This Halloween, nearly 170,000 middle school students across 48 states read the thrilling new story from ReadWorks, Alien Kids. In this five-part, cliffhanger series set on a faraway planet, readers follow the story of Francisco and Katie as they sneak beyond the fence of their space colony to explore on their own. To celebrate the new series, created as part of our Fiction Library Expansion Project, ReadWorks held a national illustration contest, giving students the chance to show their knowledge of the story in a creative and exciting way. With hundreds of entries, our volunteer judges picked one final winner and four runners-up. "Drawing the illustrations made the story more meaningful than reading it alone." We’re thrilled to share that our winner is Ada Hernandez, a 5th-grader in Texas. Ada’s teacher, Shannon, shared what it was like to read the story and complete the contest as a class, "I had already decided to incorporate more visualization strategies with my students and the ReadWorks' #AlienKids Illustration Contest was the perfect way to kickstart that routine. My students were highly engaged and motivated by the Alien Kids storyline! The cliffhangers kept them interested and they were thrilled to create a draft illustration after each chapter. Furthermore, creating the illustrations improved their overall reading comprehension by authentically prompting them to re-read the passages for details and/or discussing them with classmates." On the logistics of holding a contest, Shannon said, "For the contest entries, I asked the students to choose the chapter they felt they could develop the most, using the art technique of their choice. From traditional sketches and drawings to digital illustrations to collages and paintings - students' final creations were as unique as they are. I would definitely guide my students through another ReadWorks contest in the future!"
In addition to the winning entry, our judges selected four runners-up, one for each grade level that participated in the contest. See their outstanding entries below: It isn’t too late to get creative as a class! Use any of our exciting series to host your own illustration or alternate-ending contest as a classroom or school. Share your contest with ReadWorks on social media using #ReadWorksContest or share your contest stories with our team at [email protected]. Written by:
Becca Vaughn, Director of Development
32 Comments
Sarah
11/22/2022 10:05:07 am
This is so fantastic - congratulations to the winner and runners-up!
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Lori L Ford
12/13/2022 07:53:35 am
Wow! All of the art was amazing! Congratulations to the winner and the runners-up.
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Angela Batinovich
11/22/2022 10:12:15 am
So amazing! Great artwork!
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Cameron
11/22/2022 10:21:18 am
Wow! Congrats to the winner and runner ups! Great job :)
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ROTINA Gong
11/22/2022 10:36:39 am
Please have more of these short story nonfiction and fiction options available in various reading levels. Thank you!
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Leena Hargis
11/25/2022 10:34:32 am
Yes I agree.
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11/25/2022 09:58:19 am
Original artwork of students always enhances the reading experience. My experience with middle school students has proven that when student engage in expressing themselves through artwork, they gain a deeper understanding of whatever they read. A huge plus is the displayed artwork encourages other students to read the story or book that inspired their classmates.
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Leena
11/25/2022 10:33:41 am
Wow awesome drawing everyone! Congrats to the Winner and runner ups from each grade, much deserved!
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Leena
11/30/2022 11:12:24 am
I didn't do anything..
sophie
2/8/2023 09:08:35 am
your so mean >:c
Teacher
12/3/2022 02:14:35 am
Hello, you can't say that on this website. You're not allowed to say this to anyone.
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emma
12/5/2022 07:20:03 am
period
Ada Hernandez
12/5/2022 06:17:35 am
I did grate thank you
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emma
12/5/2022 07:19:07 am
i loved your drawing <3
emmer
12/5/2022 07:18:18 am
your the one who really said "you piece of poo" like girl bye what 💀💀💀💀
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harriett
12/9/2022 07:13:38 am
DUDE she didn't do anything, so... you are really the one who needs to shut up.
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kayla
12/27/2022 08:31:29 pm
you do not have to be mean
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sophie
2/8/2023 09:07:07 am
you are crule and unkind they worked hard so in that your the poop
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LALISA♡
1/13/2023 10:15:26 am
The ones here that are spredding hate, I LOVE IT! YAZ QUEEN
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Mya
1/24/2023 06:52:21 am
i love the drawings . Congrats
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Zaid
1/31/2023 06:06:51 pm
Great art work!
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sophie
2/8/2023 09:10:17 am
so cool and love it all no hate here.
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Leena
2/8/2023 09:33:56 am
I love all the Positivity, Thank you to all of those that replied to that persons comment towards me. Much appreciated, again I just want to say that everyone did a AMAZING Job with their art! I am Much Impressed and In awe.
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