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Boys And Literacy: Practical Strategies For Librarians, Teachers, And Parents
Libraries Unlimited | Elizabeth Knowles and Martha Smith | Available ISBN 10: 1591582121 ISBN 13: 9781591582120 Literacy and boys is currently a hot issue in education and the media. This new book by award winning authors Knowles and Smith explores the facts and research on the topic and furnishes annotations of current, relevant journal and magazine articles. It gives strategies for making changes in the classroom and the home to help improve the literacy of boys and includes suggestions based on current brain research. Chapters focusing on genres of particular interest to boys (horror, adventure, science fiction, war, fantasy, mysteries, etc.) include information, annotated journal articles, general discussion questions, at least ten book annotations, and a list of additional titles for each genre. All titles include a reading level and one chapter features graphic novels. Helpful appendices will furnish information about magazines and authors of particular interest to boys. Can$44.40 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Teacher Librarian April 2006, Best Professional Books of 2005, by Dr. David Loertscher and Esther Rosenfeld Bottom line: Highly recommended for its wealth of practical strategies and its comprehensive annotated bibliographies. “Boys’ literacy skills are a hot topic in the educational community and all kinds of efforts are being made to address the issue of boys falling behind in literacy skills development. This newly published book is a valuable and welcome addition to the recent literature on boys and their literacy achievement. The book begins with a short but informative review of the recent literature in a chapter entitled, "What does the research say?" In this section, the authors refer to some of the essential studies and important recent articles and provide a summary of major research findings. Following this section, the authors include a chapter of strategies to create change both at school and at home. These short behaviour, reading, and writing strategies are valuable because they suggest ways we can change how we do things at school and at home. What is of most value in this section is a separate set of strategies for a whole school reading plan which offers many approaches to providing opportunities for everyone to read for pleasure. The bulk of the material in the book consists of chapters about 11 genres (Humour, Adventure, Information/Nonfiction, Fantasy/Science Fiction, Horror/Mystery, Sports, War, Biography, History, Graphic novels, and Realistic fiction). Each genre chapter provides a short annotated list of about a dozen exemplary books in the genre, including books for various age levels, followed by a more comprehensive bibliographical list without annotations which includes fiction, nonfiction, and picture books each with a suggested grade level. Finally, each genre chapter contains a carefully selected annotation for a particularly important journal article. This book should be considered a must-have for school libraries as it provides a large amount of useful and well organized information to help you develop a collection which will include materials that will help motivate boys to do more reading.”—The Teaching Librarian, , volume 12, no.3, Esther Rosenfeld, 2005 “This carefully organzied guide is designed to encourage boys to become better and more enthusiastic readers… Writing, discussion, art, and performance connections to reading are described as important tools for keeping boys interested and engaged at home, in the library, and at school. The predominant content is a selection of well-balanced extensive annotated reading lists and bibliographies on topics of interest to boys from elementary school through high school.”—VOYA, October 2005 “Highly recommended for its wealth of practical strategies and its comprehensive annotated bibliographies.”—Education Libraries, Winter 2005 |
