Reading Rules!: Motivating Teens to Read

by Elizabeth Knowles and Martha Smith

Filled with ideas, practical tips, useful statistics and other helpful data on teen reading, this book details numerous methods for getting teens to read, such as reading workshops, literature circles, book clubs, and booktalks. An overview of YA literature and annotated bibliographies of both teen and professional reads further assists in creating a literacy game plan at your school. Grades 6-8.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563088835
• ISBN13: 9781563088834
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Expressly recommended to educators and librarians

Reading Rules!: Motivating Teens To Read is expressly recommended to educators and librarians charged with the responsibility to encourage students in grades 6, 7, and 8 to read for both fun and information. Elizabeth Knowles (an elementary teacher for 29 years and current Director of Staff Development at Pine Crest School, Boca Raton, Florida) and Martha Smith (media specialist at the Pine Crest School with 21 years of experience in the field) effectively collaborate to explain how to construct an environment conducive to reading and how to implement interactive activities for sparking interest in reading. Reading Rules! covers reading workshops, literature circles, book clubs, booktalks, thematic units, and information literacy. Educators and librarians are shown how to incorporate these activities into the classroom or media center, and provides extensive lists of sample materials and resources for student reading and professional consultation. Reading Rules! is an important contribution to the field and a highly recommended addition to academic and teaching training reference collections and reading lists.