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Ways and means of supporting and developing young adult readers.
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Getting Beyond "Interesting": Teaching Students the Vocabulary of Appeal to Discuss Their Reading - Olga M. Nesi

Getting Beyond "Interesting": Teaching Students the Vocabulary of Appeal to Discuss Their Reading - Olga M. Nesi | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it

'Getting Beyond "Interesting": Teaching Students the Vocabulary of Appeal to Discuss Their Reading is a practical application book that gives librarians all the tools they need to implement the teaching of both appeal terms and Book Hook writing and sharing. When students know how to write Book Hooks and have access to an easy-to-use system for allowing students to share Book Hooks, the result is greatly increased reading through the power of peer recommendations.' Get this hot off the press!

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Is it dystopia? A flowchart for decoding the genre

Is it dystopia? A flowchart for decoding the genre | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it
Author Erin Bowman designed this flowchart to test for dystopian fiction. Imagine you are the main character of the book you are considering and answer these questions.
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If You Liked “The Hunger Games”…

If You Liked “The Hunger Games”… | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it
"The staff of the Teen Zone has compiled a list to help you find your next favorite book, whether you loved The Hunger Games for the action and adventure, the love triangle, or the dystopian elements."
Excellent use of RA concepts to produce a flow chart of well chosen reading suggestions. You can a also download it as a pdf: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DYSTOPIANFLOWCHART.pdf
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