the age vprc literacy event may 2010
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The Age PRC Literacy Workshop:
Creating a Reading Culture
Dr Susan La MarcaHead of Library & Information Services
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Children learn about literature from what the adults around them do about it.
(Zahnleiter, 1985, p. 187
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THE ENABLING ADULT
Readers are made by readers.
Chambers, 1991, p. 87
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Reading is not a duty, and has
consequently no business to be
made disagreeable.
Augustine Birrell
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Krashen, 2002, p 2
There is a great deal of evidenceshowing that children with moreaccess to books read more.
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Choice
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Creating a Reading Culture
To be successful there should be:
–a large, varied collection of reading materials
–knowledgeable library and teaching staff who know both the collection and the students with whom the work
–adequate access to reading materials both during structured reading programs and out of school hours
– varied forms of reading materials in an array of reading ability levels
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To be successful there should be:
–modeling by staff of positive attitudes towards reading and their students as readers
–whole school support for reading as a necessary part of life
–an encouraging, welcoming physical environment
–a sense of ownership by the students of their own reading development and their reading environment
Creating a Reading Culture
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Chambers, A. (1991) The Reading Environment, p. 92.
THE ENABLING ADULT
They provide books and time to read them and an attractive environment where people want to read. They stimulate a desire to become a thoughtful reader. They demonstrate by reading aloud and their own behaviour what a ‘good’ reader does. And they respond, and help others respond, to the individuality of everyone in the reading community they belong to.
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What does this look like in practice?
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LISTS
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Outward facing covers
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Senior Fiction Collection
‘Readers are made by Readers’
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Book Club
IASL bookmark project
Book week celebrations
SLAV Reader’s Cup
Reviewing
Favorites Lists
Book Selection
LITFEST – Song
Literary Afternoon Teas
Story reading in Junior School
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Blog – Communication / Competitions
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SHOWBAGS
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Responses to Text:
Audio files
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Responses to Text: Photostory