1. Reading For Relaxation
June 19, 2009
Alexis Swinehart
HS Literacy Coach

3. Evidence You might be in a horror movie:
If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters .
The Jock
The Nerd

4. Evidence You might be in a horror movie:
If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters .
The Jock
The Nerd
If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic.

5. Evidence You might be in a horror movie:
If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters .
The Jock
The Nerd
If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic.
If you are taking a workshop in a remote location (basement) of an somewhat empty high school.

6. Evidence You might be in a horror movie:
If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters .
The Jock
The Nerd
If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic.
If you are taking a workshop in a remote location (basement) of an somewhat empty high school.
If you have to teach a workshop to stereotypical characters in a remote location while there is a POD occurring.

7. Morning Agenda Small Group SSR & Discussion #1 #2 #3 BREAK #4 #5
Introduction
Small Group SSR & Discussion #1 #2 #3
BREAK #4 #5
Closing

8. Various Purposes of Reading
Enjoyment
Knowledge
Relaxation
Because my teacher makes me
Work
Escape
To model how we are thinking

9. Types of Reading Online - email Magazine Fiction Nonfiction
Graffiti - tattoos
Audio
Newspapers
Blogging
Texting
Facebook (social
advertisment

10. Poll Everywhere
Text to 99503
Message – enter the # of your answer

11. Today’s Goal Read & Relax Have a few good laughs
Understand the importance/value of Recreational Reading
Bonus
Want to borrow a book to read this summer
Change your instruction to include more high-interest reading.

12. Five Small Groups Testosterone with a Splash of Estrogen
Access to Audio
What Your Students are Reading
Keeping it Real
Perusing Periodicals

13. Rules & Regulations Silent Sustained Reading for 10 minutes
You are allowed to SWITCH reading material (no sharing)
When in the audio group, please no checking .
If you would like to borrow reading material, please let me know.

14. Readicide
“The average amount of time spent reading for all grades is 7.1 minutes a day in public school around the nation.”
Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

15. Readicide
“The peak reading years are the fourth and fifth grades. By the time student reach high school, they are spending about as much time on literature-based reading as kindergarteners.”
Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

16. Readicide Read-i-cide – n:
The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools
Gallagher, Kelly, (2009). Readicide: How schools are killing reading and what you can do about it. Stenhouse.

17. Aliteracy - When kids CAN read but choose NOT to
Dormant Reader
Uncommitted Reader
Unmotivated

18. Creating Cultural Illiterates
So What?
Creating Cultural Illiterates
Al who? (referencing al Qaeda)
What does GM mean?

19. Why Should I Read? 9 Reading Reasons Reading is Rewarding
Reading builds a mature vocabulary
Reading makes you a better writer
Reading is hard, and “hard” is necessary
Reading makes you smarter
Reading prepares you for the world of work
Reading well is financially rewarding
Reading opens the door to college and beyond
Reading arms you against oppression

20. Reading builds mature vocabulary
5th grade study showed strong positive correlation with time spent reading and standardize testing performance.
Percentile Rank
Minutes of Text Reading per Day
Estimated Number of Words Read per Year 98
90.7
4,733,000 90
40.7
2,357,000 70
21.7
1,168,000 50
12.9
601,000 20
3.1
134,000 10
1.6
51,000
Anderson, R.C., Wilson, P.T., & Fielding L.G. (1988). “Growing in reading and how children spent their time outside of school.” Reading Research Quarterly 23:

21. Reading Makes you smarter
“Students in the top 5 percent of national reading scores read 144 times more than students in the bottom 5 percent.”
Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

22. Reading Prepares you for the World of Work
Background Knowledge
Performance for College
Improves Communication
Murnane, R.T. (1996) Teaching the new basic skills: Principles for educating children to thrive in a changing economy. New York: Free Press.

23. changing face of literacy
Wikis & Blogs
Internet – moving text & authenticity
Visual – Skipe

24. Reading arms you against oppression
Socioeconomic status (SES) was related to proficiency across all reading tasks. Children in higher SES groups were more likely to be proficient than children in lower SES groups.
U.S. Department of Education The early childhood longitudinal study, Kindergarten class of Washington, DC.

25. Reading arms you against oppression
What schools do matter
Districts in Tennessee & Texas have shown significant gains in reading achievement with Free Voluntary Reading that held up regardless of race, class, or prior achievement levels.
Haycock, K. (2001). “Closing the achievement gap.” Educational Leadership 58, no. 6:

26. What can you do? Share/discuss interesting reads Post current articles
Start an in-class library
Reading Minute

27. Reading Minute Briefly share an interesting piece of reading.
Selections are from variety of genres & sources.
Sometimes the activity is a springboard into the lesson & sometimes it is a quick 1-2 minute sharing of text.
Sources
Benefits
News headlines
Book blurbs/reviews
Charts/graphs
Cartoons/graphics
Song lyrics/poetry
Postcards
Quotes/biographical
Manuals
Provides background knowledge
Sparks high interest
Encourages reading motivation
Makes connections to the current world
Exposes students to a wide genres of texts
Increases awareness to surrounding texts
Develops critical thinking

28. Things that make you laugh

29. Audio Books www.Recordedbooks.com Blog
Audio library for your iPod –

30. Social Forums See what your friends are reading.
See what your friends are reading.
Keep track of what you've read
& what you'd like to read.
Get great book recommendations
from people you know.
Answer book trivia and collect your favorite quotes.

31. Morning Agenda Small Group SSR & Discussion #1 #2 #3 BREAK #4 #5
Introduction
Small Group SSR & Discussion #1 #2 #3
BREAK #4 #5
Closing