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I requested some read aloud ideas to share with my teachers that were not books. I got some great ideas - thank you!! Here is the HIT, as promised. Kristy Sandel, librarian Mason High School Mason, MI ksandel@mason.k12.mi.us Poetry? Edgar Allan Poe, Ogden Nash, even Shel Silverstein. The lives column (back page) of New York Times magazine? Often an interesting slice of life. Last year I went to a reading conference by Mary Bigler, and she recommended reading aloud things like joke books, one-minute mysteries, Oh Yuck, the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty (and similar titles), trivia books, etc. These are high-interest, low-commitment books that you can jump in at any point, and they show students that reading can be fun. She recommended these for all grade levels, including high school. Good luck! Newspapers -- something from the news or sports or editorial pages, NEWSWEEK, TIME, poetry related to something going on (holiday, school event). Short stories. Go on-line to some of the on-line journals (McSweeney's comes to mind, because my son-in-law just got published there). How about Alden Carter's Love, Football and other Contact Sports or Chris Crutcher's Athletic Shorts? I know you said she prefers not to read novels, but bestselling author James Patterson's novels have very short chapters (like 3 pages or something). If your teachers read one of his Alex Cross novels to the students, they might inadvertently get some to get one of these books to read on their own! Check out this blog where she has posted the first 3 chapters of I, Alex Cross (the whole chapter is one webpage!) http://jamespatterson.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-next-alex-cross Ray Bradbury's short stories are always enjoyable. I really like short story collections or the like that can be read a chapter at a time. Gary Paulsen's My life in Dog Years another good one! I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I had a high school teacher who used to read us stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul before each class - we loved them! They vary in length and, with the variety of Chicken Soul book, there is a wide range of themes to fit many students' different interests. I would recommend This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women and This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women to teachers who don't want to read novels to students. I wonder if NPR shorts would be a good place to look. I remember swooning over The Highwayman, the old poem by Alfred Noyes. I still think it could be hit! Any of the Chicken Soup stories are good Try Read All About It by Jim Trelease There are so many, many possibilities here!! In Oklahoma we have access to EBSCO Host and SIRS databases in all education institutions. One could simple search for fantasy fiction, sci-fy or other types of fiction to find short stories. There are so many Op-Ed forums that would be great for our oldest students. If you have interactive white boards in classrooms then things can be projected for group reads. I've even found things in SIRS that include discussion questions following the written text. There are many websites with text from folklore (all types) and you could easily pull one up at the teacher's desk and read from the screen. There would be no printing involved. How about sharing the interactive sites out there with students. There are so many self-published sites available for our budding authors. Those fan sites invite publishing alternative endings for favorite stories and continuations for our favorite characters. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126881.800-inside-the-mind-of-an-autistic-savant.html Check this out. It's the story of an autistic savant. One of our English classes is reading Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and I was looking for research when I found this article. Really fascinating! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------