Motivating the Unmotivated Reader Jolene Jenkins mj4toty@gmail.com http://mj4toty.blogspot.com

Reading Truths Everyone is a reader. Not everyone reads in the same way. 3. You can make a difference.

How do you convince that unmotivated, I-hate-to-read-and-you-can’t-change-me reader that reading is good? You’ve got a school year or maybe just a semester, depending on the class, so how do you do it?

You’ve got to hook them! Simple, right? But how do you do that?

Your Bait: Establish a positive reading attitude in your classroom. Know your students. Exposure! Exposure! Exposure!

Positive Reading Attitude What is your attitude? Are you enthusiastic and passionate about reading? Do your students see you reading often? Have your students ever seen you emotionally react to a book? Do you have a classroom library? Are there book displays, posters, lists posted through out your classroom? Do you ever ‘talk book’ with your students?

Know your Students How well do you know your students? Reader interviews Do students have a voice when it comes to reading in your classroom? Do they have choice when it comes to reading? Why Students Don’t Read What’s Assigned in Class

Exposure! Exposure! Exposure! You never know what will hook a student, so you expose them to as many reading possibilities as possible! Five-minute book talk Book previews/book trailers Book pass Read-alouds

Some samples of book trailers: The Hollow by Jessica Verday Fallen by Lauren Kate The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy Ninth Grade Slays: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve