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Getting students Excited
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Getting students Excited
Expanding the Literature experience for students
Does it matter what books students’ read?
Is life long reading really a worthwhile Instructional Goal?
I am not a very good reader. I hate reading ! But then who
cares?
I am a good reader and
I love reading!
I am a good reader but I’d
rather do something else!
I am not a very good reader but I’d like to
be!
Did you know?
• Proficient readers read about a million words a year. That is the equivalent of reading 25 average length novels a year
• The average student should be learning 3000 words a year. That is 7 to 10 new words a day.
• By the time students leave secondary school they should have a vocabulary of between 25000 to 50000 words or more.
Textbooks ditched at Clearwater High as students log on to KindlesRebecca Catalanello, Times staff WriterIn Print: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The SLSS student as a ReaderIs disinterested in reading (mainly the boys)
Averse to reading (mainly the boys)
Avoids reading(mainly the boys)
Lacks proficiency in fluency, vocabulary, prosody and comprehension (everyone)
Has little or no home support (everyone)
YOU may be all the SLSS student has
As a teacher personalize the reading experience
in class.Demonstrate the social
part of reading:share with
your studentswhat you read and
your feelingsabout different
books. Get other students to do the same. Make recommendations, let them suggest reading material not just books, but magazines, comics,
etc, for each other to try.
Some Effective Techniques
Collaborative activities
Challenging materials
Projects that entail several class periods
Stressing links between literature and students’ lives
Teaching comprehension strategies
Techniques that facilitate comprehension
Bibliotherapy
George Graham Lecture, 2008 Michael C. McKenna University of Virginia
Some More Effective Techniques
Build on interests Include variety and choiceConduct read-alouds
Assess attitudes and interests.
Focus on proficiency.
“Sell” reading.
Build an engaging classroomGeorge Graham Lecture, 2008 Michael C. McKenna University of Virginia
Beliefs about the Outcomes of Reading
Is reading likely to be pleasurable or useful?
Or is reading likely to be boring, frustrating, even humiliating?
George Graham Lecture, 2008 Michael C. McKenna University of Virginia
Instruction that fosters positive attitudes should
Provide successful and engaging experiences with reading Strengthen beliefs that reading will be pleasant Challenge beliefs about peer expectations concerning reading
George Graham Lecture, 2008 Michael C. McKenna University of Virginia
Teaching Literature strategies
Teacher Resources• http://www.adlit.org/• http://
www.readingrockets.org/
Teacher Resources
• http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Whisperer-Awakening-Reader/dp/0470372273
• http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/read.htm
• http://www.walker.co.uk/UserFiles/file/Rights%20of%20the%20reader/NYOR_ROTR.pdf
THE TEACHER LEADS THE WAY—FIND YOUR INNER READER READ CHILDREN’S BOOKS AS AN ADULT
One Size does not fit all
• Concept maps/wikis/blogs/drawings• Literature webquests/Literature circles• Book trailers/text to speech software• Podcasts, movies and videocasts• Digital story telling• Drama/Reading Theatre/ Hot seat• Games• Online chat/skype the author
What’s Hot for vacation reading?
• http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=11000842
Sites for teenage literature• http://www.guysread.com/
• http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/books/?lnkid=stacks/nav/b_and_a/main
• http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3931523-stace-leza?shelf=%23ALL%23
• http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/books/booklist.asp?id=justlikeme
• http://dianebrowneblog.blogspot.com/
• http://summeredward.blogspot.com/p/caribbean-childrens-literature-reading.html
More sites for teenage literature
• http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do• http://www.kidsreads.com/features/great-books-boy
s.asp• http://www.amazon.com/African-American-Teen-Bo
oks-Right/lm/382WBQII9SLOU
•http://www.goodreads.com/search?q=african+american+teen+fiction&search%5Bsource%5D=goodreads&search_type=books& tab=books
•http://www.adlit.org/books_authors/
More sites for teenage literature
Graphic Novels•http://www.tkinter.smig.net/ClassicsIllustrated/index.htm
Finally can you make a difference?
• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113357239
