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Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com

Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com. Getting started. School Library Journal November 2001 “ Why We Are Kids Best Assets”. One in your face: “I hate to read” – what does it mean, why did he say it, and what you can do about it

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Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com

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  1. Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com

  2. Getting started • School Library Journal November 2001 • “Why We Are Kids Best Assets” • One in your face: “I hate to read” – what does it mean, why did he say it, and what you can do about it • One fact:“Reading ability is positively correlated with the extent to which students read recreationally.” -National Center for Education Statistics. • One story from JDC • One book from your life www.connectingya.com

  3. WHO? Audience Customers / students Presenter WHAT: Objectives WHEN? WHERE? HOW? Lecture Handouts Active Learning Power Point: Reading: books on slides Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.comGetting started www.connectingya.com

  4. Small group exercise #1 • Have you now or have you ever been a reluctant reader? • What is your reading autobiography? www.connectingya.com

  5. Why They Aren’t Reading By the time many students reach high school, they equate reading with ridicule, failure or exclusively school-related tasks. www.connectingya.com

  6. Why They Aren’t Reading Can’t find the good books www.connectingya.com

  7. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers • Cover - catchy, action-oriented, attractive, appealing, good "blurb" www.connectingya.com

  8. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers Print style - sufficiently large for enjoyable reading www.connectingya.com

  9. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers • Format - appropriate and appealing balance of text and white space www.connectingya.com

  10. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers • Artwork/illustrations - enticing, realistic, demonstrated diversity www.connectingya.com

  11. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers • Clear writing without long convoluted sentences of sophisticated vocabulary www.connectingya.com

  12. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers • Acceptable literary quality and effectiveness of presentation www.connectingya.com

  13. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • High interest "hook" in first 10 pages www.connectingya.com

  14. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Well-defined characters and not too many of them www.connectingya.com

  15. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Sufficient plot to sustain interest www.connectingya.com

  16. When you write, do you think about the potential book's appeal to non-readers?  • R.L. Stine: Almost all of my books are designed for reluctant readers. When I wrote and edited educational magazines, I learned how to write for different reading levels. I try to keep my scary books at a 4th-grade reading and vocabulary level. In addition-- short books, fast-paced, lots of surprises and twists, cliff-hanger chapter endings to force them to go on to the next chapter, and plot-driven books with little description to slow down the action. www.connectingya.com

  17. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Plot lines developed through dialog and action rather than descriptive text www.connectingya.com

  18. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Familiar themes with emotional appeal for teenagers www.connectingya.com

  19. Young adults like fiction that: 1. Show YAs being independent from adults. 2. Reassure YAs they are "normal". 3. Present role models. 4. Demonstrate problem solving in action. 5. Allow to feel like winners/overcoming odds. 6. Display relationships of all sorts. 7. Capture intensity and uncertainty of their life. 8. Help develop of socially responsible behavior 9. Explore lives of other teenagers. . www.connectingya.com

  20. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Believable treatment (that does not preclude speculative fiction however) www.connectingya.com

  21. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Single point of view / not too many characters www.connectingya.com

  22. Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction • Touches of humor when appropriate www.connectingya.com

  23. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – genre teen fiction. www.connectingya.com

  24. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – series fiction. www.connectingya.com

  25. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – nonfiction (general). www.connectingya.com

  26. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – nonfiction biography. www.connectingya.com

  27. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – graphic novels. www.connectingya.com

  28. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books - collected comics. www.connectingya.com

  29. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – Manga. www.connectingya.com

  30. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Magazines www.connectingya.com

  31. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Comic Books www.connectingya.com

  32. Comic Books www.connectingya.com

  33. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • A library card: • Booklists: • Booktalking : • Build relationships: www.connectingya.com

  34. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Celebrate Teen Read Week: • Contests: • Displays: • Follow-up: www.connectingya.com

  35. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Freedom and choice: • Get input: • Get out of the library: • Get over yourself: www.connectingya.com

  36. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Get them in the building : • Go the shelves: • High visibility merchandising: • Honesty: www.connectingya.com

  37. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Keep current : • Listen: • Non-judgmental attitude: • Reader's advisory: www.connectingya.com

  38. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Samples: • Wave goodbye to just fiction • Weed the collection: • Zowie! Get graphic www.connectingya.com

  39. Talking points from authors Jon Scieszka From what I've heard from my GUYS READ fans, they see most all reading as some kind of school assignment. They feel like they are going to have to answer 10 questions or write an essay for anything they read. I've heard from a lot of teens who say they are not readers. But it turns out that they read magazines about cars, music, wrestling, fishing, computers, style. They read information books. They read graphic novels. They read and write online. They just don't read the relatively narrow collection of literary fiction that is defined as "Real Reading" in schools. www.connectingya.com

  40. A core collection for reluctant readers: a tool box • Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) website. www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists • Includes avariety of booklists, including Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Best Books for Young Adults and others. www.connectingya.com

  41. For More Information Connecting with Reluctant Teen Readers Patrick Jones, Maureen L. Hartman, and Patricia Taylor Neal-Schuman, coming in summer 2006 www.connectingya.com

  42. Final thoughts • Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:34:26 -0700 (PDT) • From: "Amanda • Subject: Hi ‘‘ I loved your book’’’ • To: Patrick@connectingya.com • My name is Amanda!!! I am 15 years old and I have just finished reading your book "Things Change". It has been the most inspiring thing that I have read in my life!!! See normally I do not enjoy reading but, this book just captured me and sucked me in!!! I have never finished a whole book, but this one I read it in two days flat!!!  I have never read a book that related so well to teens today. You were so real when you wrote this book........’’’ I was shocked to find that this was your first book dedicated to teens!!! I only wish that you write more!!! The girl Johanna was so strong it only made feel good about my self!!! I could relate to every single thing in the book.......  and it can only show to others that real things can happen to real people!!!’’’’ And you told it like it was in the book..... I just wrote to tell you that you are now my favorite author!!! And I HOPE that you write many more teen books because I can guarantee you I will the first to get one!!! www.connectingya.com

  43. HardcoverISBN: 0-8027-8901-3Price: $16.95224 pagesApril 2004PaperbackISBN: 0-8027-7746-5ISBN 13: 978-0-8027-7746-1Price: $7.95224 pagesApril 2006 www.connectingya.com

  44. nailed HardcoverISBN: 0-8027-8077-6ISBN 13: 978-0-8027-8077-5Price: $16.95224 pagesSize: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4April 2006 www.connectingya.com

  45. Chasing Tail Lights HardcoverISBN: 0-8027-9628-1ISBN 13: 978-0-8027-9628-8Price: $16.95304 pagesAugust 2007 www.connectingya.com

  46. Consulting, training, and coaching for providing powerful youth services including library card campaigns and web projects patrick@connectingYA.com Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.com www.connectingya.com

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