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Reading for Themselves: How to Transform Adolescents into Lifelong Readers Through Out-of-Class Book Clu bs
Deborah Appleman is a dynamo.... [A] positive energy of possibility is reflected in all her work, including the book you hold in your hands now.
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, coauthor of Reading Dont Fix No Chevys Just as adolescents arent only students, literate behaviors arent only for school. Engaging students in reading for pleasure through extramural book clubs can promote both lifelong literacy habits and improved in-school performance. Reading for Themselves shows you how to create and make the most of out-of-class book clubs. Based on five years of research in urban and suburban schools, Reading for Themselves provides a theoretical rationale for starting out-of-school book clubs and practical strategies for nurturing them. Deborah Appleman shows you how book clubs simultaneously give teenagers a positive reading experience and give you insights about their reading and useful information for instruction. With numerous examples drawn from student book clubs, Appleman offers smart suggestions Reading for Themselves gives you, the teacher, all the tools you need to play the role of facilitatorincluding book lists and facilitators tipsin a book club motivated by student choice and interest. As your book club reads on, Appleman is there with ways to help readers negotiate the passage between adolescent and adult literacy, the border between school-sponsored and self-sponsored reading, and the differences in identity between groups from diverse geographical, social, and cultural backgrounds. Pleasure is the most compelling purpose for reading, and theres no better way to introduce students to the joys of lifelong reading than with out-of-school book clubs. Read Deborah Appleman today and get your students Reading for Themselves .
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, coauthor of Reading Dont Fix No Chevys Just as adolescents arent only students, literate behaviors arent only for school. Engaging students in reading for pleasure through extramural book clubs can promote both lifelong literacy habits and improved in-school performance. Reading for Themselves shows you how to create and make the most of out-of-class book clubs. Based on five years of research in urban and suburban schools, Reading for Themselves provides a theoretical rationale for starting out-of-school book clubs and practical strategies for nurturing them. Deborah Appleman shows you how book clubs simultaneously give teenagers a positive reading experience and give you insights about their reading and useful information for instruction. With numerous examples drawn from student book clubs, Appleman offers smart suggestions Reading for Themselves gives you, the teacher, all the tools you need to play the role of facilitatorincluding book lists and facilitators tipsin a book club motivated by student choice and interest. As your book club reads on, Appleman is there with ways to help readers negotiate the passage between adolescent and adult literacy, the border between school-sponsored and self-sponsored reading, and the differences in identity between groups from diverse geographical, social, and cultural backgrounds. Pleasure is the most compelling purpose for reading, and theres no better way to introduce students to the joys of lifelong reading than with out-of-school book clubs. Read Deborah Appleman today and get your students Reading for Themselves .
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128 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2006
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January 13, 2020
Such great ideas and insight into reading and how to create lifelong readers. I had never considered many of the factors brought out in this book and appreciate all the examples provided.
August 26, 2008
I got the gem of the idea to start a breakfast book club from this text....give bagels and a book which has to be of their choice to kids in order to entice them to read for pleasure.
August 14, 2008
This deserves a closer look sometime in the future. What I read was very interesting.
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