Workshop Power Point

1. AIM-ing at Tweens and Young Teens Teri S. Lesesne (rhymes with insane) Twitter: @ProfessorNana

4. a sad memory from when you were 11 years old

5. an embarrassing memory from when you were 12 years old

6. a great memory from when you were 13 years old

7. a “traumatic” memory from when you were 14 years old3

8. Now take a moment to share one of those memories with the person to your right and left…. 4 How different were your memories from the person next to you? They may have been very different or there may have been some similarities.

9. There are no cookie-cutter adolescent experiences. Some of these things will apply to the tweens and early teens you know and some of them won’t. 5

10. Defining Tweens Tweens is a fluid definition meaning that different development happen at different rates in different tweens. Some 10 year olds may have begun physically developing while others may not see these changes until they are 13 or even older. 6 Anderson, 2007

11. What’s going on physically? 7

12. Some Physical Basics Tweens and early teens are being bombarded by hormones and begin to develop reproductively (i.e. breasts, pubic hair, etc.)* Many experience a growth surge. Guys get taller, and girls get rounder. Many experience a hormonal rollercoaster – becoming moody and seemingly different over night. 8 Pruitt, 1999

13. What’s going on psychologically? 9

14. Some Psychological Basics Their reasoning capabilities rise to new levels of complexity. The adolescent is learning how to handle adult responsibilities. Moral development is shifting from reward-punishment to good girl, good boy behavior. 10 Pruitt, 1999

15. What’s going on socially? 11

16. Social Development Basics Expected increase in freedom Move away from family toward peers Likely to have best friends of the similar social and ethnic backgrounds. In 7th grade, the above holds true PLUS they want friends with similar attitudes and values. Peer approval and acceptance grows more important. 12 Pruitt, 1999

17. So when I began to write a book about tweens and teens and reading…. A title Some research A late night inspiration 13

18. 14 The title

19. The Naked Reader

20. The research? Vickey Giles Karen Sue Gibson Replicated study from 20 years earlier The questions? 16

21. What could someone do to make you WANTto read BEFORE/AFTER you read? The converse: what could someone do to make you HATE to read BEFORE/AFTER you read? 17

22. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-12 Being allowed to choose any book you want to read 18

23. Nonfiction, perhaps?

24. Biography

25. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-5 Reading in a comfortable place like on the floor, in a bean bag chair, or in a rocking chair 21

26. Adventure and Survival

27. Historical settings

28. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-5 Being allowed to buy your own book through a book fair 24

29. Most Popular Selling Titles

30. Book Trailers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqB-Jue1oeA

31. Popular Series

32. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-5 Reading books for a contest 28

33. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-12 Having a classroom library 29

34. Classrooms in Books, Too!

35. Classrooms in Books, Two!

36. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-12 Having the teacher read a book or chapter a day 32

37. Chapter Read Alouds

38. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?K-12 Having the teacher take you to the library 34

39. Good Book Box Titles Amulet of Samarkand Bone Every Bone Tells a Story Flat Broke Fourth Stall Ghost in the Machine Great Wall of Lucy Wu How to Grow Up and Rule the World

40. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?6-12 Having the author come to the school 36

41. Author Madness

42. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?6-12 Seeing the movie or television production of a book. 38

43. Movie Adaptations

44. What could someone do to make you want to read BEFORE you read?6-12 Being allowed to read books with lots of pictures in them. 40

45. Pictures Galore!

46. The late night inspiration T-A-R-G-E-T 42

47. T ARGET 43

48. T is for TRUST 44

49. We Know the Good Books!Because We Read Them, Too!

50. Strictly Guy Stuff (not)

51. A is for ACCESS 47

52. Accessibility X 2

53. R is for RESPONSE 49

55. G is for GUIDANCE 51

56. Reading ladders Begin with where they are Build reading experiences slowly Move readers “up” with assistance Provide bridges between books 52

57. for instance… 53

58. Humor Reading Ladder Developmental physical character situation language

61. 57 There are many ways to describe Ms. Underdorf. She was brilliant and joyous, and she believed-probably correctly-that libraries contain the answers to everything, and that if you can’t find the information you seek in the library, then such information probably does not exist in this or any other parallel universe now or ever to be known. She was thoughtful and kind and always believed the best of everybody. She was, above all else, a master librarian and knew where to find any book on any subject in the shortest possible time. And she was wonderfully unhinged… And so the Amazing Armadillo.

66. E is for ENTHUSIASM 62

67. You have to like them first

68. T is for TWEEN and TEEN APPEAL 64

69. Established names Authors to trust 65

70. Trustedf Authors

71. Familiar Stories Settings themes 67

72. Sound Familiar?

73. Issues Developmentally appropriate 69

75. Finally, Assessment We have them reading now. Assessment is important but assessment needs to be carefully done so as not to make kids hate reading all over again. AR Book Reports Journals

76. So, what are the alternatives? Twitter (summary skills) Facebook: post as a character and create a page Dragon Dictation: response while reading: annotating text Ugly Book Contest

77. Need new covers

78. Peck’s Questions What would the story be like if the main character were of the opposite sex? Why is the story set where it is? Would you film this book in black and white or color? What one thing in the story has happened to you? What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth?

79. The possibilities are endless!