1 Boys Read: Considering Courage in Novels Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson designed to motivate adolescent boys to read, they are given a selection of five young adult novels with distinct male protagonists. A suggested booklist is provided.... Projects: AdLIT 2 Making Connections with Literature Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8, Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource, a short article by Ohio teacher Mary Boyle (Bridgetown Middle School, Cincinnati), shares ideas to stimulate students' thinking and writing about S. E.... Projects: AdLIT, OhioWINS 3 Making Reading a Cool Thing: Once Upon a Time Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–12 Professional Commentary: In this professional article, accomplished Ohio educator and author Sharon Draper discusses the importance of independent reading and offers ideas for promoting the love of reading. Draper challenges schools and communities to work intensely and collaboratively to encourage young people to read more.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: AdLIT, Standards First 4 A Look at the OGT: Considering Theme Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: "A Look at the OGT" is a column featured in each issue of AdLIT's In Perspective. This month's focus (November/December 2004) is on theme.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: AdLIT, Standards First 5 Motivating Students to Read Fiction Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, Helen Holdridge, a teacher of English language arts for 30 years, shares her experience of what she's learned about motivating adolescents to read fiction. She includes "three essential ingredients": (1) "first, and perhaps foremost, is to give the students a choice of what they will read; (2) "the classroom library must have a wide selection of books and cater to a variety of reading levels; and (3) "give students time to read during the school day." Her article is informative as she shares both what reading strategies she's used and how she's applied those reading strategies successfully.... Projects: AdLIT, OhioWINS 6 Books by Lesesne, Reeves, and Marshall Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: The May/June 2006 issue of AdLIT's In Perspective includes reviews by Sheila Cantlebary (Reading Content Specialist at the ORC). This month's "For Your Bookshelf” includes the following titles: (1) Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12 by Teri Lesesne; (2) Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri Lesesne; (3) Adolescents Talk About Reading: Exploring Resistance to and Engagement with Text by Anne R.... Projects: AdLIT, OhioWINS 7 Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12 [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "What is a Young Adult?" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: What do adolescents care about? Chatting online with friends, movies, their favorite bands . .... Career Fields: Education & Training, General Career Skills Projects: AdLIT, Standards First 8 Making Meaning with Texts [excerpt]: Chapter 5, "The Acid Test for Literature Teaching" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This site is a complete reading of Chapter 5, an excerpt from the book The Acid Test for Literature Teaching. It describes in detail the concerns involved with teaching literature to adolescents and young readers in today's classrooms, and suggests that as teachers, we can develop criteria for judging the short-term motivation we provide our students, the works we ask them to read, and the teaching methods we employ.... Projects: AdLIT 9 "A Puzzle To the Rest of Us": Who Is a "Reader" Anyway? Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, educator Bronwyn Williams considers what is meant by the term "reader." While young children often associate reading with pleasure and play, adolescents connect reading to concepts of work and academia. Williams describes an exercise in which she challenges her prospective teachers to think about the characteristics of and expectations for "readers." This article works well as a springboard for a discussion about reading engagement and the multiple ways to characterize readers.... Projects: AdLIT 10 Which American Story Should be Told? Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource is an article by a teacher who in reflecting on the ways in which America's story has traditionally been told realizes that a 21st-century "re-telling" is in order. Through her experience, education, teaching experience (an urban school with forced busing), and exchanges with other educators, the author shares insights about teaching a multicultural literacy.... Projects: AdLIT, OhioWINS |