Leading to Leading to Reading:Reading:

Helping Readers Grow and Develop

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The good news?The good news?

Teens are reading!

Not-so-good Not-so-good news?news?

Lots of the reading is IN school.

So, we are building So, we are building school-time readersschool-time readers

What about LIFELONG readers?

Growing Real ReadersGrowing Real Readers

Community

Environment

Routines

CommunityCommunity

Community IICommunity II

EnvironmentEnvironment

EnvironmentEnvironment

EnvironmentEnvironment

RoutineRoutine

My routineMy routine

How to Motivate?How to Motivate? Read aloud (research is incontrovertible). See

Trelease, Krashen.

Allow choice. Donalyn Miller, Krashen, Lesesne, Beers.

Surround with "tools." What are those for readers and writers?

Be a model.

Provide time daily.

The UNprogramThe UNprogram

Some book Some book recommendationsrecommendations

Odyssey WinnersOdyssey Winners

Audio (classic)Audio (classic)

Narrative NonfictionNarrative Nonfiction

Narrative NonfictionNarrative Nonfiction

GNGN

GNGN

Mentor TextsMentor Texts

Historical FictionHistorical Fiction

Historical FictionHistorical Fiction

Traditional VariationsTraditional Variations

Traditional Meets Traditional Meets FantasyFantasy

Animal FantasyAnimal Fantasy

HumorHumor

HumorHumor

Best. Organization. Best. Organization. Ever.Ever.

Developing a Reader’s Developing a Reader’s HeartHeart

1. Someone with the heart of a reader is already a reader, enjoys reading, and turns to reading on a regular basis as an activity they prefer.

2. Someone with the heart of a reader does not need extrinsic motivation. No points, pizza, or other incentives are needed.

3. Someone with the heart of a reader tends to have friends who have reader hearts, too. They enjoy taking about books they have read, comparing notes.

4. Someone with the heart of a reader reads up and down and sideways. Sometimes they turn to books that are easy reads, and occasionally they challenge themselves, too. While they have comfort books, they read widely as well.

5. Someone with the heart of a reader recognizes that books entertain, inform, provoke, and touch them deep in those hearts. They know books can elicit laughter, tears, rage, and the full range of emotions.

I ended my speech at the ALAN workshop (#alan12) with a revised reader bill of rights.  It is based on the wonderful book,  Better than Life by Daniel Pennac.  Here it is:

Developing a Reader’s Mind