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| TEACHING A LOVE OF READING: How to Rehabilitate Reluctant Readers |
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| "Picking my own book makes a difference because if I don't like it, it's all on me." -- DJ |
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| Inside Out and Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer Things Change and Nailed by Patrick Jones Godless by Pete Hautman Drift X series by Todd Strasser Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Holes by Louis Sachar The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier Grimm's Grimmest by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Tracy Arah Dockray, & Maria Tatar 30 Days of Night by Steve Niles & Ben Temple Smith How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena Speak and Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson Crank and Glass by Ellen Hopkins The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks by Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht Saint Iggy by K.L. Going Can't Get There From Here by Todd Strasser |
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| This page provides resources supporting the use of: young adult literature, student choice, read alouds, and sustained silent reading as ways to engage reluctant readers in the secondary classroom, and to teach students to read for enjoyment. On this page you will find academic research that supports these techniques, as well as my own research and the reactions of my students (including what they choose to read). |
| The Kids and Family Reading Report conducted by Yankelovich and Scholastic |
| READY-TO-USE HANDOUTS/ACTIVITIES |
| MY RESEARCH |
| PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT |
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| For more about RELUCTANT READERS, see the power point presentations from the 2007 ALAN conference panel DON'T WANNA: BOOKS TO LET RELUCTANT READERS DISCOVER WHO THEY CAN BE Mary Arnold (Nov. 22) Bonnie Kunzel (Nov. 18) Teri Lesesne Me |
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| A Haiku by Dale In our English class We all read lots of cool books Thanks to the teacher. |
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| Updated Book Lists Coming Soon! |
| Updated Book Lists Coming Soon! |
| WHAT THE BOYS READ |
| WHAT THE GIRLS READ |
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| "Before I came here last year I usually never read, not in school really. I didn't do it because the books that they told us to read were no fun to read. They all bored me. When I started coming here I was told I could read about anything I wanted. I like that very much. I started reading all types of books at home and at school. I started to really enjoy reading." -- Alex |
| Mrs. Plumb Dundee Alternative High School Dundee, MI |
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| GRITTY REALISTIC FICTION: Identical by Ellen Hopkins; Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott; Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson; Sweethearts by Sara Zarr |
| GRIPPING SCIENCE FICTION: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; Unwind by Neal Shusterman; The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson |
| GUY & GIRL FRIENDLY PICKS: The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie; Paper Towns by John Green; Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher |
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