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Norton, Terry L.; Anfin, Carol S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Children quickly become bored with repetition requiring the library media specialists to vary their booktalk formats to sustain children's attention and promote recreational reading. This article discusses the four basic booktalk formats: plot summary, anecdote, character description, creation of mood, and a fifth to promote books with a common…
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Characterization, Childrens Literature
Download full textWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1985
Intended for parents who want to help in the development of their child's reading skills, this pamphlet contains a number of suggestions. The first section, on helping the preschool child, includes a list of important reading skills and tells what a parent can do to help the child. The second section deals with ways to build on what the child…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedRichek, Margaret Ann – Journal of Reading, 1987
Outlines five variations of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity that can help students become independent readers of narrative text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Fiction, Independent Reading, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
