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Engaging Boys in Reading: Gender Trends and Strategies to Reach Male Readers

Delve into research on boys' reading habits, preferences, and challenges. Explore how to counter stereotypes and promote a love for reading among boys through diverse genres and male-centric literature choices.

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Engaging Boys in Reading: Gender Trends and Strategies to Reach Male Readers

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  1. REACHING BOYS WITH BOOKS Gender Trends in Literature Suzy Howard Woodstock MS

  2. In the dark ages… • STEREOTYPICAL MALE CHARACTERS • DESCRIPTION OF MALE FIGURES IN WRITING MORE COMPLEX AND ACTIVE THAN FOR FEMALES • MALE CHOICE OF LITERATURE THAT REAFFIRMS HETEROSEXUALITY

  3. Research about boys • LESS FICTION COMPREHENSION THAN GIRLS • LESS LEISURE READING • ENJOY INFORMATIONAL TEXTS • LIKE NONFICTION AND GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMICS • LIKE THESE GENRES: • HOBBIES, SPORTS, SCIENCE FICTION, HUMOR • LOWER LITERACY THAN FEMALES

  4. Research about boys** • CHOOSE BOOKS BASED ON MALE PROTAGONIST • BOOK COVER IS IMPORTANT • ½ BOYS CALL THEMSELVES NON-READERS BY HIGH SCHOOL • THINK THEY ARE BAD READERS • AVOID READING IF IT IS SEEN AS FEMININE **ADAPTED FROM READING DON’T FIX NO CHEVYS

  5. It must be that y-chromosome! • 1 IN EVERY 32 AMERICANS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. • THE MAJORITY OF THIS STATISTIC ARE MALE. • OUT OF THOSE MALES, THE MAJORITY ARE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS, THOSE WITH POOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

  6. WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION

  7. Movin’ on up! • USE THE TEN COMMON ARCHETYPES TO FOSTER POSITIVE MALE IMAGES • USE SCAFFOLDING TO BRIDGE TO MORE DIFFICULT WORKS • MAKE READABILITY ACCESSIBLE • MAKE WORKS CULTURALLY RELEVANT • PUT MORE MONEY INTO MAGAZINES INSTEAD OF NOVELS • PUT ON “BOYINTEREST” PROGRAMS THAT INCORPORATE READING • HIRE TEEN MALES TO WORK IN LIBRARY

  8. GUY-FRIENDLY NONFICTION

  9. WHERE’S THE 411? READING DON’T FIX NO CHEVYS BY MICHAEL SMITH & JEFF WILHELM BOOKTALKING THAT WORKS BY JENNIFER BROMANN WWW.GUYSREAD.COM

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