81 Making the Match: Engaging Reluctant Readers in YA Literature Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Teri S. Lesesne's "Making the Match: Engaging Reluctant Readers in YA Literature" is the featured article in this issue (May/June 2006) of AdLIT's In Perspective.... 82 Motivating Lifelong Reading Through Fiction Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, Jennifer Wolf, a reading differentiation teacher at Sells Middle School in Dublin, Ohio, begins with a question to teachers: "But how, exactly, can we support middle school studetns so that they are more likely to make this choice?" The author then responds with five practical strategies for engaging and motivating adolescents to read: (1) Know the books; (2) Know your students; (3) Get the right books in students' hands; (4) Support choice; and (5) Provide time to read and share. Wolf briefly explains how to use each of the five strategies in the classroom.... Projects: Writing 6-12 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–12 Professional Commentary: This short article details a four-step process for teaching students the "Questioning the Author" reading strategy. Each step includes a specific classroom application, and the site is written in such a way as to address all content areas.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 84 Textploration: Fun with Front Loading Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, seventh-grade language arts teacher Scott Miller walks readers through a lively written and visual classroom demonstration of "textploration." Miller includes actual dialogue between his students as well as pictures of his class performing this before-reading strategy. Similar to "open house," "probable passage," and "tea party," Miller's appropriately named "textploration" gets students "front-loading" meaning.... 85 Reading Interest Survey Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This reading interest survey was drawn from the article "But There's Nothing Good to Read" by Denice Hildebrandt. It is an example of a survey that probes teens to talk about their reading habits and their feelings about reading.... Projects: Writing 6-12 86 Internet Resources for Conducting Readers Theatre Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Readers Theatre is a professional resource that connects oral reading, literature, and drama. No props or make-up required--only readers and a well-chosen script are necessary.... Projects: Writing 6-12 Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This brief article explains the low risk, time-efficient teaching strategy of Think-Pair-Share. This strategy involves students in an active process of doing and thinking.... Projects: Writing 6-12 88 Electronic Books: Reading and Studying with Supportive Resources Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource looks at the influence and impact electronic books offer. Highlighted at the site are electronic texts that are designed for a multitude of purposes including reference, instruction, in-depth study, and entertainment.... Projects: Writing 6-12 89 Audiobooks: Ear-resistible Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource addresses the many benefits to using audiobooks with students and the concern somehow that listening to audiobooks might not constitute"real" reading. Author Denise Johnson, an admitted audiophile, examines the benefits and issues that surround the use of audiobooks in the classroom.... Projects: Writing 6-12 90 Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, April 2007, Before-During-After: The Essential Parts of a Reading Lesson Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: The April 2007 issue of AdLIT's In Perspective focuses on before-, during-, and after-reading strategies. The entire issue can be downloaded, and regular columns include the following: (1) featured article; (2) classroom vignettes; (3) a look at the Ohio Graduation Test; (4) for your bookshelf; and (5) resources from the ORC collection.... |