Download full textERIC Number: ED333362
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 33
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ISBN: ISBN-0-87207-168-5
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Encouraging Your Junior High Student To Read.
Shefelbine, John
This booklet shares ideas, guidelines, and suggestions to help parents of junior high school students help their children read more and derive more pleasure from reading. The booklet focuses on the "why's" and "how to's" of two central issues in promoting reading for pleasure: supplying a wide variety of interesting reading materials, and making time to read. Following an introduction and a section on how to use the booklet, the booklet is composed of five sections: (1) "Why Reading for Pleasure Is Important"; (2) "General Guidelines for Parents"; (3) "Finding Time"; (4) "Gathering a Variety of Interesting Materials"; and (5) "Encouraging Reading for Pleasure: It's Worth the Effort." Lists of sources for parent's reading and of resources for parents from the International Reading Association conclude the booklet. (SR)
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Supplementary Reading Materials
Parent Booklets, International Reading Association, 800 Barksdale Rd., P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139 ($1.75 prepaid); ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Indiana University, 2805 E. 10th St., Suite 150, Bloomington, IN 47408-2698 ($1.75).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; ERIC Publications
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Bloomington, IN.; International Reading Association, Newark, DE.
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