Getting the Buggers to Read 2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 20. August 2008
216 pages
978-1-4411-0018-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a fully up-dated guide for teachers and trainees, containing a new chapter on getting boys into books, plus an extended directory and plenty suggestions for further reading.
Although reading is essential for every subject, very little attention has been paid to how it is taught, especially in secondary schools. This practical guide shows teachers how they can improve their students' reading skills using a variety of strategies, including setting up reading clubs, celebrating world book day and creating a reader-friendly school. Brimming with top tips and innovative advice, this book will prove invaluable to teachers everywhere.
Although reading is essential for every subject, very little attention has been paid to how it is taught, especially in secondary schools. This practical guide shows teachers how they can improve their students' reading skills using a variety of strategies, including setting up reading clubs, celebrating world book day and creating a reader-friendly school. Brimming with top tips and innovative advice, this book will prove invaluable to teachers everywhere.
Reviews / Votes
Mention -Book News, November 2008 'Provide[s] original and practical ideas for promoting reading, involving all staff in a school, not just teaching, or even just language staff' English Oxford Journal, 2010More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0018-4 (9781441100184)
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Claire Senior
Getting the Buggers to Read 2nd Edition
Book
08/2008
2nd Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€44.75
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Claire Senior is an Advanced Skills Teacher at a Cambridgeshire school in the UK, with responsibility for Literacy.
Content
Introduction
1. Reluctant readers
Section 1: Whole school
2. Reading autobiography
3. A reader-friendly school
4. Events
5. Reading festivals
6. World book day
7. Reading quiz
8. Books over breakfast
Section 2: In the classroom
9. The reader-friendly classroom
10. Class libraries
11. Reading plays
12. Private reading activities
13. Computers and reading
14. The shared class reader
15. Getting boys into books
Section 3: Reading into writing
16. Reading and writing in genres
17. Writing for younger audiences
18. Using novel openings
Section 4: Wider opportunities
19. Reading challenges
20. Reading groups
21. Libraries
22. Creating buyers of books
23. Key stage 5
24. Final thoughts
Book suggestions
Useful websites
1. Reluctant readers
Section 1: Whole school
2. Reading autobiography
3. A reader-friendly school
4. Events
5. Reading festivals
6. World book day
7. Reading quiz
8. Books over breakfast
Section 2: In the classroom
9. The reader-friendly classroom
10. Class libraries
11. Reading plays
12. Private reading activities
13. Computers and reading
14. The shared class reader
15. Getting boys into books
Section 3: Reading into writing
16. Reading and writing in genres
17. Writing for younger audiences
18. Using novel openings
Section 4: Wider opportunities
19. Reading challenges
20. Reading groups
21. Libraries
22. Creating buyers of books
23. Key stage 5
24. Final thoughts
Book suggestions
Useful websites
