Motivating Students to Read Literature “C AN ’ T W E J UST W ATCH T HE M OVIE ?” Miss Alexandra Stamm

Y OUR A SSIGNMENT  Take 2 minutes to read the article in front of you  There will be a quiz!

H OW WAS THE ASSIGNMENT ?  Did you read?  Overwhelming?  Piece of cake?

W ELCOME B ACK TO 10 TH G RADE !  Assignment: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain  Difficult Dialect  About 300 pages in 3 weeks

S TUDENT C OMMENTS “I’m not reading this!” “I’ll just use Spark Notes” “There’s no way I can read this!” “Yeah, Miss Stamm, not happening” “Can’t we just watch the movie?”

H OW DO I G ET M Y S TUDENTS TO READ ? 1. Research  Motivation and reading Fun, relevance, support 2. Strategies  Reading+ strategy 3. Measurement: student reading  4 question plot quizzes

A CTION R ESEARCH P HASE 1: W HAT SHOULD I DO ? Strategy Homework Only Read in Library Journal after Reading Read aloud in Class Quiz Score:

A CTION R ESEARCH P HASE 2: D ID IT WORK ? Strategy Homework Only Read in Library Journal after Reading Read aloud in Class Quiz Score: Psychology Terms: The findings were not statistically significant English Terms: No strategy worked better than another

W HAT S HOULD T EACHERS L EARN FROM T HIS ?  Students will never read.  Give up.  JUST KIDDING!

S TUDENTS N EED S UPPORT !  “Un-overwhelm” them:  Audio books!  Opportunities to participate  Fun and interesting lessons

C ONCLUSION  No quick fix!  Assigning more homework is not “un-overwhelming”  Individual needs  Audio books  Continue my AR!  Do lessons in the classroom effect motivation to read?

B IBLIOGRAPHY  Bircher, Lisa S. "Reading Aloud: A Springboard to Inquiry." The Science Teacher (Summer 2009): ERIC. Web. 14 Mar  Cluck, Margaret, and Diane Hess. "Improving Student Motivation through the Use of the Multiple Intelligences." (2003). ERIC. Web. 15 Mar  Dornan, Reade W., Lois Matz. Rosen, and Marilyn J. Wilson. Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts: Reading in the Secondary Content Areas. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, Print.  Everett, Susan, and Richard Moyer. "Methods and Strategies." Methods and Strategies O 42.2 (2009): ERIC. Web. 14 Mar  Herbe, Renee, Mina Thielenhouse, and Thomas Wykert. "Improving Student Motivation through the Use of the Multiple Intelligences." (2002). ERIC. Web. 14 Mar  Jackson, Barbara. "Encouraging Students to Read for Pleasure." Teacher Librarian 31.3 (2004): ERIC. Web. 14 Mar  Gribble, Brandi. "Students' Perceptions of "Fun" Suggest Possibilities for Literacy Learning: "You Can Be Entertained and Informed"" Reading Horizons O/N 49.1 (2008): ERIC. Web. 14 Mar

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T HANK Y OU !  Dr. Michael Roessler  Dr. Suellyn Henke  Dr. Kyle Shanton  Jason Moritz  Tracie Cook  Fellow Student Teachers  Mary Weicht