Hot off the Press: Great New Books

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Hot off the PressGreat New Books

• By
• Teri S. Lesesne
• SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY

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To the woman (we think youre a teacher) with the
books on the 2 train

• by some anonymous students

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Accidental Matches

• My own doctors office with CITY OF LIGHT, CITY
  OF DARK
• Moses Castillo and ITS SO AMAZING
• Theresa Schauer and ANGUS, THONGS, AND FULL
  FRONTAL SNOGGING

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However, we want to make these matches
purposefully

• So, today we are going to talk about how to match
  readers to books in a purposeful, planned, and
  (we hope) successful way

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People are so desperate to raise test scores that
we could well end up with a nation of kids who
can pass tests but can neither read critically
nor enjoy the act of reading itself.

• P. David Pearson
• NEA Today, 2004

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Contact me

• tsl_at_consolidated.net

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See me blog

• www.professornana.
• livejournal.com

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My web site

• www.professornana.com
• Your handout is there!

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Read it online _at_ Stenhouse.com
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What topics will we address today?

• Books for GT readers
• Books for RR
• What we can do to motivate readers
• Strategies for assessing reading

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Books for GT Readers

• The challenge
• Developmentally appropriate
• Challenging content, form, style, etc.

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Littlest Fastidious Thin Eldest John
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Lakshmi
Social Studies Tie-In
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Social Studies Tie-In
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Social Studies Tie-In
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Social Studies Tie-In
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Social Studies Tie-In
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Logan, Benedict, Professor Wordsworth
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Reluctant Readers
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Reluctant Readers Are

• Male and female
• Young and old
• Able and struggling
• Rut readers
• Overscheduled
• Overwhelmed

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Reluctant readers see

• Title

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Cammie Dr. Jewel
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Reluctant Readers See

• Cover art

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Reluctant Readers See

• Author

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Reluctant Readers See

• Inside flap copy
• Opening paragraph

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Allie Nick Leif Mary Mc Gill
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Also for RR

• Audio

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Why Listen?

• Listening comprehension precedes reading
  comprehension
• Dialects are made easier
• Can help start the movie in the head
• Serves as model for oral fluency

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Mitchell Levine

• 15 middle and high schools in Boston, San Diego,
  Florida
• 34 edge over control group in comprehension
  scores
• 65 fluency gain
• 77 more pages read
• Special ed gained almost 20 from pre to post
  assessments

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OK, now we have some books

• How do we know they are reading?

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Knowing the strategies

• Steal ItTweak ItMake It Work for You

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Gathering Ideas

• Steal from the best
• Janet Allen
• Linda Rief
• Nancie Atwell
• Harvey Smokey Daniels
• Kylene Beers

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S W B S T
Stolen Idea 1

• Somebody
• Wanted
• But
• So
• Then

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Tweak itMake it your own

• Laminate it
• Three hole punch it
• Use overhead pen
• Check for reading periodically
• Use it to teach summary
• Use picture books to demonstrate

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Say Something

• Select a short text
• Decide stopping points
• Determine what will be said
• Take turns
• Debrief or annotate the text

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How many kids? Boys? Girls? Personalities?
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Another tweak

• Kids are all in Alt Ed due to a crime, so

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What is each accused of doing?
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Pecks Questions

• What would happen if the main character were of
  the opposite sex?

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Pecks Questions

• Why is the story set where it is?
• Fantasy
• Historical fiction
• Some others

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What does the title tell you about the book?Does
it tell the truth?

• Need to read beyond the cover
• Uncover the book

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Pecks Question

• If you had to design a new cover, what would it
  look like?
• Ugly Book Contest

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Character Card

• Based on AmEx print ads of famous people
• Give kids the form, adjusting it to suit your
  needs and the particular book
• Can do individually or in groups with class novels

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My Name. childhood
ambition.. fondest
memory soundtrack
retreat.. wildest
dream. proudest
moment. biggest
challenge. perfect
day alarm
clock. indulgence
inspiration
.. favorite movie..
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One last thing

• Motivating Readers

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?

• Research by Vickey Giles
• University of Houston
• 2005
• Grades 6-12

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?K-12

• Being allowed to choose any book you want to read

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?K-12

• Having a classroom library

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?K-12

• Having the teacher read a book or chapter a day

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?K-12

• Having the teacher take you to the library

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?6-12

• Having the author come to the school

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?
6-12

• Seeing the movie or television production of a
  book.

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What could someone do to make you want to read
BEFORE you read?6-12

• Being allowed to read books with lots of pictures
  in them.

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Read to thembySteven Layne
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Read to them. Before the time is gone and
stillness fills the room again. Read to
them. What if it were meant to be that you were
the one, the only one, who could unlock the doors
and share the magic with them? What if others
have been daunted by such scheduling demands,
district objectives, or one hundred other
obstacles?
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Read to them. Be confident Charlotte has been
able to teach them about friendship and Horton
about self worth. Be sure the Skin Horse has
been able to deliver his message.
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Read to them. Let them meet Tigger, Homer Price,
Aslan, and Corduroy take them to Oz, Prydain
and Camazotz. Show them a Truffalo Tree.
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Read to them. Laugh with them at Soup and Rob,
and cry with them when the Queen of Terabithia is
forever lost. Allow the Meeker family to turn
loyalty, injustice, and war into something much
more than a vocabulary lesson.
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What if you were the one, the only one, with the
chance to do it? What if this is the critical
year for even one child? Read to them. Before
the time, before the chance, is gone.
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