Literature for Children, Tweens, & Teens

Teri Lesesne(rhymes with insane)

• @professornana• Ls5385blog.blogspot.com• Professornana.livejournal.com• doctorL@shsu.edu

Karin Perry

• @kperry• http://www.karinsbooknook.com• http://karinlibrarian.tumblr.com• kperry@shsu.edu

Our Reading Lives

Teri’s Childhood

Karin: the early years

Lassie – Little Golden Books Disney Book-of-the-Month Club

Terrible Tween Teri

Karin In-between

Book Orders

Where’s the YA? Teri’s Teens

The YA-YA Years: Karin

Teri’s Split Personality

A Bit Disturbed?: Karin

Your reading autobiography

• So, what are the highlights of your reading life?

• What are the low points?

• Titles, series, authors, books you recall strongly?

Take a few minutes now to jot down some memories of reading from your childhood, school years, adult life. We are asking each of you to design your own reading autobiography. You may write it as an essay, present it in slides, or make timelines. Use Prezi, Power Point, Padlet, or any app you like. Or use a pen and paper or computer. Be prepared to share this week.

Reader’s Identity:What kind of reader are you?

Are You?

• Avid• Every day• Wide-ranging• Open to new forms,

formats, etc.• Social

Or Are You?

• Need some prodding• Sporadically• Stick to what I like• Narrow focus for reading• Solitary

Part of Teri’s reading family

Teaching By Example

Karin’s Reading Family

My Mom’s Book Blog

Our Plan for Today

• Why do we share literature with kids?• How do we establish a reading identity?• What tools do we ALL need?

• Time• Booktalking• Reading aloud• Community• Access

Top Reasons We Share Literature

#1 It is FUN!

#2 It aids in the acquisition of language and language

development.

#3 It develops empathy.

#4 It transmits cultures.

#5 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:

Unconscious Delight

#6 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:

Reading Autobiographically

#7 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:

Reading Vicariously

#8 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:

Reading for Philosophical Speculation

#9 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:

Reading Aesthetically

#10 It can help us teach content.

Identity

Educators as Models

Turn to your shoulder partner and brainstorm ways we can demonstrate

our love of reading.

Informal Displays

Book Walls/Doors

Jillian Heise Sarah Andersonhttp://www.heisereads.com/ http://yaloveblog.com/

Literacy Lockershttp://yaloveblog.com/2013/03/24/literacy-lockers/

Bulletin Board Displays

Displays with Tech

If You Like….Display

Banned Books Display

http://thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.com/2013/09/celebrating-banned-books.html

Abandoned Books Display

New Book Display

Elementary Classroom Libraries

Middle School Classroom Libraries

High School Classroom Libraries

http://yaloveblog.com/2012/05/29/creating-and-managing-a-classroom-library/

What Does TBR Mean?

TBR Stacks

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Making Adjustments

• Finding the Time

• Mind the Gap

• Crossing bridges

• Challenging comfort zones

Time

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Finding the Time

• Edge time (Donalyn Miller)

• Priority time

• Class time

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Edge Time

• Reading on the fringes

– Appointments

– Bathroom books

– Car

– Purse or bookbag

– Phone books• eBooks and audiobooks (more later about these)

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Priority Time

• If it is not a priority for us, how can we expect it to be a priority for them?

• Take a moment to jot down one time you will set aside daily (just 5 minutes) to read.

• Make this commitment real by adding it to your calendar.

Have a Plan

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Class Time

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Finding Time to Read

• Average person can read 300 words per minute

• In one week, that is 31,500 words

• In one year, it is 1,512,000 words

• Average book is 75,000 words

• Can read +20 books a year with only 15 minutes a day

• More than 1000 extra books in a lifetime

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Mind the Gap

• What HOLES are in your reading range?

• What will you do to address them?

• How can you help kids do the same?

• Identify ONE genre, form, format you will read in the next 60 days.

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Some resources• Titletalk

– Last Sunday of the month from 7-8 pm Central Time– Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp– Talk is archived as well

• Centurions of 2013– Resolved to read 113 books in 2013

• Nerdbery Challenge

• Group Challenge

WHAT will be YOUR challenge?

• August• September• October• November• December

• January• February• March• April• May

Reading outside of comfort zones

• It is important to read a wide variety of literature in order to recommend books to all your readers.

• Check your favorite authors to see if they’ve written other genres. ex. Margaret Peterson Haddix, Avi, Richard Peck, etc.

• Set a goal. Read one new genre for five of your usual books.

• Take reading suggestions from your students. Make a point to go talk to them after you’ve finished their recommendation.

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Some Tips• Picture books

• Graphic novels

• Quick reads

• Poem or story a day

So, what is YOUR plan? Take a few minutes to outline what YOU will do this coming school year to read MORE. Be

specific about goals.

Reading aloud

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF

Here is one version

Ladder for LRRH

Climbing the Ladder

A Spanish Flair

Multicultural Perspectives

YA Interpretation

Follow-up Activity

What have we learned?

Great Resource

•http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/redridinghood.html

•http://www.usm.edu/media/english/fairytales/lrrh/lrrhhome.htm

Memories of read alouds?Share with others

Report out

The Why

• What research says– Alicia Martinez– Stephen Krashen– Jim Trelease & More– Becoming a Nation of Readers

• What we know from our own research– Pleasure– Prosody– Performance

Alicia Martinez

• Meta-analysis of all read aloud studies up to 1985– No matter age/grade, reading aloud improved:

• Vocabulary• Reading comprehension• Grammatical understanding (sentence structures, etc.)

Stephen Krashen

• When teachers read aloud and discuss stories with students, students read more

• Students who are read aloud to check out more library books

• Hearing stories and discussing them encourages independent reading

• Hearing stories has a direct impact on vocabulary development

• Children who are read to at least three times a week read better

• Students enjoy being read to

Jim Trelease

• The Read Aloud Handbook

• First 150 pp. online here: http://tinyurl.com/k9j3uzv

More research

• http://tinyurl.com/kb8sw5qBill Teale

• Article: Reading Aloud in Classrooms: From the Modal Toward a "Model” by James Hoffman, Nancy L. Roser & Jennifer Battle. Reading Teacher (1993) Vol. 46 (6): pp. 496-507

http://www2.readaloud.org/importance?gclid

=CLem3Nvi-70CFQQT7Aodk34AcQ

http://www2.readaloud.org/importance?gclid=CLem3Nvi-70CFQQT7Aodk34AcQ

Becoming a Nation of Readers (1985)

• Skilled reading requires motivation• Skilled reading is a lifelong pursuit• Skilled reading requires activating

background knowledge

• “The single most important activity for building knowledge required for success in reading is reading aloud to children. “ p. 23

Serafini and Giorgis

• Reading aloud increases test scores• Introduces readers to new titles, authors,

genres, etc.• Builds a sense of community• Provides opportunities for extended discussions• Demonstrates response strategies• Increases interest in independent reading• Gives access to text that might be inaccessible• Provides models of quality writing• Supports readers’ development

PLEASURE

• SCIENTIFIC READING FACT: Human beings are pleasure-centered.

Every time you read to a child, you’re sending a “pleasure” message to the child’s brain, conditioning it to associate books and print with pleasure. Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/read-aloud-brochure.pdf

PERFORMANCE

• Four P’s

– Prepare

– Project

– Place

– Perform

BEGIN A SHORT LESSONAKA Teachable Moments

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Celebrating Cultures• create multi-paragraph essays to

convey information about a topic that:

• (i) present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;

• (ii) guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence;

• (iii) include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure; and

• (iv) use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs;

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TEKS for ELAR• Students understand, make

inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

• Students are expected to explain how authors create meaning through stylistic elements and figurative language emphasizing the use of personification, hyperbole, and refrains.

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TEKS for NF• (A) summarize the main ideas and

supporting details in text, demonstrating an understanding that a summary does not include opinions;

• (B) explain whether facts included in an argument are used for or against an issue;

• (C) explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-and-solution) develop the main idea and the author's viewpoint; and

• (D) synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres.

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Informational Poetry

• How could this collection of poems be used in a lesson on informational text?

• How could it be used as a Mentor Text?

• What other use might it have?

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Compare and Contrast

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Symbolism

Crowdsourced Read Aloud Titles

http://professornana.livejournal.com

Selections from the list

• ALABAMA MOON• ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE,

NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY• ALEXANDER WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST

SUNDAY• AM I BLUE• AMONG THE HIDDEN• ANASI AND THE TALKING MELON• ANTSY DOES TIME• BABY

• BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE• BEE TREE• BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX• BINK AND GOLLIE• BOY + BOT• BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA• BUD NOT BUDDY

• CRANKEE DOODLE• CRANKENSTEIN• CREEPY CARROTS• CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT• DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT• DEAR MR. MUTT• DECEMBER• DO NOT READ THIS BOOK• DOGZILLA

• HARRIS AND ME• HARRY POTTER• HERSHEL AND THE HANNUKAH GOBLINS• HOBBIT• HOUSE HELD UP BY TREES• HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS NAME• HUSH• I STINK• I WANT MY HAT BACK

• LAWN BOY• LEONARD THE TERRIBLE MONSTER• LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING• LIBRARIAN WHO MEASURED THE EARTH• LIBRARY MOUSE• LIGHTNING THIEF• LILY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE

• MIRACLE’S BOYS• MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE• MISFITS• MISS RUMPHIUS• MONSTER• MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY• MR. WUFFLES• NEVER TRUST A MOTHER OR THE BABYSITTER• NIGHTJOHN• NINO WRESTLES THE WORLD• OF MICE AND MEN• OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIa

• OWL MOON• PETER’S CHAIR• PIGGIE PIE• PINK AND SAY• PIGGIE AND GERALD• PRESS HERE• RIFLE• ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY• RUBY HOLLER

• SPEAK• STAND TALL• STARGIRL• STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY• STORY OF FISH AND SNAIL• STRANGER• SWAMP ANGEL• SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE• TALE DARK AND GRIMM• TALE OF DESPERAUX• TALKING EGGS• TANGLE OF KNOTS

BOOKTALKING

Building community

Communities

• Can be temporary or permanent• Can be specific in purpose or not

• Can be FTF or online

Communities via Social Networks

Slideshare.net/

Why community via SN?

• Need daily affirmation and information

• Reaches beyond own borders/walls

• Exposure to many different ideas/viewpoints

• Is open 24/7

SO I TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIATWITTER

Who is on Twitter?

Some Tweet Facts

• Strongest growth in any social network surpassing Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn

• Used by 2 X as many women as men• 25-55 year olds is largest demographic• “poor man’s social network”• 60% of all users have some college education• Use has doubled in the past 12 months

• MediaBistro, August 2012

Usage 2007-2012http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-media-stats/2012-social-network-analysis-report/

HERE IS WHAT TWITTER SAYS ABOUT ONLINE PD/COMMUNITY

All you need to do is ask…

Following @donalynbooks would net you hundreds of others to follow, connect you to #nerdybookclub and #titlechat and get links to @educationweek and other blogs

Connecting with @readingjunkee gets connections to @yalsa, nets more people to follow in the library field, and will also shake out book titles as must reads.

@utalaniz is the queen of RTs. If you miss something, she will catch it for you. Interesting links in her posts.

Why Twitter?

• Decreased funding for PD• Distance to events• Time away from work• Can meet like-minded individuals• Makes connections across country and world

And here is @FrankiSibberson asking us what we are reading on Mondays. Another community!

And here is Sara’s tweet about Banned Books Week so we can see what her students do every day to celebrate the Freadom to Read.

Resources Available on Twitter

Other communities– Librarians– Teachers– University folks– Organizations– Authors– Publishers

How and Where to Start

My Approach

Assignment for my YA Literature Classes

Follow– one literacy organization– one YA author– one teacher– one librarian– one professor

Literacy organization• @YALSA

• @NCTE

• @ALAOIF

• @EDUCATIONWEEK

• @KIDSNEEDTOREAD

Author

• @libbabray

• @flamelauthor

• @Laurelsnyder

• @studiojjk

• @neilhimself

Teacher

• @donalynbooks

• @paulwhankins

• @andersongl

• @jenansbach

• @heisereads

• @franksibberson

Librarian • @frootjoos

• @lbraun2000

• @magpielibrarian

• @scouri

• @mrschureads

• @lizb

• @catagator

• @sophieb

Professor

• @doctordea

• @kperry

• @dianeravitch

• @professornana

• @texaspageturner

• @skajder

Publishers

• @lbschool

• @harperteen

• @randomhousekids

• @scholastic

• @candlewick

Twitter Starter Packwith Sophie Brookover

Name Twitter Handle

Gretchen Colderup librarified

Buffy Hamilton buffyjhamilton

Jennifer Lagarde jenniferlagarde

Karyn Silverman infowitch

Jennifer Hubert-Swan readingrants

Beth Saxton bethreads

Sarah Couri scouri

Erin Downey Howerton hybridlib

Liz Burns lizb

Melissa Rabey mrabeyKathy Ishikuza kishikuza

Teri Lesesne professornana

Sophie Brookover sophiebiblio

Linda Braun lbraun2000

Joyce Valenza joycevalenza

Monica Edinger medinger

Angie Manfredi misskubelik

Justin Hoenke justinlibrarian

Patrick Ness Patrick_Ness

YALSA yalsa

Beth Friese librarybeth

Neil Gaiman neilhimself

Kirkus kirkusreviews

ALAN ALANorg

Pew Research pewresearch

Kelly Milner Halls KellyMilnerH

Anita Silvey anitasilvey

School Library Journal sljournal

jenbigheart

Tammy Blackwell Miss_Tammy

bkshelvesofdoom

John Green realjohngreen

Roger Sutton rogerreads

The Horn Book hbook

Betsy Bird fusenumber8

Diane Ravitch dianeravitch

Brian Selznick brianselznick

Books on Tape/Listening Library BOTLibrary

Amy Alessio amyalessio

Joanna Axelrod textinglibrarian

catagator

Building out a PLN

• Follow followers

• Follow links

• Follow suggestions

Following followers

• @Donalynbooks (9200+ followers)– @colbysharp (1000+ followers)

• Augustascattergood

– @paulwhankins (almost 4000 followers)• @katsok

So, if I follow Donalyn and Paul and Colby, I have the potential for reaching 15K people with my tweets.

Not just people, links

Links

Links

JOINING TWEET CHATSMaking more connections

Titletalk

• Last Sunday of every month• 7-8 PM CST• Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp• Topic announced in advance• Open to all• Chat is always archived

Readadv

• Thursdays from 7-8 PM CST• Hosted by @lizb and @catagator and @sophiebib• Various aspects of readers’ advisory is theme• Chat is archived

Other chats

• Engchat– Mondays

• Satchat – Saturdays

• 4thchat, 5thchat– Grade level chats

• Sschat– Social studies community

Some final advice

• Link accounts as much as you can

• Download apps such as Tweetdeck or Hootsuite to help

handle the reading load and postings

• You can also use sites like TweetGrid or Twubs to help

you manage chats.

• Set aside regular time to read and respond to tweets

• Be careful of the time suck element

FTF Communities

In the classroom, school

Work Colleagues

Book Clubs