Creating confident readers and writers
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This document provides guidance and strategies for booktalking to engage readers. It begins with an overview of the presenters and agenda. It then discusses the importance of getting to know readers through reading autobiographies and surveys. Key factors that engage readers are identified, such as choice, access to books, response, and community. Strategies are presented for finding books, including using bestseller lists and blogs. Tips are provided for setting reading priorities and making time for reading. The document concludes with guidelines and examples for doing effective booktalks to promote books to readers.
Creating confident readers and writers
- 1. TOOLS OF THE TRADE Teri Lesesne (rhymes with insane) & Karin Perry (rhymes with merry) College Station Literacy Palooza Summer 2015
- 2. ● Getting to Know You ● Taking C.A.R.E. of Readers ● Booktalks ● Mentor Texts Our Agenda
- 3. Teri Lesesne (rhymes with insane) • @professornana • LS5385blog.blogspot.com • Professornana.livejournal.com • doctorL@shsu.edu
- 4. Karin Perry • @kperry • http://www.karinsbooknook.com • http://karinlibrarian.tumblr.com • kperry@shsu.edu
- 7. Karin: the early years Lassie – Little Golden Books Disney Book-of-the-Month Club
- 10. Book Orders
- 11. Where’s the YA? Teri’s Teens
- 12. The YA-YA Years: Karin
- 14. A Bit Disturbed?: Karin
- 15. AND NOW?
- 16. Karin’s reading
- 17. Take a few moments to think about those books that played a role in your reading life. These can be from childhood, tween and teen years, or your adult reading life. Jot down the first 4-5 titles that come to mind. Do not overthink this. GO! Your turn
- 18. Turn to someone near you and share the MOST important book. Now
- 19. Getting to Know Readers• Ask them to create a reading autobiography – Can be written – Can use app such as www.whenintime.com – Here is Teri's – Here is Karin’s • Collect them, analyze. them for commonalities • Identify kids who are already readers and those who are not
- 20. What else do we know about readers? Carlsen and Sherrill http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED295136.pdf Full text available on the ERIC database. Link is below. I typed “Voices of Readers ERIC” into Google and it was the first link.
- 21. • Setting aside TIME for reading • Having a teacher show INTEREST in the individual's reading • Having teachers READ ALOUD • Being exposed to a VARIETY of reading fare • Receiving help from LIBRARIANS • OWNING books • SHARING books with friends • Participating in reader-centered DISCUSSIONS of literature • Being allowed freedom of CHOICE in reading fare Voices of Readers Carlsen and Sherrill
- 22. 25 Years of Reading Autobiographies • read alouds • interested educators • access to books • time to read • books that reflect self • belong to a community of readers
- 23. Turn and talk at your tables about your memories of reading. And get out your smart phones or devices for a short survey Go to www.kahoot.it Share your communities/families with one another...
- 25. A short survey about reader identity Get ready…
- 26. They have a plan. Readers “in the wild” do more. Donalyn Miller, READING IN THE WILD
- 29. What Does TBR Mean?
- 30. TBR Stacks
- 31. • Recommendation from our Voxer group • Cover • Title • Author • Blurb • Review • Genre Setting up our TBR Stack/Shelf
- 33. What is on your TBR list? Jot down some titles and be prepared to share in 2 minutes
- 34. RECOMMENDED BEST BOOKS 2015 28 DAYS A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES A FINE DESSERT A SENSE OF THE INFINITE ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES ALL THE ANSWERS ALL THE RAGE AN EMBER IN THE ASHES ARES, BRINGER OF WAR AUDACITY BACKLASH BIRD & DIZ BONE GAP BREAKOUT CAT AND BUNNY CHALLENGER DEEP CHASING FREEDOM CIRCUS MIRANDUS
- 35. CHARACTER, DRIVEN COLONIAL MADNESS COUNTING CROWS DARKEST PART OF THE FOREST DIME ECHO EGG, NATURE’S PERFECT PACKAGE ELENA VANISHING ENCHANTED AIR ENSNARED FIREFIGHT FIREFLY HOLLOW FISH IN A TREE GINGERBREAD FOR LIBERTY GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA GOODBYE STRANGER GOODNIGHT ALREADY HELLO STRANGER HOLD ME CLOSER HONEY HOPE AND OTHER LUXURIES HOW TO BUILD A GIRL HYPNOTIZE A TIGER I CRAWL THROUGH IT I DON’T WANT TO BE A FROG IF YOU PLANT A SEED LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET LISTEN SLOWLY LOOK More of the best books from 2015
- 36. MAKING PRETTY MACBETH (GN) MILO SPECK MOONPENNY ISLAND MOSQUITOLAND NIGHTBIRD NO PARKING AT END TIMES ONE THING STOLEN PAPER THINGS RAIN REIGN (2014) RANDOM BODY PARTS RANGER IN TIME READ BETWEEN THE LINES RED QUEEN REMEMBER ME RETURN TO AUGIE HOBBLE ROLLER GIRL SHUTTER SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA SKINK NO SURRENDER (Think this is 2014) SPECIAL DELIVERY ST. ANYTHING STELLA BY STARLIGHT SWEEP UP THE SUN TEDDY MARS THE ALEX CROW THE BOOK SCAVENGER THE BOY IN THE BLACK SUIT THE CASE FOR LOVING THE CROWN AFFAIR Still More Stars
- 37. WOLFIE THE BUNNY WRITTEN IN THE STARS X: A NOVEL THE DEATH OF THE HAT THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH THE GRIMM’S TALE THE HANDLESS MAIDEN THE HERO OF ROOM 138 THE LAST TIME WE SAY GOODBYE THE NEW SMALL PERSON THE HONEST TRUTH THE RAT WITH THE HUMAN FACE THE SACRED LIES OF MINNOW BLY THE TERRIBLE TWO THE TRUTH ABOUT WINKIE PIE THE WAY TO STAY IN DESTINY THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE THE WHISPER TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE TOAD WEATHER UNDERTOW UP IN THE GARDEN, DOWN IN THE DIRT VIRGIL AND OWEN WHEN OTIS COURTED MAMA WHY’D THEY WEAR THAT? WISH GIRL WOLFIE BUNNY WRITTEN IN THE STARS FINALLY...
- 38. Other Ways to Find Books for the TBR Pile
- 41. Setting Priorities How do YOU decide what to read next? Turn and talk.
- 42. How do they find books? ❧ Divergent Survey 1. Ad 2. Amazon 3. Browsing 4. Friend 5. Goodreads 6. Librarian 7. Teacher 8. Trailer ❧ See if you can rank order these 8 as kids did. And then rank order them as YOU would find them useful.
- 43. Finding the next book? Kids 1. Teacher 2. Friend 3. Librarian 4. Browsing 5. Ad 6. Amazon 7. Goodreads 8. Trailer YOU ❧ And are there other considerations for YOU? o Twitter o Facebook o Book clubs o ???
- 44. Bestseller Lists ❧ PW list weekly ❧ NYT Children's list ❧ NYT Middle Grade list ❧ NYT YA list
- 45. TAKING C.A.R.E. • CHOICE/COMMUNITY • ACCESS • RESPONSE • ENGAGEMENT
- 46. Part of Teri’s reading family
- 47. Plus #titletalk, #nerdybookclub #bookaday, yalsa-bk, LIB_SCI, #bproots Some of Teri’s communities
- 50. Karin’s Reading Family My Mom’s Book Blog
- 51. • Book clubs: formal. FTF, temporary – Student book clubs – Teacher book clubs – Librarian book clubs • Twitter chats: informal, online, temporary • Author visits: Skype, FTF, bookstores School Communities
- 52. • Take a few minutes and brainstorm with others at the table some of the communities you could form in your school, district, and beyond Your Communities
- 53. Finding the Time • Edge time (Donalyn Miller) • Priority time • Class time 53
- 54. Edge Time• Reading on the fringes – Appointments – Bathroom books – Car – Purse or bookbag – Phone books • eBooks and audiobooks (more later about these) 54
- 55. Binge Reading • Rainy days • Mental health days • Scheduled days (once a month?) 55
- 56. What time will you schedule? Take a few moments to jot down some ideas. Be prepared to share.
- 57. Class Time 57
- 58. Some Tips • Picture books • Graphic novels • Quick reads • Poem or story a day 58
- 59. 2015 Caldecott
- 60. Belpre and CS King 2015
- 61. GN Award Winners
- 62. Quick Reads
- 63. Poem a Day
- 65. A is for ACCESS
- 66. • Physical • Intellectual • Moral • Emotional Access Points
- 68. • At home • In the classroom • In the school library • At hand PHYSICAL ACCESS
- 69. • Not just levels and lexiles • Level of abstraction required • Literary elements such as flashback, symbolism, foreshadowing • Themes Intellectual
- 70. Towards the dragon's lair the fellowship marched -- a noble human prince, a fair elf, a surly dwarf, and a disheveled copyright attorney who was frantically trying to find a way to differentiate this story from "Lord of the Rings."
- 71. On a fine summer morning during the days of the Puritans, the prison door in the small New England town of B----n opened to release a convicted adulteress, the Scarlet Letter A embroidered on her dress, along with the Scarlet Letters B through J, a veritable McGuffey's Reader of Scarlet Letters, one for each little tyke waiting for her at the gate.
- 73. • EQ • Maturity • Response • Triggers Emotional
- 74. R is for Response (Rosenblatt) Not just one type personal interpretive critical evaluative
- 75. Personal/Emotive • WHAT IS YOUR “GUT” TELLING YOU?
- 76. Interpretive • If I were the main character…
- 77. Critical • Analyze and dissect
- 78. Evaluative • Is it GOOD or BAD?
- 79. What do the kids say? Scholastic Survey 2015
- 86. MAKE ME LAUGH Listen to the Kids...
- 87. Humor
- 91. Imagination
- 92. Imagination
- 95. Mystery
- 97. A “little” scary
- 99. Let me escape
- 101. Have a personal connection
- 102. Kids Need and and
- 104. #wndb
- 105. #wndb
- 106. #wndb
- 107. #wndb
- 108. #wndb
- 109. #wndb
- 110. #wndb
- 111. #wndb
- 112. #wndb
- 113. #wndb
- 114. #wndb
- 115. #wndb
- 116. #wndb
- 117. E is for ENGAGEMENT
- 119. Learners need to be immersed in text of all kinds.
- 120. Learners’ interests are sparked by what they see and hear so that they want to learn the new skill.
- 121. Initiating Immersion How can we immerse kids in reading and writing? Brainstorm ideas at your table and be prepared to share.
- 122. • Genre • Form • Format • Length Some Factors to Consider
- 123. • Historical Fiction • Realistic Fiction • Traditional Literature • Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres
- 124. • Picture books • Graphic novels • Poetry • Short stories • Drama Forms and Formats
- 125. IMMERSION: TAKE 1 • Picture books with motifs and archetypes
- 126. IMMERSION TAKE 2 • Laddering GNs
- 127. IMMERSION TAKE 3 • Textless Set
- 128. IMMERSION TAKE 4 • Genre
- 129. Learners are shown numerous models and given a lot of direct instruction (demonstration) Learners have plenty of opportunity to practice new skills and strategies and try to improve proficiency (demonstration/immersion) Demonstration
- 130. Booktalks The How and Why
- 131. Why Booktalk? To give kids a sense of what is available
- 133. Why Booktalk? To motivate kids to read and to read more and to read more widely
- 137. Why Booktalk? To promote yourself as someone who knows where the good books are
- 138. Where are the good books? ● Displays are nice but… ● Have some boxes or carts marked “good books” ● Do shelf markers and shelf talkers ● Spine labels for favorite genres (mystery) ● TAB choices ● Teens Top Ten
- 139. Teens Top Ten from the Past ● Eragon ● Inkheart ● Trickster’s Choice ● Abhorsen ● The Earth, my Butt, and other Big Round Things ● Thief Lord ● Once upon a Marigold ● After ● First Part Last ● Second Summer of the Sisterhood Which need booktalking?
- 140. Booktalking The HOW
- 141. Some Guidelines ● Only talk about books you have read ● It’s also nice if you liked the book but sometimes a negative booktalk will work ● If you have not read it you cannot do an adequate job in terms of identifying the appeal and audience ● You cannot rely on reviews or publisher’s age recommendations
- 142. YA 4.9 RL
- 143. Guidelines ● Use themes but make them broad ● Makes it easier to include multiple genres ● Widens the appeal potential ● Themes could include: ● Dealing with adversity ● Finding your way ● Life sucks…
- 147. Finding your Way
- 148. Finding your Way
- 149. Finding your Way
- 150. Life Sucks
- 151. Life Sucks
- 152. Life Sucks
- 153. Guidelines ● Include a variety of books considering: ● Genre ● Gender ● Audience age and interest levels ● Easy reading to books for GT readers
- 154. Genre ● Nonfiction ● See Quick Picks lists especially ● Poetry ● Blurred lines
- 159. Nitty Gritty Rules ● Booktalks need to be short and sweet ● Do not tell too much of the plot ● Perhaps do a read and tease ● Try for 10 books in 30 minutes ● You must SELL the book ● What is the most exciting thing to tell? ● How can you leave them wanting more?
- 160. More of the Nit and the Grit ● Capture the essence of the book ● Romance—the pair of lovers ● Mystery—the crime or mystery ● Sci-fi and fantasy ● Do not try to explain it all ● Hook on the real problem at the center
- 161. ● You need to be willing to give the book up as soon as you booktalk it. ● Don’t tell kids they have to wait until the end of the day because you need to booktalk it to other classes. ● You’ll need to have MANY MANY booktalks ready just in case all your books get checked out right away. ● You won’t booktalk the same books all day long. Even More Nit and Grit
- 162. Finally ● Practice, practice, practice ● Start with colleagues ● Use post it notes if need be but do not write them out ● Begin with a core and extend each time adding 2-3 new titles
- 163. Your Turn Picture book booktalks
- 164. Finally... Please jot down questions you would like us to discuss. We will answer all we can tomorrow.