28. How to Motivate?
Read aloud (research is incontrovertible). See Trelease,
Krashen.
Allow choice. Donalyn Miller, Krashen, Lesesne, Beers.
Surround with "tools." What are those for readers and
writers?
Be a model.
Provide time daily.
31. Developing a Reader’s Heart
1. Someone with the heart of a reader is already a reader, enjoys
reading, and turns to reading on a regular basis as an activity they
prefer.
2. Someone with the heart of a reader does not need extrinsic
motivation. No points, pizza, or other incentives are needed.
3. Someone with the heart of a reader tends to have friends who have
reader hearts, too. They enjoy taking about books they have read,
comparing notes.
4. Someone with the heart of a reader reads up and down and sideways.
Sometimes they turn to books that are easy reads, and occasionally they
challenge themselves, too. While they have comfort books, they read
widely as well.
5. Someone with the heart of a reader recognizes that books entertain,
inform, provoke, and touch them deep in those hearts. They know books
can elicit laughter, tears, rage, and the full range of emotions.
32. Developing a Reader’s Mind
I ended my speech at the ALAN workshop (#alan12) with a revised
reader bill of rights. It is based on the wonderful book, Better
than Life by Daniel Pennac. Here it is:
1. Right to read YAL at any age
2. Right to read extensively instead of intensively
3. Right to CREATE NEW CANON
4. Right to read with their ears
5. RIGHT TO READ TRANSMEDIALLY
6. Right to read FREELY
7. Right to READ WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING
8. Right to read BELOW YOUR LEXILE
9. Right to READ BEYOND YOUR ATOS SCORE
10. RIGHT TO REDEFINE READING
