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Re-engaging Adolescent Readers and Writers with Meaningful Texts | Random House for High School Teachers

Re-engaging Adolescent Readers and Writers with Meaningful Texts | Random House for High School Teachers | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it
From www.randomhouse.com - September 6, 2012 5:36 PM

When teens considered reluctant readers get hooked into an early morning writing class then someone is doing something very right.

"What disrupted the conventional wisdom about adolescents and their lack of enthusiasm for school in general and for writing in particular? We believe an important element was our use of the texts of popular culture—graphic novels, anime, internet sources, and music—as tools to motivate and inspire creativity (Frey and Fisher, 2004). Although our class was focused on writing, our students engaged every day with nontraditional texts selected to spark interest and to serve as mentor texts for their writing. We debated content and then analyzed the ways in which artists and writers conveyed their points of view in powerful ways."

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From readit1st.com - September 26, 2011 7:44 PM

"We created Read it 1st because five of the top 10 movies of 2010 were based on books. Most of the people who watched those movies had never read the book. In fact, most people in America read fewer than two books per year. While movies are great, and we love them, the stories from those movies were originally envisioned in a different way. A way that requires more interaction, more brain, more relaxation, more free time, and more commitment. We think those are all things that the world doesn't have enough of these days. So we wanted to tell the world that we were pledging to read the book before we watch the movie from this day forth. And we also wanted to invite the world to do that with us."

Read it 1st was envisioned by Hank Green and created by Nerdfighteria, an online community of awesome people who do awesome things. Find out more about Nerdfighters here: http://nerdfighters.ning.com/ 

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