your account page, feel free to create a profile or add books you have already read to your bookshelf. You don’t have to do this, but it would add to your Goodreads experience if you do.
 * 5) Click on the “My books” link at the top. In the left navigation pane, click on “add shelf.” Create a shelf called 9th grade books. All books you read for your monthly assignment must be placed in that shelf.
 * 6) Click on friends, and go to FIND friend (on the right side—not search friends) and type in Katie Madsen. Click on add me as a friend.

**Join Ms. Madsen’s Goodreads Group**

 * 1) Click on the arrow next to explore at the top, then select groups.
 * 2) In the search bar, type in Ms. Madsen. This will bring up my group page: Ms. Madsen’s English Class. Click on that group.
 * 3) Click on the join group button underneath the group picture
 * 4) Wait for me to approve your membership

= Rules for the Group =

__When Responding__


 * Keep language appropriate for a school setting.


 * If you disagree with someone else, do so respectfully. It is okay to disagree, but not okay to abuse others' opinions.

__When Creating New Topic__


 * You **can not create your own discussion topic in the in-class book discussion folder without permission**, but you can create your own discussion topic in the other folders.


 * Make sure to put your post into the right folder. If you want to discuss a book, start your topic in the student choice book discussion folder. If you want to recommend a book to others, put your topic in the book reviews folder.

__How to use the bookshelves__


 * Add any books you have read and recommend to others to the members' bookshelf.


 * Add a book you are currently reading to the currently reading shelf, and then if you recommend it, when you are done reading it, add it to the members’ books.


 * Do NOT add to the in-class reads bookshelf** (this is only for in-class books)

__For Creating Polls__

Feel free to create polls for students to respond to. You do not need permission to create a poll. You can create a poll/quiz about any book you think others might have read.

__Adding Friends__

Feel free to add me or any member of Ms. Madsen’s group as friends. This way you can see our bookshelves, compare books, and see any reviews we write.

You can either add me as a Goodreads friend OR just click on follow my reviews to hear about great, new books to read.

= How-To Guides: Step by Step Help =

__Monthly Log and Review__
You should log your book as soon as you are done reading it.



You may respond to any discussion topics in any folder. Please be respectful in your responses.



__** Posting a Review or Discussion Topic **__
You are allowed to create new discussion topics underneath the student choice book discussions and book recommendations/reviews. But you can not start a new discussion topic underneath any other category/folder. Open up either the pdf or the word document below to access the instructions.