Igniting a Passion for Reading

When teaching reading, American classrooms often focus exclusively on skills instruction.

Autorentext
Steven L. Layne serves as Professor of Literacy Education at Judson University in Elgin, IL, USA where he teaches courses in children's literature and directs the university's Master of Education in Literacy programme.

Klappentext

When teaching reading, educators in U.S. classrooms often focus exclusively on skills instruction. But how can you teach the ""skill"" without the ""will""? In his new book, Igniting a Passion for Reading, Steven Layne shows teachers how to develop readers who not only are motivated to read great books but who also love reading in its own right. Packed with practical ways to engage and inspire readers from kindergarten through high school, this is a must-have on every teacher's professional bookshelf.

Zusammenfassung
When teaching reading, American classrooms often focus exclusively on skills instruction.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: The Missing Objective in the Teachers' Reading Lesson Plans: Igniting a Passion by Targeting Aliterate Readers; Chapter 2: Coaches Who Know Their Players Win More Games: Igniting a Passion by Knowing Your students; Chapter 3: I Didn't Know They Still Wrote Books for Adults: Igniting a Passion Through book Chats; Chapter 4: Don't Bother Me, I'm Busy Changing Lives: Igniting a Passion Through Effectively Reading Aloud; Chapter 5: My Modeling Career: Igniting a Passion by Reading with Students; Chapter 6: Can We Talk? Igniting a Passion Through Book Discussions; Chapter 7: Nothing's More Dangerous Than a Teacher with a Good Idea: Igniting a Passion by Opening a Reading Lounge; Chapter 8: There's a Party Goin' on Right Here: Igniting a Passion by Celebrating Books; Chapter 9: Oh, Author, Where Art Thou? Igniting a Passion Through Author Visits; Chapter 10: Making the Intangible Tangible: Igniting a Passion with a Quarterly Plan