Chapter 11
Biography and Autobirography~
I never considered myself a reader of nonfiction for the simple pleasure of intformation until I found authors who wrote in a manner that truly entertained me (along with my students). Yes, there are still the (blah) traditional biorgraphies and autobiographies, but quite a few authors make reading the boring facts about someone quite interesting. For example, George Bragg has an excellent book of short bios called, "How They Croaked: The Awful Ends to the Awfully Famous". Another great (and gross) book along these lines is, "Poop Happens!; A History of the World from the Bottom Up" by Sarah Albee. Fun nonfiction can be done!
Chapter 12
Informational Books~
I think that building background knowledge and overall comprehension is made so much easier by informational books written with younger audiences in mind. They can be the perfect companion to larger pieces of text to add historical and fact-based information to even fictional literature. I recently paired To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. It provided facts to accompany Lee's story of Scout Finch and her southern community.
Chapter 13
Poetry and Verse
Poetry and Verse have evolved greatly from the early days of Plath, Dickinson, Frost, and Whitman. Poets like Kwame Alexander, Rupi Kauer, Amanda Lovelace, and Hellen Frost have created a growing love for poetry both tradtional and contemporary in style and topic. I have several students who can't get enough of these authors and more!
Chapter 14
Teaching Reading through Literature
This chapter truly resonates with me as a teacher and learner. "There is a positive correlation between being read to--both at home and in school--and reading achievement"(Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilinson, 1985).
The benefits of reading to children:
*it stimulates and broadens children's interest in quality ltierature in a variety of genres.
*It allows childrfen to experience books that re too dificult for them to read independently.
*It gives children the oppportunity to hear excellent literature they might never read for themselves, such as great books with slow beginnings and books above their reading ability.
*It broadens children's background experiences,which builds their schemata.
*It introduces children to a wide range of written language, which helps them expand their vocabulary and their vocabulary and their reertoire of sentence patterns.
*It shows children that adults enjoy reading, thereby encouraging reading as a lifetime activity.
As a teacher of literature and lifelong reader, I treasure my class reading days as do my students!
Biography and Autobirography~
I never considered myself a reader of nonfiction for the simple pleasure of intformation until I found authors who wrote in a manner that truly entertained me (along with my students). Yes, there are still the (blah) traditional biorgraphies and autobiographies, but quite a few authors make reading the boring facts about someone quite interesting. For example, George Bragg has an excellent book of short bios called, "How They Croaked: The Awful Ends to the Awfully Famous". Another great (and gross) book along these lines is, "Poop Happens!; A History of the World from the Bottom Up" by Sarah Albee. Fun nonfiction can be done!
Chapter 12
Informational Books~
I think that building background knowledge and overall comprehension is made so much easier by informational books written with younger audiences in mind. They can be the perfect companion to larger pieces of text to add historical and fact-based information to even fictional literature. I recently paired To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. It provided facts to accompany Lee's story of Scout Finch and her southern community.
Chapter 13
Poetry and Verse
Poetry and Verse have evolved greatly from the early days of Plath, Dickinson, Frost, and Whitman. Poets like Kwame Alexander, Rupi Kauer, Amanda Lovelace, and Hellen Frost have created a growing love for poetry both tradtional and contemporary in style and topic. I have several students who can't get enough of these authors and more!
Chapter 14
Teaching Reading through Literature
This chapter truly resonates with me as a teacher and learner. "There is a positive correlation between being read to--both at home and in school--and reading achievement"(Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilinson, 1985).
The benefits of reading to children:
*it stimulates and broadens children's interest in quality ltierature in a variety of genres.
*It allows childrfen to experience books that re too dificult for them to read independently.
*It gives children the oppportunity to hear excellent literature they might never read for themselves, such as great books with slow beginnings and books above their reading ability.
*It broadens children's background experiences,which builds their schemata.
*It introduces children to a wide range of written language, which helps them expand their vocabulary and their vocabulary and their reertoire of sentence patterns.
*It shows children that adults enjoy reading, thereby encouraging reading as a lifetime activity.
As a teacher of literature and lifelong reader, I treasure my class reading days as do my students!
Thank you for sharing a listing of benefits for educators to consider. Well done.
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