I am at a great, student-centered, high school, but our reading scores
on state tests are abysmal.
Our focus this year is on reading, reading, and reading. We are
instituting a sustained, silent reading component, with 20 minutes per
block for 4 blocks each Tuesday (in addition to other reading programs).
I am doing an inservice for our faculty next week on reading ideas for
this SSR. What I would like to suggest is a reading "hook". It actually
is a result of talking to Walter Minkel of School Library Journal at the
NECC convention in Seattle this summer. He suggested that the teacher
read aloud to students. That got me thinking. What if the teacher read a
paragraph that "hooked" students into reading a 20 minute passage--from
a novel, short story, biography,true story, etc. We could easily copy a
section for the class to read as a group.
What I need from you are ideas. The first thing that sprang to my mind
was some of the chapters from "Dog Stories" by Gary Paulsen. I need
more. Cross-curricular, from art to home ec to world history to
astronomy to drivers ed. Math is exempt as the math scores at our school
are above the national norms (we are, at least, doing something right!).
Think about it. What fiction or nonfiction selections, can I give to a
teacher where they can read a paragraph and convince students to read
silently for twenty minutes and then be able to discuss what they have
read? And then, perhaps, to read more?
I'll compile a hit if I get enough responses.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
Adam Janowski
Library Media Specialist
Naples High School
1100 Golden Eagle Circle
Naples, FL 34102
E-mail: NHSWebmaster@collier.k12.fl.us
Phone: 239-430-6644 Ext. 390
Fax: 239-430-6673
Library web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/lmc/
School web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/
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