Transcript Reaching Reluctant Readers: Tips, Tools, and Techniques

Patrick Jones
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25 things to do to reach
reluctant readers tomorrow
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A library card:
Booklists:
Booktalking :
Build
relationships:
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25 things to do to reach
reluctant readers tomorrow
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Celebrate Teen Read Week:
Contests:
Displays:
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Follow-up:
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25 things to do to reach
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Celebrate Teen Read Week:
Contests:
Displays:
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Follow-up:
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Freedom and
choice:
Get input:
Get out of the
library:
Get over
yourself:
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reluctant readers tomorrow
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Get them in the
building :
Go the shelves:
High visibility
merchandising:
Honesty:
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reluctant readers tomorrow
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Keep current :
Listen:
Non-judgmental
attitude:
Reader's advisory:
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25 things to do to reach
reluctant readers tomorrow
Samples:
22. Wave goodbye to
just fiction
23. Weed the
collection:
24. Zowie! Get
graphic
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25. What’s
missing?
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
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BUILDING
THE
PERFECT
LIBRARIAN
(#5)
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~How to talk to teens~
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Energetic
Sharing
Perspective
Respectful
Encouraging
Caring
Youth involver
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Empathetic
Rule breaker/risk
taker
Tolerant
Sense of humor
Enthusiastic
Nonjudgmental
Patient/persistent
Approachable
Empowering
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
1. Let them know
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
2. Follow-up
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
3. Say yes
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
4. Show you know
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
5. Be sensitive to
place and time
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
6. Listen & learn &
link
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
7. Triage
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
8. Relax
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries:
Delivering Plus One Percent More
9 .Reward
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For more information:
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Connecting Young Adults
and Libraries: A How-ToDo-It Manual, Third Edition
By Patrick Jones, Michele
Gorman, and Tricia Suellentrop
Neal-Schuman, July 2004
1-55570-508-1. 8 1/2 x 11 .
438 pp.
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Final thoughts
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:34:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Amanda
Subject: Hi ‘‘ I loved your book’’’
To: [email protected]
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!!!
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Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8027-8901-3
Price: $16.95
224 pages
April 2004
Paperback
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April 2006
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nailed
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Chasing
Tail
Lights
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304 pages
August 2007
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Cheated
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208 pages
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April 2008
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Stolen Car / October 2008
Danielle is drawn to Reid, the
quintessential “bad boy.” Even though
she should learn from her mother’s
poor taste in men, she gets caught in
Reid’s lifestyle. Danielle turns a blind
eye to his lies, and is soon in way over
her head. But her BFF Ashley is
determined not to let Danielle
become the road kill on Reid’s joy ride
through life. Once she forces Dani to
see through Reid’s deception, they
take off on a revenge-injected road
trip that starts with a stolen car and
ends with some harsh truths.
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Where you stand, depends on
where you sit
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Divide into pairs / find your partner
Writing and reflection: what will I do
different based upon this training?
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Delivering Plus One Percent More
10. Moment of truth
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Patrick Jones
http://www.connectingya.com
Consulting, training, and
coaching for providing
powerful youth services
including library card
campaigns and web projects
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