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Cox, Ruth E. – 2002
For busy library media specialists, booktalks are an easy way to tempt reluctant readers and guide frequent readers in finding what they want to read. This collection of over 150 booktalks based on the best-of-the-best award-winning books for grades 9-12, with many taken from the American Library Association and International Reading Association's…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, High Schools
Koelling, Holly – Libraries Unlimited, 2004
Getting teens to read, much less enjoy classic literary fiction is an on-going challenge for educators and librarians. However, Holly Koelling--author, YA librarian, and "booktalker extraordinaire"--offers a variety of techniques for rising to that challenge and successfully selecting, presenting, and connecting teens with great literature in the…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Classics (Literature), Adolescents, Reading Motivation
Ediger, Marlow – 1997
Pupils need to experience a quality literature and reading program. By following tenets concerning the principles of learning developed by educational psychology, teachers can provide more adequately for students' individual differences such as the fast, average, and slower readers in the classroom setting. Teachers need to study each pupil and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Principles, Educational Psychology, Elementary Education
Spencer, Gwynne – 2001
This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and "delicious" ways. The more than 200 recipes offered in the book will tempt even the most reluctant reader of any age to "nibble" at a new book. The book's recipes enhance the process…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooking Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Webber, Desiree; Shropshire, Sandy – 2001
Children learn to love reading by sharing quality books. Intended for children's librarians, media specialists, teachers, day care providers, and parents, this book will make it easy and fun to conduct book club meetings with little preparation time. Everything needed to start a weekly book club at school or at the library is included--detailed…
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Learning Activities
Ediger, Marlow – 2002
Teachers need to think of and bring into being classroom scenes which motivate reading. When discussing a room environment for reading, the first thing which comes to mind is an attractive bulletin board display. A second decorative item to encourage student reading is celebrity pictures on the wall with the word, "READ," underneath…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Enrichment
de Vries, Rudi; Ohlsen, Ronald – 1998
This paper deals with research on the effects of the promotion of reading by means of the mass medium television and refers to a study done on behalf of the Reading Association (Stichting Lezen) and the Foundation for the Collective Propaganda of Dutch Books (Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse boek), two Dutch literary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Appreciation, Mass Media Effects, Media Research
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Trent, S. D.; Truan, M. B. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
A study of 30 adolescent Braille readers at the Tennessee School for the Blind found the most important factor related to Braille reading speed was age at onset of blindness. No direct relationships were found between reading speed and comprehension or reading speed and reading for pleasure in Braille. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Blindness, Braille
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Sippola, Arne E. – Reading Teacher, 1997
Describes a set of activities and materials using Language Master machines, combined with more traditional listening-while-reading procedures that helped emergent readers grow rapidly in reading ability and motivation to read. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education, Reading Ability
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Perry, Leslie Anne; Butler, Rebecca P. – Language Arts, 1997
Argues that, regardless of whether they have literary merit, the "Goosebumps" books (a series of mildly scary horror books for preteens) are getting children hooked on reading, some of whom do not otherwise read. Discusses students' attitudes toward the series. (SR)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Glasgow, Jacqueline N. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1996
This is the first article in a three-part series on the use of CD-ROM storybooks, poetry collections, and writing programs to motivate beginning readers. This initial article discusses the usefulness of CD-ROMs for teaching young students in the emergent literacy stage. A sidebar explains how multimedia stimulates learners. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Multimedia Materials
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Setterington, Ken – School Libraries in Canada, 1996
The author tells how he began storytelling to teen audiences, how fairy tales were originally geared toward adult audiences, and highlights some of his favorites. Violent, gory, and humorous stories appeal to teens but invoke discussion and promote reading. Provides a list of storytelling hints and finding, learning, and practicing the story. (LAM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Audience Response, Fairy Tales, Group Discussion
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Taylor, Rosemarye T.; McAtee, Richard – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Discusses how a literacy intervention program found success among struggling readers in prison. Describes "Turning a New Page," an unconditional literacy project that develops vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and self-esteem in the older, reluctant reader. Concludes that older, reluctant readers need motivation and respect in learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Literacy, Reading Comprehension
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Koenig, Marlene – Eureka Studies In Teaching Short Fiction, 2001
Outlines the author's process of teaching Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" not in the order it was written. Incorporates PowerPoint presentations, and has students lead discussions. Concludes her method enables students to create beyond guidelines. (PM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 11, High Schools, Reading Attitudes
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Lesesne, Teri S. – Voices from the Middle, 2003
Shares some novels that can reinvigorate a "dormant reader." Presents annotations of nine titles and some additional titles related to the main nine titles. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Novels, Reading Material Selection
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