Ages 9-18
Bringing the Outside In: Visual ways to engage reluctant readers
Sara Kajder
Reading that is valued in school is becoming further distanced from the literacy that pupils experience elsewhere. Out of school, they are texting, blogging, playing online games, and integrating words, images and music. Can this be imported into classroom to help re-connect pupils who don't see themselves as readers and writers?
This practical and timely volume:
- shows ways to use these outside talents in the classroom
- draws on multiple examples of classroom work
- shows how to adapt the curriculum to incorporate an expanded definition of literacy
- offers guidance on how to extend your repertoire of teaching strategies
- shows how to help children connect their natural curiosity and skills as readers and writers of both print and electronic texts while always keeping reading and writing at the centre of the curriculum.
By adding visual components to class activities, integrating tools ranging from pen and paper to ‘weblogs’ and ‘wikis’, even reluctant students can be engaged and see themselves as readers and writers for the first time.
2006 150pp paperback
978-1-57110-401-4
£24.99
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