Same process as in picture books where meaning resides in the interactions or transactions between illustration and text.

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• Same process as in picture books where meaning
  resides in the interactions or transactions
  between illustration and text.
• Reader constructs a richer representation and
  interpretation of the story.

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Results of Supporting Manga

• Students characterized themselves as avid
  readers.
• They used literary elements to support their
  positions in a group discussion.
• They frequent the library read constantly.
• Are by all measures engaged avid readers.

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Manga Iniatives GNC

• Mandate
• to support and nurture lifelong reading
• GNC Graphic Novel Book Club
• Meet every Friday at lunch
• 20 30 students
• Bring their lunch
• Activities organized by the students

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Name Finder Mathiews Game
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Manga Initiatives GNC cont.

• Fun, interesting, friendship bonding
• Eliminates grade boundaries
• Develop leadership skills
• Great sense of pride and ownership
• library is theirs M F, 8-5pm

The library is our second home.
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Manga Initiatives Contests

• Guess How Many Books Read
• Ballot next slide
• Every student who signs out a book on the first
  day of a new month participates
• Closest guess wins
• Totals from Horizon
• Prizes are geared to the student
• (e.g. Manga poster, Manga stickers,
• Yu-Gi-Oh! card, book etc.)

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Ballot
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Initiatives StatisticsCelebrating Student
Success

• Monthly totals for Borden and other SE schools
  are entered to the DB
• Chart is posted
• Thermometer is updated
• Wall of Fame Bulletin Board
• Students who have read more than 100 books

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2 Student Statistics
Name Books Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec Jan Feb Mar
Apr May Student 2273 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 Student 999 12 4 4 4 4 3
2 2 Student 955 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
4 3 Student 920 4 3 3 3 3 4
3 4 Student 813 32 15 9
7 5 Student 756 9 12 12 10 7 7
5 6 Student 728 3 7 9 6 6 5 5 6 7
Sample of posting with names removed.
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Initiatives Student Success Assembly

• End of the year assembly.
• Certificates
• signed also by Principal.
• Top 10
• personally congratulated on stage

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Initiatives StatisticsCelebrating Student
Success

• Borden Readers Draw bulletin board
• Students are inspired by their peers
• to join in and draw,
• to share their work with others

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Initiatives Contests Shonen Jump (1959)

• Monthly contests
• new issue of Shonen Jump
• a puzzle, word search, etc
• Photocopies
• First student to answer it correctly wins the
  Yu-Gi-Oh! Card and the rights to be the first to
  read the new issue
• But if the puzzle required some writing
  less interest

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InitiativesYou want me to write? No thanks.

• Book talks by the students amongst themselves
  occur daily
• To discuss a great read
• To assist a peer in selecting the next read
• but how to get them to write down
• their thoughts

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Initiatives Book Talks cont.

• GNC student initiative was to give Book Talks
• Students were instructed to select a favourite
  series, but not a popular one everyone already
  knew e.g. not Naruto
• Take turns presenting their book
• Students were to stand while presenting
• Why should someone read this book?
• Why is this a great book?

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Initiatives TDSB Read It!
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Read It! Online Form
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Initiatives TDSB Read It!

• Even though students were shown this site, they
  were very reluctant to enter a review
• Also, Shonen Jump stopped including a puzzle
  what to do with
• the hot Yu-Gi-Oh! Card?
• Created a paper version
• of Read It!

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Initiatives TDSB Read It! cont.

• Number of reviews submitted increased with the
  value of the current card available
• Best review wins the card and first read of
  Shonen Jump issue
• Worthy reviews edited/corrected by Dr. Mac
• entered by another student to the site in
  exchange for Community Hours