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The Nerdy Book Club: Shaping Reading Identity Through Community, Story,
and Choice
Donalyn Miller is the author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild. You can find her on Twitter at @donalynbooks, her blog http://bookwhisperer.com, or under a pile of books somewhere, happily reading.
Donalyn Miller
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@nerdybookclub
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The simplest way to make sure
that we raise literate children
is to teach them to read, and
to show them that reading is a
pleasurable activity.
-Neil Gaiman
Teachers who regularly read
for pleasure are more likely
to use recommended literacy
practices in their
classrooms than those
teachers who do not engage
in pleasure reading.(Morrison, Jacobs, and Swinyard 1999;
McKool & Gespass, 2009)
“The notion of the teacher
as an explicit model
necessitates modeling that
goes beyond sustained
silent reading. Teachers
who are explicit models
share their own reading
experiences so that
students understand how
reading enriches their
lives.”(Gambrell, 1996)
56% of unenthusiastic
readers did not have a
teacher who shared a love of
reading, while 64% of
enthusiastic readers did
have such a teacher. (Nathanson, Pruslow and Levitt, 2008)
Effective reading communities
encourage readers’ reactions,
spark discussions, and
provide real purposes and
audiences for writing. (Baker & Moss, 1993)
What is authentic reading response?
“Being a nerd isn’t about
what you love, it’s about
how you love it.”Wil Wheaton
Stopped at three bookstores on the way home from school. #nerdybookclub
Took clothes out of my suitcase to pack more books. #nerdybookclub
In the beginning…
We should start our own awards!
Katherine S. (@katsok)
December 1, 2011
“Welcome to the Nerdy Book
Club.
I was waiting for you.
I know that you were
waiting for me, too.”
“Lifelong Member of the Nerdy Book Club” December 2, 2011
Every reader has value and a voice in our
community.
“Online, everyone—the artist and the curator,
the master and the apprentice, the expert and the amateur—has the ability to contribute
something.” (2012)
Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!
Monday
Reading Lives
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said
Jojen.
The man who never reads lives only one.
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
Select one Reading Lives post to
read from our handout.
What do you notice?
How could you use a post like
this one with your students?
TuesdayAuthor Posts
“To write a good book, you need to read good books.” –Augusta Scattergood
Select one Author Post to read
from our handout.
What do you notice?
How could you use a post like
this one with your students?
“It was early on in my
career writing for kids
(and early on in Nerdy
Book Club too, I think)
and that one post
introduced me to a whole
amazing community of
educators that I might
never have otherwise
known. Alexander London
Turns out that writing about a community
created by story helped me find my own
community. As an author, it was more
valuable than I could ever have imagined
and as a person who cares about young
readers, it was joy to find so many
others who do too.”
–Alexander London
WednesdayNew Book Reviews
Select one New Book Review to
read from our handout.
What do you notice?
How could you use a post like
this one with your students?
ThursdayRetro Reviews
Share book
recommendations with
the nerdy folks at
your table!
See, that was easy.
You should sign up for a post!
FridayPay It Forward
Select one Pay It Forward post
to read from our handout.
What do you notice?
How could you use a post like
this one with your students?
Managing student responses with choiceKatherine Sokolowski
SaturdayTop Ten Lists
http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/top-ten-fat-books-by-karin-perry/
Select one Top Ten posts to read
from our handout.
What do you notice?
How could you use a post like
this one with your students?
SundaySurprise Sunday
“Becoming a reader and a
writer has as much to do
with assuming an identity
as a reader and a writer as
it does with acquiring a
set of predetermined
cognitive skills.” (Serafini, 2013)
#nErDcamp
nErD CampJuly 6-7, 2015
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