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| author | Nesi, Olga M. |
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| contents | A Vocabulary to Discuss Reading: Beyond "Interesting" Nesi, Olga M. Recreational Reading Content Analysis Positive Attitudes Reading Attitudes Attitude Change Persuasive Discourse Vocabulary Development Models Middle School Students Following a Herculean effort by staff members at the author's school, students were reading more than ever and the reading culture was well on the way to changing for the better. While the author was excited beyond belief by this development, she was frustrated by the fact that students consistently reverted to summarizing when they were asked to discuss what they had read. This was not at all surprising as it is precisely what they had learned to do from years of book report writing. What they had not learned was how to clearly and concisely convey what they enjoyed most about a book they read and loved. In an effort to move students away from summarizing, the author proposed to the school's Literacy Committee (of which she was a member) that they create a template for something they named Book Hooks. These include a section in which the student is asked to write a brief "hook" for the book and another section where they are asked to consider the appeal factors of the books they've enjoyed reading. The author thinks that this is something students should learn how to do--namely, zero in on (in an intelligent fashion) what specifically appeals to them about something they've read. Most exciting about all this is teaching students how to think about reading in a whole new way. This cannot help but open up a whole new world of reading possibilities and, thereby, serve to further improve the reading culture of the school. (Contains 3 figures.) |
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| spellingShingle | A Vocabulary to Discuss Reading: Beyond "Interesting" Nesi, Olga M. Recreational Reading Content Analysis Positive Attitudes Reading Attitudes Attitude Change Persuasive Discourse Vocabulary Development Models Middle School Students A Vocabulary to Discuss Reading: Beyond "Interesting" Nesi, Olga M. Recreational Reading Content Analysis Positive Attitudes Reading Attitudes Attitude Change Persuasive Discourse Vocabulary Development Models Middle School Students Following a Herculean effort by staff members at the author's school, students were reading more than ever and the reading culture was well on the way to changing for the better. While the author was excited beyond belief by this development, she was frustrated by the fact that students consistently reverted to summarizing when they were asked to discuss what they had read. This was not at all surprising as it is precisely what they had learned to do from years of book report writing. What they had not learned was how to clearly and concisely convey what they enjoyed most about a book they read and loved. In an effort to move students away from summarizing, the author proposed to the school's Literacy Committee (of which she was a member) that they create a template for something they named Book Hooks. These include a section in which the student is asked to write a brief "hook" for the book and another section where they are asked to consider the appeal factors of the books they've enjoyed reading. The author thinks that this is something students should learn how to do--namely, zero in on (in an intelligent fashion) what specifically appeals to them about something they've read. Most exciting about all this is teaching students how to think about reading in a whole new way. This cannot help but open up a whole new world of reading possibilities and, thereby, serve to further improve the reading culture of the school. (Contains 3 figures.) |
| title | A Vocabulary to Discuss Reading: Beyond "Interesting" |
| topic | Recreational Reading Content Analysis Positive Attitudes Reading Attitudes Attitude Change Persuasive Discourse Vocabulary Development Models Middle School Students |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ981474 |