Regarding summer reading options-- Scholastic has a good article here: http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4518
It includes suggestions for programs to encourage summer reading (although it is geared toward K-3). One idea in the article is to have students make their own recommendations. Choice is the key in summer reading. The goal is to have students become self-motivated independent readers, so giving them autonomy right from the start via a wide ranger of options that interest them is one way to encourage this. Also, here's something from the National Council of Teacher of English: http://www.ncte.org/pubs/chron/120723.htm It provides specific examples of summer reading programs in high schools around the country. -Shannon Message: 12 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:40:58 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOSAIC] summer reading list suggestions To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Our Director of Language Arts has requested ideas for summer reading booklists... or ideas that promote summer reading to stem "cognitive loss" over the summer.... any suggestions???? **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
