The document discusses organizing a reading autobiography activity for students. It asks students to create their own reading autobiography reflecting on their childhood, school, and adult reading experiences. It suggests students can write it as an essay, create a presentation using apps like Prezi or PowerPoint, or use a timeline format. It also discusses collecting and analyzing the autobiographies to identify common themes and which students are already readers versus those who are not.

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Sam Houston State University
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9.  So, what are the highlights of your reading life?
 What are the low points?
 Titles, series, authors, books you recall strongly?

10. Take a few minutes now to jot down some memories of
reading from your childhood, school years, adult life.
We are asking each of you to design your own reading
autobiography. You may write it as an essay, present it
in slides, or make timelines. Use Prezi, Power Point,
Padlet, or any app you like. Or use a pen and paper or
computer. Be prepared to share this week.

11.  Ask them to create a reading autobiography
o Can be written
o Can use app such as www.whenintime.com
 Collect them, analyze them for commonalities
 Identify kids who are already readers and those who are
not

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15.  Edge time (Donalyn
Miller)
 Priority time
 Class time
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16.  Reading on the fringes
o Appointments
o Bathroom books
o Car
o Purse or bookbag
o Phone books
• eBooks and audiobooks (more later about these)
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17.  Rainy days
 Mental health days
 Scheduled days (once a month?
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18.  If it is not a priority for us, how can we expect it
to be a priority for them?
 Take a moment to jot down one time you will set
aside daily (just 5 minutes) to read.
 Make this commitment real by adding it to your
calendar.
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20.  Average person can
read 300 words per
minute
 In one week, that is
31,500 words
 In one year, it is
1,512,000 words
 Average book is
75,000 words
 Can read +20 books
a year with only 15
minutes a day
 More than 1000
extra books in a
lifetime
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23.  Picture books
 Graphic novels
 Quick reads
 Poem or story a day
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27. Now, turn to a few people around you
and see if any of YOUR books are on
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THEIR lists, too.

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37.  As model for report writing
 As model for narrative versus expository text differences
 As model for handling “difficult” events in lives of the
famous
 As model for teaching about AUDIENCE
 What else?

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42. “Once upon a time there were three dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur,
Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be
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 Setting
 Main characters
 Motif
 Archetype
 And…it’s going to be
funny!
Plus it addresses this
CCSS (anchor standard):
Write narratives to develop
real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
well-chosen details,
and well-structured event
sequences
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47.  create multi-paragraph essays
to convey information about a
topic that:
 (i) present effective
introductions and concluding
paragraphs;
 (ii) guide and inform the
reader's understanding of key
ideas and evidence;
 (iii) include specific facts,
details, and examples in an
appropriately organized
structure; and
 (iv) use a variety of sentence
structures and transitions to
link paragraphs;
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48.  Students understand, make
inferences and draw
conclusions about how an
author's sensory language
creates imagery in literary
text and provide evidence
from text to support their
understanding.
 Students are expected to
explain how authors create
meaning through stylistic
elements and figurative
language emphasizing the
use of personification,
hyperbole, and refrains.
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49.  (A) summarize the main ideas
and supporting details in text,
demonstrating an understanding
that a summary does not include
opinions;
 (B) explain whether facts included
in an argument are used for or
against an issue;
 (C) explain how different
organizational patterns (e.g.,
proposition-and-support, problem-and-
solution) develop the main
idea and the author's viewpoint;
and
 (D) synthesize and make logical
connections between ideas within
a text and across two or three
texts representing similar or
different genres.
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56.  (A) analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict,
rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to
determine whether and how conflicts are resolved;
 (B) analyze how the central characters' qualities
influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of
the central conflict; and
 (C) analyze different forms of point of view, including
limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objective.
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76.  Average picture book is 32 pages
 Average picture book can be read aloud in less than 10
minutes
 Fluency and prosody are being modeled
 Readers are being introduced to new words
(splendiferous)

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Scaffolding, Visual Literacy, and More

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104.  Who is important in
this picture on the
cover?
 What can we tell from
looking at him?
 What do the other 2
on the cover think?
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122.  Where are they?
 Where would we like
them to head next?
 What is our ultimate
goal?
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123. Most Popular Children's Categories
Other Juvenile Fiction 22% 34% 26%
Young Adult 20 21 18
Picture/Story 19 14 15
Series/Chapter Books 9 6 7
Nonfiction 5 4 6
Coloring Books 4 3 5
Beginning/Early Reader 5 4 4
Bible Prayer 2 2 3
Other Juvenile 4 3 3
Activity Book 2 1 2
Leveled Reader 2 1 2
Workbook 2 1 2
Reusable Sticker Book 1 1 1
Sound 1 1 1
Novelty 1 1 1
Crafts/Hobbies 1 1 1
Puzzle Book 1 1 1
Interactive-Electronic 1 0 1
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126. What are their favorite authors?
What are their favorite genres, forms,
formats?
What titles are rising to the top?
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127. 500,000+
1. Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #8). Jeff Kinney. Abrams/Amulet (3,010,093)
2. Allegiant (Divergent #3). Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen (1,526,294)
3. The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus #4). Rick Riordan. Disney-Hyperion (1,470,021)
4. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims. Rush Limbaugh. S&S/Threshold (765,073)
5. Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker (Dork Diaries #6). Rachel Renée Russell.
S&S/Aladdin (749,685)
300,000+
6. The Wheels on the Bus (Pete the Cat). James Dean. HarperCollins (472,018)
7. OMG! All About Me Diary (Dork Diaries).
Rachel Renée Russell. Aladdin (442,376)
8. Emeraldalicious (Pinkalicious). Victoria Kann. HarperCollins (385,355)
9. Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices). Cassandra Clare. S&S/McElderry (378,939)
10. The Day the Crayons Quit. Drew Daywalt, illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Philomel
11. Big Nate Flips Out. Lincoln Peirce. HarperCollins (329,990)
12. Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. James Dean and Kimberly Dean. HarperCollins
(303,591)
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128. 200,000+
13. How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (Middle School #4). James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, illus. by
Laura Park. Little, Brown/Patterson Young Readers (297,618)
14. Revealed. P.C. and Kristin Cast. St. Martin’s Griffin (269,509)
15. Princess Adventure Stories. Disney Press (266,778)
16. I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illus. by Laura Park. Little,
Brown/Patterson Young Readers (261,213)
17. The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First). Andrea Posner-Sanchez. Random/Golden/Disney
18. My Brother Is a Big, Far Liar (Middle School #3). James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou, illus. by Neil Swaab.
Little, Brown/Patterson Young Readers (253,042)
19. Treasure Hunters. James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, and Mark Shulman, illus. by Juliana Neufeld. Little,
Brown/Patterson Young Readers (246,574)
20. Fanciest Doll in the Universe (Fancy Nancy). Jane O’Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins (242,079)
21. Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers. Dav Pilkey. Scholastic (235,481)
22. One Direction: Where We Are. One Direction. HarperCollins (227,856).
23. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book. Diane Muldrow. Random/Golden
24. Nancy Clancy Sees the Future (Fancy Nancy). Jane O’Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins (213,220)
25. Monsters, Inc. Storybook Collection. Disney Press (209,714)
26. The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett. Tom Angleberger. Abrams/Amulet (209,135)
27. Frozen (Little Golden Books). Random/Golden/Disney
28. What Does the Fox Say? Ylvis, illus. by Svein Nyhus. Simon & Schuster (203,078)
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29. The Fall of Five. Pittacus Lore. HarperCollins (200,082)

129. 500,000+
1. The Fault in Our Stars. John Green. Dutton, 2012
2. Insurgent (Divergent #2). Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, 2012 (1,109,129)
3. Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1960
4. Wonder. R.J. Palacio. Knopf, 2012
5. Goodnight Moon (board book). Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Clement Hurd. HarperFestival,
1991 (632,579)
6. The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1957
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book. Jeff Kinney. Abrams/Amulet, 2011 (576,170)
8. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1990
9. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1960
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (board book). Eric Carle. Philomel, 1994
11. Go, Dog. Go! P.D. Eastman. Random House, 1961
12. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (board book). Bill Martin Jr., illus. by Eric Carle.
Holt, 1996 (443,080)
13. Put Me in the Zoo. Robert Lopshire. Random House, 1960
14. Little Blue Truck (board book). Alice Schertle, illus. by Jill McElmurry. HMH, 2008 (425,475)
15. Guess How Much I Love You (hardcover and board book eds.). Sam McBratney, illus. by Anita
Jeram. Candlewick (408,725)
16. Dr. Seuss’s ABC. Random House, 2012
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130. 300,000+
1. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2, trade paper and movie tie-in editions). Suzanne Collins. Scholastic (900,509)
2. Pete the Cat: Pete’s Big Lunch. James Dean. HarperCollins (632,390)
3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Ransom Riggs. Quirk (430,433)
4. Pinkalicious and the Cupcake Calamity. Victoria Kann. HarperCollins (384,606)
5. Pete the Cat: Play Ball! James Dean. HarperCollins (371,511)
6. Ender’s Game (movie tie-in). Orson Scott Card. Tor Teen (363,756)
7. Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2). Cassandra Clare. S&S/McElderry (321,433)
200,000+
8. Pink or Treat! (Pinkalicious). Victoria Kann. HarperFestival (281,266)
9. Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach. James Dean. HarperCollins (276,628)
10. The Care & Keeping of You 1: The Body Book for Younger Girls (revised ed.). Valorie Schaefer, illus. by Josée Masse.
American Girl (268,942)
11. Merry Pinkmas! (Pinkalicious). Victoria Kann. HarperFestival (267,677)
12. Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving. James Dean and Kimberly Dean. HarperFestival (262,263)
13. In a Blink (Never Girls #1). Kiki Thorpe. Random House
14. Scaring Lessons (Step into Reading). Random/Disney
15. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set. Suzanne Collins. Scholastic (230,578)
16. Splat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang. Rob Scotton. HarperCollins (227,975)
17. The Royal Slumber Party (Sofia the First). Disney Press (219,246)
18. Fairy House (Pinkalicious). Victoria Kann. HarperCollins (216,755)
19. Welcome to Royal Prep (Sofia the First). Disney Press (213,701)
20. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1, movie tie-in). Cassandra Clare. S&S/McElderry (212,784)
21. The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2). Rick Riordan. Disney-Hyperion (209,484)
22. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2). Rick Riordan. Disney-Hyperion (205,387)
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131.  UP is good, but let’s not forget that they might
have missed some good books. (fairy tales)
 Sideways is good, too. Let them read “easy.”
 DOWN is also okay. Sometimes it is nice to
have a Calgon moment in reading.
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132. Turn to folks around you and talk
about what YOUR goal is (or
maybe will be or could be).
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152.  Select a book students normally are assigned to
read
 Brainstorm a list of books that could either
o Lead up to this book
o Are “just like” this book
 Share your ladder with your group
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153.  What do they like? And WHY do they like it?
 What will move them horizontally?
 What will push them a bit?
 What might be a diagonal move?
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154.  Booktalks
 Read Alouds
 Displays
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161.  New Books
 Oldies but Goodies
 Banned Books
 Abandoned Books
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165. http://thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.com/2013/09/celebrating-banned-books.html

168.  NOVEMBER
 DECEMBER
 JANUARY
 FEBRUARY
 MARCH
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169.  Mind the Gap
 Crossing bridges
 Challenging comfort
zones
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170.  What HOLES are in your reading range?
 What will you do to address them?
 How can you help kids do the same?
 Identify ONE genre, form, format you will read in the next
60 days.
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171.  Titletalk
o Last Sunday of the month from 7-8 pm Central Time
o Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp
o Talk is archived as well
 Centurions of 2014
o Resolved to read 114 books in 2013
 Nerdbery Challenge
 Caldecott Challenge
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172.  It is important to read a wide variety of literature in order
to recommend books to all your readers.
 Check your favorite authors to see if they’ve written other
genres. ex. Margaret Peterson Haddix, Avi, Richard
Peck, etc.
 Set a goal. Read one new genre for five of your usual
books.
 Take reading suggestions from your students. Make a
point to go talk to them after you’ve finished their
recommendation.

173. Apps
eBooks
Audiobooks
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174.  Start with award winners
o Odyssey www.ala.org/yalsa
o Amazing Audio www.ala.org/yalsa
o Notable Recordings www.ala.org/alsc
o Audies www.audiopub.org/audies
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181.  New books
 Old books
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182.  Divergent Survey
1. Ad
2. Amazon
3. Browsing
4. Friend
5. Goodreads
6. Librarian
7. Teacher
8. Trailer
 See if you can rank
order these 8 as kids
did. And then rank
order them as YOU
would find them useful.
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183. Kids
1. Teacher
2. Friend
3. Librarian
4. Browsing
5. Ad
6. Amazon
7. Goodreads
8. Trailer
YOU
 And are there other
considerations for YOU?
o Twitter
o Facebook
o Book clubs
o ???
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Dust off some neglected books

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 Recommendations
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227.  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.
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