Thursday, September 24, 2009

Topic: Involvement in Reading

10-second review: How help children become involved in reading a book? “…I am reminded of my childhood when skimming a book with only mild interest, I would start suddenly alert and begin reading in earnest.”


Source: V Hamilton. Elementary English (April 1971), 302. Former elementary school publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).


Comment: With a novel, have the students read for ten minutes near the beginning of the book, half way through the book, three-fourths through the book and near the end. Students recall what they have learned about the novel and raise questions that they will read to answer.


When reading a novel, if students become bored with the text, have them read a single paragraph a page until they are once again caught up in the events of the novel and they will begin to read everything. RayS.

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