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| GET 'EM READING! |
| Nothing compares to the feeling I get when I help a student discover the magic of reading. My experiences have taught me that it is never too late to turn a non-reader into a reader--IT JUST TAKES THE RIGHT BOOK! This website is devoted to helping teachers find fun and innovative ways to connect kids to all types of literature and to provide support for teachers willing to "teach outside the box". In addition to posting the handouts from my presentations, I will also post teaching strategies that I have found to be successful with reluctant readers, so please check back frequently! |
| WELCOME! |
| My name is Daria Plumb. I was born and raised in the small town of Dundee, Michigan. After graduating from Dundee High School in 1990, I attended Western Michigan University and earned my Bachelor's Degree in secondary education. In 1994 I returned home and was hired to teach at Dundee Alternative High School ; I have been there ever since! In 2004, I received my Master's Degee in Children's Literature from Eastern Michigan University, where I occasionally teach a section of LITR 207: Introduction to Children's Literature. |
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| Some of the information on these worksheets has been downloaded from websites and not all of it has been cited. I am in the process of adding citation information. It is not my intention to violate any copyrights. Please contact me if anything needs to be removed. |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award WINNER: MY MOST EXCELLENT YEAR: A NOVEL OF LOVE, MARY POPPINS & FENWAY PARK by STEVE KLUGER!!! 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalists: After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson Graceling by Kristin Cashore The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine |
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| Photo by Kim Brent Courtesy of Monroe Publishing Company |
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| Read the article "Don't Want to Read? Don't Tell Daria" by Mark Rutkowski in the Autumn '09 issue of MONROE Magazine |
| Thanks to a great turn out, I did not have enough handouts for my session at the MCTE Fall Assembly. So here are the handouts and the slides that we didn't quite have time for. Also, don't forget to check out my Rehabbing Readers page for those "Anti-Book Report" assignments and assorted research. ENJOY! |
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| 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee with Steve Kluger 11/23/09 |
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| Steve Kluger with his prizes 11/23/09 |
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| My students with YA Author Patrick Jones 3/14/08 |
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| Listen to "Text Messages, Episode #21" for more about the Walden Award |