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The age vprc literacy event may 2010
The document discusses creating a reading culture in schools. It emphasizes that children learn about literature from the adults around them and that readers are made by readers. It outlines several factors for successfully creating a reading culture, including having a large collection of reading materials, knowledgeable staff, adequate access to materials, modeling positive attitudes towards reading, and creating a welcoming environment. It also provides examples of how this looks in practice, such as book clubs, book week celebrations, book reviews, and creating audio and visual responses to texts.
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- 1. The Age PRCLiteracy Workshop: Creating a Reading Culture Dr Susan La Marca Head of Library & Information Services Genazzano FCJ College
- 2. Children learn aboutliterature from what the adults around them do about it. (Zahnleiter, 1985, p. 187 Genazzano FCJ College
- 3. THE ENABLING ADULT Readersare made by readers. Chambers, 1991, p. 87 Genazzano FCJ College
- 4. Reading is nota duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Augustine Birrell Genazzano FCJ College
- 5. There is agreat deal of evidence showing that children with more access to books read more. Krashen, 2002, p 2 Genazzano FCJ College
- 6. Choice Genazzano FCJ College
- 7. Creating a ReadingCulture To be successful there should be: –a large, varied collection of reading materials –knowledgeable library and teaching staff who know both the collection and the students with whom the work –adequate access to reading materials both during structured reading programs and out of school hours – varied forms of reading materials in an array of reading ability levels Genazzano FCJ College
- 8. Creating a ReadingCulture To be successful there should be: –modeling by staff of positive attitudes towards reading and their students as readers –whole school support for reading as a necessary part of life –an encouraging, welcoming physical environment –a sense of ownership by the students of their own reading development and their reading environment Genazzano FCJ College
- 9. THE ENABLING ADULT Theyprovide books and time to read them and an attractive environment where people want to read. They stimulate a desire to become a thoughtful reader. They demonstrate by reading aloud and their own behaviour what a ‘good’ reader does. And they respond, and help others respond, to the individuality of everyone in the reading community they belong to. Chambers, A. (1991) The Reading Environment, p. 92. Genazzano FCJ College
- 10. What does thislook like in practice? Genazzano FCJ College
- 11. LISTS Genazzano FCJ College
- 12. Outward facing covers Genazzano FCJ College
- 13. Senior Fiction Collection ‘Readers are made by Readers’ Genazzano FCJ College
- 14. Book Club IASL bookmarkproject Book week celebrations SLAV Reader’s Cup Reviewing Favorites Lists Book Selection LITFEST – Song Literary Afternoon Teas Story reading in Junior School Genazzano FCJ College
- 15. Blog – Communication/ Competitions Genazzano FCJ College
- 16. SHOWBAGS Genazzano FCJ College
- 17. Responses to Text: Audiofiles Genazzano FCJ College
- 18. Responses to Text: Photostory Genazzano FCJ College
Editor's Notes
- #7 Ok I have discussed a range of different factors that impact upon the reading culture. Let’s have a look at one way that this could be presented diagrammatically:
- #9 Go to next slide – what does this look like in practice?
- #11 Genazzano – I have been there about 18 months. I hope that what i have done in this role so far is build on what was already a quality library service. I’d like to highlight the positives of what we do exploring what changes I have made and describing the reading culture that we are helping to create. First ROAD