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Direct linkHall, Michelle – Library Media Connection, 2009
This article illustrates how the use of the basic elements of a story can help create an event that will stimulate imagination and encourage further reading. Margaret Robison, the librarian at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) in Staunton, Virginia, decided that for Teen Read Week she would use a popular series as a bridge to…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Incentives, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedErnst, Katie – Educational Leadership, 2000
A seventh-grader explains why the Virginia Standards of Learning tests unfairly pressure her and her teachers. She wants her free reading time restored and wishes politicians would worry more about students understanding--not just memorizing--facts. She praises teachers who go beyond the SOL. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Memorization, Middle Schools, Recreational Reading
