I went to a great session this morning titled: Empowering Boys: Books and Strategies to Attract Boys to Literacy. The presenter pointed out that we need to let boys choose the books and and reading materials that they are interested in, including informational books (gross, adventures, cars, military, facts: non fiction), adventure stories, and non fiction. We are not supporting our boys when we expect that they will read a book just because we liked it--engage them where they are at and with what they like, whether it is wrestling magazines or books about body functions. I will need to download it, but there was a great list of books for boys provided. One of my favorites that she mentioned was The Lightening Thief. It is the first in a series of great books about modern day. half gods. I love this series, my middle school students love it too. Another great one is Diary of a Wimpy Kid. A new one for me that I need to take a closer look at is Encyclopedia Horrifica.
I enjoyed this session and now have a great list of books to add to my library. I also have some great strategies to use. The idea I will try out is to create powerpoints with high interest books for boys. This will be accessible and hopefully will lead the students to more books.
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